Car Chute

Miami, FL, May 05, 2012 –(PR.com)– Grady T., Texas resident and inventor, has contracted South Florida invention assistance leader NewProductHelp.com to represent his Rolling Sunvisor concept to potential licensees in industry on a worldwide basis. A simple yet innovative new product designed to solve a common problem related to operating and riding in vehicles, the Rolling Sunvisor features a unique design that provides its users with an effective deterrent to the sun while in a vehicle, regardless of what direction it emanates from.

The Rolling Sunvisor will be fabricated from durable materials and will be easy to operate. It will be compatible with any make or model of vehicle and will be made available in a wide variety of colors to suit individual tastes. The inventor of the Rolling Sunvisor is hopeful of the product finding success through outlets and catalogs selling automotive accessories.

This original idea is now being made available for licensing to manufacturers interested in new product development, especially in the automotive accessories industry. Grady T. is hoping to have the Rolling Sunvisor in full production and available to the public within the very near future.

Grady T.’s journey towards the attempted commercialization of his invention began when he opted to contact Miami, Florida-based NewProductHelp.com recently to explore the possibility of having the invention assistance company further research and document his concept, as well as facilitate the presentation of information and materials about it to potentially relevant manufacturers in industry, with the ultimate goal being to secure a licensing agreement.

NewProductHelp.com assists inventors who are seeking to bring their inventions to the consumer market via established third party manufacturers and marketers by providing them expertise designed to guide them from the earliest stages of invention development to the point where there are professionally produced promotional materials regarding the concept. New Product Help.com’s New Product Publicity and Marketing Program is designed and targeted to provide maximum exposure through promotional materials such as press releases, product brochures, digital renditions, a password-protected website, and other visual mediums such as a New Product DVD and potentially, an interactive virtual reality presentation.

NewProductHelp.com will represent the Rolling Sun Visor invention for 2 years utilizing the aforementioned vehicles of exposure. NewProductHelp.com representatives will also actively follow up with any manufacturers and marketers that display an interest in potentially licensing the Rolling Sun Visor.

For more information on how you can get your idea to NewProductHelp.com, visit: www.newproducthelp.com

Contact: 786-249-0308

About NewProductHelp.com: NewProductHelp.com is a Miami, Florida-based invention assistance firm that represents independent inventors who typically lack the resources and experience to pursue the commercialization of their product concepts on their own. NewProductHelp.com utilizes dynamic promotional materials such as digital renditions, press releases, invention websites, and interactive virtual reality presentations, as well as representation at industry-leading trade shows, to achieve valuable exposure for the inventions it represents.

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Miami, FL, May 05, 2012 –(PR.com)– John H., California resident and inventor, has contracted South Florida invention assistance leader NewProductHelp.com to represent his Platinum Cutz Rims invention to potential licensees over the next 2 years. An innovative and eye catching new product sure to appeal to car enthusiasts everywhere, the Platinum Cutz Rims features a unique design that provides its users with a visually appealing yet highly functional accessory that can be implemented on virtually any model vehicle.

The Platinum Cutz Rims will be made in a wide variety of sizes, shapes, and designs in order to insure maximize its compatibility with the many makes and models of cars available and to suit individual tastes. It is designed to greatly enhance the look of any vehicle it is placed on and will be made from durable and long lasting material. The inventor of the Platinum Cutz Rims is hopeful of the product finding success through outlets and catalogs selling automotive accessories.

This original idea is now being made available for licensing to manufacturers interested in new product development, especially in the automotive accessories industry. John H. is hoping to have the Platinum Cutz Rims in full production and available to the public within the very near future.

After including the inventor and preliminary, non-confidential information about his product idea at no charge for a 1 year term in their proprietary database of invention information, the National Directory of American Inventors, NewProductHelp.com’s professional staff of writers and graphic illustrators then created a New Product Portfolio and Online Product Presentation for the Platinum Cutz Rims, helping to clarify how the invention works and looks. A General Field-of-Art search through the database of the United States Patent and Trademark Office was also completed by an independent, registered patent attorney in order to provide the inventor with perspective on some prior art within the general category of his idea.

