The Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf earn the highest safety ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the first-ever U.S. crash test evaluations of plug-in electric cars. The milestone demonstrates that automakers are using the same safety engineering in new electric cars as they do in gasoline-powered vehicles.
The Volt and Leaf earn the top rating of good for front, side, rear, and rollover crash protection. With standard electronic stability control, they qualify as winners of TOP SAFETY PICK, the Institute’s award for state-of-the-art crash protection. The ratings help consumers pick vehicles that offer a higher level of protection than federal safety standards require.
Six of 13 small cars recently evaluated by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety earn the TOP SAFETY PICK award, and none earn a poor rating in any of 4 tests. This is a turnaround from a few years ago when small cars struggled to earn top safety ratings. The new tests include hybrids and gasoline-only models that are among the most fuel-efficient vehicles available in the U.S. market.
The ratings are based on performance in front, side, rollover, and rear impact evaluations. Cars that earn the top rating of good in each test and have available electronic stability control (ESC) qualify for TOP SAFETY PICK. Winners are the 2012 Ford Focus and Honda Civic, along with the 2011 Hyundai Elantra, Lexus CT 200h hybrid, Nissan Juke, and Toyota Prius hybrid. The Civic, CT 200h, Elantra, Focus, and Prius have at least one version with a government fuel economy rating of at least 40 miles per gallon on the highway. The Dodge Caliber, Honda CR-Z and Insight hybrids, Nissan Sentra and Versa, Scion xD, and Suzuki SX4 also were rated but didn’t earn TOP SAFETY PICK.
ADP®, a leading provider of human resource outsourcing, payroll, tax, business outsourcing and benefits administration services, and integrated computing solutions for vehicle dealers, today announced the launch of ALINE Pay by ADPSM, a comprehensive electronic payroll disbursement solution that helps employers reduce administration time and minimize their risk of financial and compliance exposure. The ALINE Pay electronic pay solution is designed to be compliant in all 50 states through a new innovative wage funding and distribution solution and gives both employers and employees flexibility in choosing the method of payment that best meets their needs: ADP Full Service Direct Deposit, the new ALINE Card by ADPSM or ALINE Check by ADPSM.
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UBM Electronics, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers, today announced Datasheets.com, a new website created for design engineers and electronics purchasing professionals to quickly and easily find electronics parts and inventory. UBM Electronics created Datasheets.com in conjunction with SiliconExpert Technologies, a leading provider of electronic component management tools.
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The list of winners of the Institute's TOP SAFETY PICK award is longer than ever this year, with vehicles in nearly every size category the Institute evaluates earning accolades. From minicars to sedans to pickups, consumers have a record number of choices among 2012 models.
In all, 69 cars, 38 SUVs, 5 minivans, and 3 pickups earn TOP SAFETY PICK. The award recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover, and rear crashes based on ratings in Institute evaluations. The ratings, which cover all 4 of the most common kinds of crashes, help shoppers pick vehicles that offer the highest levels of crash protection. Because the federal government now requires all 2012 and later passenger vehicles to have electronic stability control to help drivers avoid loss-of-control crashes, ESC no longer is a requirement to win as it was in prior years.
The winners’ circle includes 18 new recipients for 2012, while 97 models that previously qualified for the 2011 award carry over to 2012.
There was a festive feel to December’s Meet the Media, as public relations and communications professionals gathered at Wax Chandlers Hall in the heart of the City to hear Oliver Ralph, UK Companies Editor of the FT, give an insight into the structure, daily activities and relevant contacts at the FT globally. There was also invaluable advice on best practice in regards to your story reaching the paper and its electronic counterparts.
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Fluke Corporation, the global leader in portable electronic test and measurement technology, announces the availability of the Fluke® 430 Series II Three Phase Power Analyzers, the first tools to use a patented algorithm to measure energy wasted by power quality issues and quantify its cost. By providing the ROI data needed to justify power quality improvements, the 430 Series II helps facilities reduce electrical power consumption and improve the performance and lifespan of electro-mechanical equipment.
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Fluke Corporation introduces five new infrared cameras with a broad range of powerful yet easy-to-use capabilities:
-IR Optiflex™ Focus System for fast, easy to take, sharply focused, accurate images.
-IR-Fusion® Technology blends digital and infrared images into a single image to precisely document problem areas.
-One-handed operation at only 1.63 pounds, balanced to sit perfectly in the hand.
-Built rugged to survive drops up to 6.5 feet.
-Multi-mode video recording to monitor processes over time and troubleshoot frame-by-frame.
-IR PhotoNotes™ annotation system to keep an exact record of equipment models, nameplates, etc.
-Electronic Compass saves precise location with the image.
-SmartView® professional IR analysis and reporting software for viewing, annotating and editing infrared images.
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Fluke Corporation, the global leader in portable electronic test and measurement technology, introduces the new Fluke® 62 Max and 62 Max+ Infrared Thermometers. These rugged, accurate, easy-to-use test tools are dust, water and drop resistant, making them ideal for the harsh conditions faced by technicians in electrical, service, HVAC, process, industrial and facilities maintenance applications.
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