Chrysler has released pricing for 2010 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep models. You can check out all the pricing info after the jump. More importantly, well at least to us, Chrysler has increased pricing on the 2010 Dodge Challenger. The base 250-hp 2010 Dodge Challenger SE starts at $23,460 (including a $725 destination charged), or an [...]
Creditors of the old Chrysler have charged Daimler AG with fraud, in a 31 page lawsuit filed Monday in Federal Bankruptcy Court in New York. The suit claims Daimler fraudulently diverted billions of dollars from Chrysler by separating their financial division, known as Chrysler Financial, from the parent company only days before the sale of [...]
We’ve been seeing leaked teaser shots of what has become to be known as the Bugatti Bordeaux – the company’s next model. According to Bugatti’s boss Dr. Franz-Josef Pfaegen, the Bordeaux is just one of the three proposals for the next model that will be unveiled in September. AutoCar says that the concept will hint at a future [...]
Toyota Motor Corp., a company who isn’t a fan of lithium-ion technology, has dramatically increased the storage capacity of the batteries to create more practical electric-vehicles. Toyota says that the move is a step forward to creating a more powerful battery for EVs. According to Japan’s Nikkei newspaper, the technology will eventually allow lithium-ion batteries [...]
A prototype of the 2010 Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid sedan made its first public driving debut this past weekend around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races. Driven by co-founder and COO Bernhard Koehler, the prototype hit speeds in excess of 100 mph, using both Sport (hybrid) and Stealth (electric only) modes around Mazda Fisker Karma [...]
Ford announced today that it is working with its partners on testing the industry’s first vehicle-to-electric grid communications and control systems, which will allow electric-vehicles to connect with the nation’s electric grid for optimal recharging. The new feature will allow the owner of an electric-car to program when to recharge their vehicles, for how long [...]
Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 completely destroyed: What you see above is a picture of a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 completely destroyed after a horrible head on crash. Check out more pictures at WreckedExotics. Chinese woman pulls 6 cars with her hair: This past week, Zhang Tingting became the first woman to successfully pull 6 cars over 50 meters [...]
Tesla Motors announced today that it will use a renovated facility in Stanford Research Park in Palo Alto to produce new electric-vehicle powertrains. The move comes after Tesla was recently awarded a government loan of nearly $465 million to accelerate the production of affordable, fuel-efficient electric vehicles. Tesla will lease an approximately 350,000 square-foot building. The facility [...]
General Motors announced today that it will increase production at several North American plants in response to increased sales coming from the government’s Cars Allowance Rebate System (aka Cash for Clunkers). GM said that it will add shifts to its Lordstown (Ohio) and CAMI (Ontario, Canada) plants and will add 60,00 cars and trucks to its [...]
Yesterday, we gave you a little peek inside one of our press cars for the week – the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox. Today we’re going to walk you though the exterior of GM’s new crossover. The 2010 Chevrolet Equinox’s exterior design is a mixture of the successful Malibu sedan and Traverse crossover. It features Chevrolet’s signature two-tier [...]