Having had an opportunity to review and approve the New Product Portfolio and Online Product Presentation, John H. made a decision to accept NewProductHelp.com’s New Product Publicity and Marketing Program proposal. Consequently, NewProductHelp.com will represent John H.’s Platinum Cutz Rims for 2 years through a collection of dynamic promotional materials such as press releases, product brochures, digital renditions, a password-protected website, and other visual mediums such as a New Product DVD and potentially, an interactive virtual reality presentation.

NewProductHelp.com representatives will also actively follow up with any manufacturers and marketers that display an interest in potentially licensing Platinum Cutz Rims.

For more information on how you can get your idea to NewProductHelp.com, visit: www.newproducthelp.com

Contact: 786-249-0308

About NewProductHelp.com: NewProductHelp.com is a Miami, Florida-based invention assistance firm that represents independent inventors who typically lack the resources and experience to pursue the commercialization of their product concepts on their own. NewProductHelp.com utilizes dynamic promotional materials such as digital renditions, press releases, invention websites, and interactive virtual reality presentations, as well as representation at industry-leading trade shows, to achieve valuable exposure for the inventions it represents.

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Greenville, NC, May 05, 2012 –(PR.com)– The Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) has selected Jorgenson Consulting to conduct a national search for an Executive Director.

The Executive Director of CU-ICAR plays a unique role building sustainable corporate partnerships and leading a highly motivated and skilled team through visionary and practical leadership. The Executive Director is responsible for overall leadership and management, and is responsible for developing CU-ICAR by attracting quality partners in the automotive and motorsports industry and coordinating the private and public sectors to facilitate and manage an environment where world class education, research and business activities will lead to the successful growth of the research campus.

A complete job opportunity profile can be downloaded at http://jci-inc.net/current-searches. All submissions are confidential. To ensure full consideration, a complete resume with references should be submitted electronically, no later than June 1, 2012, to CU-ICAR@jci-inc.net

About CU-ICAR
The Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) is an advanced-technology research campus where academia, industry and government organizations engage in synergistic collaboration. CU-ICAR is a 250-acre automotive and motorsports research campus in Greenville, South Carolina. The facility includes a graduate school offering Master’s and Doctoral degrees in automotive engineering, focused on systems integration. With more than $200 million in commitments, and private partnerships including BMW, Michelin, and other multi-national corporations, CU-ICAR represents the ultimate public/private partnership, directly fueling a knowledge base critical to the automotive industry. To learn more about CU-ICAR, visit http://cuicar.com/

About Jorgenson Consulting
Jorgenson Consulting is a leading executive search firm focused on community and economic development organizations. Specializing in the recruitment and placement of superior executives, Jorgenson Consulting is an influential contributor in the rapidly changing chamber of commerce, downtown development and economic development field. To learn more about Jorgenson Consulting, visit www.jci-inc.net.

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Road rage

All the news about the e-tolling saga…

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A chance connection with an established auto journalist and editor over a dozen years ago set the career course that brings me to you as Shore‘s new “Motoring” columnist. Because I was a hands-on car guy with a master’s in English, he told me at the time I was perfect for the job—if there was one. Having then recently finished that degree, I had moved to the other side of the desk, and had become disillusioned at the prospects of landing a full-time college level teaching position in a place where I wanted to live.

Though Detroit would have been a natural migration for my new automotive career aspirations, it did not meet that qualification, either. I stayed in Chicago, now having lived three quarters of my life within a few miles of Lake Michigan. The Bridgeport neighborhood has been home for eleven years, in a building whose newest wing is 120 years old, its former stable now a three-car garage perfect to house my automotive addictions.

Writing for car club magazines gave me proof to show editors I could write about cars, and gradually I started to get professional articles published. The next step was joining the Midwest Automotive Media Association, where I met Jim Jackson, who brought me on to write for the Times newspaper. Over the years, my writing has made its way into numerous publications, including Car and Driver, Automobile and Collectible Automobile magazines.

I’m told I was fascinated with all things automotive at a very young age. Though my father wasn’t a car guy per se, one birthday a new Datsun 280Z 2+2 appeared. He drove it quite spiritedly, especially on frequent weekend trips to Northern Wisconsin with the 10-year-old, saucer-eyed me aboard. Not long after, he took a position managing a company’s small fleet, which included three Ferraris. The subsequent thrill rides really set the hook.

