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Kirkwood, Andretti Global Lead Honda Effort In First Round Indianapolis 500 Qualifying
19 May 2024
Kyle Kirkwood led the way for Honda today in first-round qualifying for next Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, posting the fifth-fastest four-lap average speed and one of three Honda drivers who will advance to tomorrow’s final qualifying rounds.
Honda to Debut Class 8 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck Concept at ACT Expo 2024
17 May 2024
Honda will debut a Class 8 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck Concept at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo on May 20, showcasing the start of a new demonstration project aimed at future production of
Acura ZDX Type S Races to the Clouds as Pikes Peak International Hill Climb’s First All-Electric Pace Car
17 May 2024
Summary of 2024 Honda Business Briefing on Direction of Electrification Initiatives and Investment Strategy
17 May 2024
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Director, President and Representative Executive Officer (Global CEO) Toshihiro Mibe today held a press briefing on Honda initiatives centering on automobile electrification.
Ortiz, MMG put Honda on the pole at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca; Issues Prevent Race Day Challenge
14 May 2024
Although the weekend was highlighted by claiming the TCR pole, it was a difficult race on Saturday for both Montreal Motorsport Group Honda Civic Type R TCR machines at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Jett Lawrence Secures 2024 AMA 450 Supercross Championship
13 May 2024
This evening during the 2024 AMA Supercross series finale at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Team Honda HRC rider Jett Lawrence wrapped up the 450SX Championship with a safe seventh-place finish aboard his CRF450RWE.
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.