(August 8, 2012) OKLAHOMA CITY — Representatives from the nation's auto manufacturers, including the Big Three, are in Oklahoma City today to meet with Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and procurement experts to ask questions surrounding a recently issued multi-state request for proposal (RFP) on compressed natural gas vehicles.

(August 7, 2012) IRVINE, Calif. — Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies — a global leader in alternative fuel systems and clean propulsion technologies for automotive applications, including natural gas, hybrid/electric and hydrogen systems — today announced that during the year-to-date period ending July 31, orders for its CNG fuel systems increased nearly four-fold compared to orders received during the same period in 2011.

(August 7, 2012) DETROIT — For the past hundred years, innovation within the automotive sector has brought major technological advances, leading to safer, cleaner, and more affordable vehicles. But for the most part, since Henry Ford introduced the moving assembly line, the changes have been incremental, evolutionary.

(August 3, 2012) IRVINE, Calif. — Automotive research and consulting firm AutoPacific and Autobytel Inc. have announced that the Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the overall winner in the 2012 Ideal Vehicle Awards (IVAs). Established in 2006, the IVAs recognize the cars that meet their owner's expectations and desires about their automotive purchases.

(August 2, 2012) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Car incentives remained relatively stable in July reports Edmunds.com, but the stability of General Motors stands out the most, following the company's heavily publicized marketing program launched earlier last month.

(August 1, 2012) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — TrueCar.com estimated today that the average transaction price for light vehicles in the United States was $30,369 in July 2012, up $487 (1.6 percent) from July 2011 and down $139 (0.5 percent) from June 2012.

(August 1, 2012) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Seven percent of new cars sold this year have manual transmission, reports Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information. The figure is a far cry from 20 years ago when one out of every four cars sold were manually operated, but it's a big jump from a rate of 3.9 percent last year, and is on pace for the highest rate of manual vehicle purchases since 2006.

(July 31, 2012) ORLANDO, Fla. — The voice of the consumer just got louder during the only comprehensive North American hotel inspections and ratings performed by experts. AAA has updated its Approval Requirements & Diamond Rating Guidelines for lodgings, the blueprint for assigning ratings of One to Five AAA Diamonds following successful on-site inspections at more than 30,000 hotels throughout North America.