Despite my lust for long-nosed sports cars, when I suddenly decided to buy an “old” car at 15, my first automotive purchase was quite accidentally a 1961 Chrysler Windsor. In researching it, I discovered the Chrysler 300 “Letter Series” and the 1961 Chrysler 300G. Here was a car with the same styling that I was now falling for, a larger engine with dual carburetors, and a leather interior with four individual bucket seats. I had to have one, and eventually, I did.

Twenty-five years later, I still own that car. In that time it has turned wheels in thirty-eight states, from Maine to Florida, to Texas and California. On the California trip in 1999, my then-girlfriend Carole and I ended up in Las Vegas; we were married in the car at a drive-through chapel. Our first road trip together had been in the Chrysler, driving all the way around Lake Michigan.

In the intervening years I’ve owned many vintage vehicles, mostly domestic. The affinity for sports cars later resurfaced, and in 2007 we bought a car I had wanted before I knew what a Chrysler 300 was, a Jaguar E-Type Series 2 coupe in British Racing Green. Since I own my cars to use them, we flew to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and drove it back. Carole recently reminded me it hasn’t been very far from home since a successful trip to Kentucky, and suggested we plan a spring drive. Hopefully, by the time you are reading this, I’ll have had the chance to get out to the garage to dust it off and start the pre-trip maintenance.

Having the opportunity to drive hundreds of cars has certainly been a dream for a gearhead like me, and I finally feel like it has given me the perspective to competently evaluate new products and developments. But more importantly, whether it’s new cars or old, since automobiles play such a big part in our culture they have a particular way of bringing people together. The friendships I’ve made along the way have certainly been rewarding, and those who build our cars are an interesting lot who keep me fascinated with covering the industry. It has taken me to many places around the country, and even to France to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Next up, it’s off to Virginia then Wyoming for testing you can read about here in future issues.

2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8

Though today’s popular Chrysler 300 is named for the Chrysler 300 “Letter Series” of 1955 to 1965, as the owner of one of the originals I never felt the new 300 really captured their spirit as a modern descendant, with one exception: the Chrysler 300 SRT8.

Like those old 300s that rocked NASCAR and set land speed records, the 300 SRT8 is a low production, high-performance edition offered in limited color choices. SRT stands for Street and Racing Technology, Chrysler’s performance division.

Along with the extensive reworking all Chrysler 300s saw for 2011, the SRT8 received a new engine upped to 6.4 liters from 6.1 for its 2012 model year debut. Yes, it does result in an additional 45 horsepower, but engineers were also able to incorporate a cylinder deactivation system, as on the 5.7-liter Hemi V-8, to the SRT engine for the first time. This allows the big V-8 to save fuel by seamlessly switching to run on four cylinders at a steady cruise.

More power and better mileage are nothing to dismiss, but suspension modifications for 2012 are what stood out the most to me. The previous generation SRT8′s suspension could be harsh on less than perfect roads, which we certainly don’t have a shortage of around here. In the new car, engineers struck near perfect balance between confident cornering and graceful bump absorption.

Performance and fuel economy were the last things on my mind when we wearily stepped off the red-eye from Honolulu in December to find a 2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8 waiting for us. Instead, it was finding the switches for heat for the SRT-trademark suede sport seats, and my number one new option I didn’t know I needed: a heated steering wheel.

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The EVS26 event in Los Angeles will see eight of the world’s leading automakers join forces to demonstrate a single-port DC fast charging system that is meant to make it easier and faster than ever to charge electric vehicles.

Giants of the motoring world, Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche and Volkswagen will support the harmonised single-port fast charging approach, which is known as DC-fast charging with a Combined Charging System (pictured), in both the USA and Europe.

The system uses one-phase AC charging; as well as fast three-phase AC charging, DC charging at home; and an ultra-fast DC charging system for public stations. It will allow customers to charge at most existing charging stations irrespective of the power source.

Its design came from collaborative review and analysis of a number of existing charging strategies, as well as the preferences of US and European customers. The Charging System was developed for all vehicle markets in an effort to create a uniform standard.

