In August of 2009, General Motors held a press conference stating that the 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric-car will average a city fuel-economy of at least 230 miles per gallon. Yesterday, engineers working on the Volt gave us a little update on what’s going on with the development of the Volt, however, they weren’t willing [...]
FoMoCo announced today that it is launched a new consumer site called “Your Ideas,” a place where visitors can submit, share, review and rate each other’s automotive ideas. Think of it as a suggestion box for Ford executives to dig through once in a while to see what consumers are demanding from the Dearborn automaker. [...]
Producing a total of 661-hp from its 6.0L twin-turbo V12, the Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series is far from anything but one of the most ridiculously fastest cars to come out of Stuttgart. However, if you’re German tuner Brabus, than too much horsepower is never enough. The tuner has created a one-off modified SL [...]
Consumer Reports gave the Infiniti G37 Convertible, Lexus IS 250C and the Audi A5 Cabriolet convertibles an overall score of “Very Good,” topping Consumer Reports’ tests of three four-seat convertibles for the May 2010 issue. The publication also tested two less expensive convertibles including the Mazda MX-5 Miata and the Mini Cooper S Convertible. The [...]
While General Motors and NASA are teaming up on a new humanoid robot called Robonaut 2 or R2, Chrysler announced today that it is forming a three year alliance with NASA to share information related to advanced technologies in several areas of mutual interest including space exploration and automotive technologies. “This is a great opportunity [...]
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov announced that he plans to unveil Russia’s first hybrid electric-car this year as the government tries to reduce reliance on natural resources. Prokhorov’s Onexim Group will invest 150 million euros ($204 million) in a joint venture with Russian truck maker Yarovit and will roll out three electric car prototypes in December. [...]
It doesn’t seem like the folks at Consumer Reports and Toyota are getting along. About two months ago, the publication took away its “˜recommended” status for the eight Toyota vehicles included in the recent wave of recalls. Today, Consumer Reports has issued a safety warning on the 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV because of an [...]
General Motors engineers held a little update for the Chevrolet Volt late Monday and announced that the extended-range electric-vehicle (they hate calling it a plug-in hybrid) has been returning 40 miles on battery power alone as promised. Engineers at GM are driving around six pre-production Chevrolet Volt units on a day-to-day basis. Andrew Farah, the [...]
General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre said that the Detroit automaker expects to report “solid” operating results for the first quarter, which will show the company’s progress towards its goal of returning to profitability by the end of 2010. That goal of “profitability” will end a horrible 5-year streak of losses and mark a turnaround for [...]
It seems like the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration aren’t the only one after Toyota to pay fines. According to a report by USA Today, State Farm Insurance is after the Japanese automaker to repay them for any crashes related to unintended acceleration by its cars. And it won’t stop there because other insurance companies [...]