It has been chosen by the Society of International Engineers because of its fast charging and harmonisation. It is expected to be available commercially at the end of the year, with vehicles using the technology to be available in 2013. In addition, the International Society of Automotive Engineers picked the Combined Charging System as a standard that will incrementally extend type-one AC charging – it is expected to be published during the summer. Meanwhile, the European Association of Vehicle Manufacturers selected the system as an AC/DC charging interface that will be implemented into all new vehicle types from 2017 onwards.

See also

• Oxford University report examines keys to electric car adoption
• Toyota to debut new RAV4 electric vehicle
• CODA makes new electric vehicle partner
• Chevrolet unveils EN-V 2.0 Concept
• First Denza electric vehicle makes debut
• China sets ambitious electric car target
• Ford begins roll-out of Focus Electric
• Electric and hybrid car sales record in USA
• Electric car charging moves quickly in USA
• DOE makes huge investment in wireless charging

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It feels like only yesterday that fellow American giant, General Motors, was
fighting for its survival, which it managed courtesy of US taxpayers.
Miraculously, the company has dragged itself from “bankruptcy” to
$9.2bn profitability in about half a decade.

Germany’s Daimler is not far behind with $7.3bn, but Hyundai is breathing down
its neck with $6.9bn which secures the South Korean firm a place in the top
five, narrowly beating BMW, on $6.8bn.

Maverick Honda ($6.4bn) thrashed the larger and more mainstream Toyota
($4.9bn) and Nissan ($3.8bn). Rounding off the top 10 is another South
Korean firm, Kia which is the newest, youngest kid on the block.
Interestingly, if sister companies Hyundai and Kia combined their respective
profit figures hey would total precisely $10bn, making them the third most
profitable car producing group after VW and Ford. If, a decade or two ago,
anyone dared suggest that the then humble Hyundai-Kia partnership would take
on and beat the colossal General Motors empire, they would have been
declared nuts.

Renault ($2.7bn) just misses out on a top 10 slot, as does Volvo Group
($2.6bn) and the first of the Chinese, SAIC ($2.1bn), which shares 13th
place with Tata of India ($2.1bn). Joint 15th, with profit figures of $1.7bn
apiece, are Donfeng of China and Fiat of Italy.

Peugeot is surprisingly close to the bottom of the profitability league
($0.8bn) and with such a big organisation making such comparatively small
profits it’s no wonder that it’s looking at cost-cutting. Already there is
talk of its UK headquarters in Coventry merging with Slough’s Citroën HQ,
with a view to cutting down on real estate and overall staffing costs.

Japan’s most under-estimated car company, Mazda of Hiroshima, is even closer
to the bottom 20 because it makes fine, borderline premium cars at extremely
attractive prices, which in turn means that the firm isn’t as profitable as
it could – perhaps, should – be. These days Isuzu ($0.6bn) is better known
for trucks than cars, small-car maker Suzuki ($0.5bn) is too busy selling
its cars at amazingly low prices to make a large profit and Mitsubishi looks
in sorry shape at the foot of the table with unremarkable products, prices
and annual profit figures – of $0.2bn (or less than one per cent of VW’s
profits).

* What’s all this about Saga’s research indicating that more needs to be
done to improve access to legal services for today’s over-50s? This is not
an issue solely for those who have reached the half century, it’s more of a
problem for drivers aged 17 to 49.

The good news is that the company is launching a new legal service that
enables motorists and others to download simple documents and templates to
help them draft letters to challenge what they consider to be unfair fees,
fines and the like – including potholes and the damage they can cause.

These Saga Legal Services documents are available at no extra cost for
customers who pay for the firm’s Motor Legal Protection cover. Those without
it pay a “small fee,” says the company. Most are £2.99 apiece,
although the “agreement for the sale of a motor vehicle” document
is £24.95.

As we went to press, Saga couldn’t decide whether to open this service to
all motorists willing to pay for relevant documents, or whether it’s
operating a closed shop for Saga customers only.

*Ford is marketing its Fiesta Econetic as a supermini that will do 795 miles
on one tank, thanks to its 85mpg. But it deliberately avoids disclosing the
official retail price. Why? Because it’s so expensive – £14,445 to £16,195.

Meanwhile, Honda dealers are selling some versions of the CR-V 4×4 with
thousands off – and zero per cent finance. If you’ve got about £26,000,
you’re in.

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