As demand for fuel-efficiency grows and Mitsubishi plans expansion, the company says that it will introduce eight hybrid and EV models by 2015. The company currently manufactures the i-MiEV EV which began European deliveries this week, and the Peugeot iOn and Citreon C-Zero EVs for the French automaker. Mitsubishi was also in talks with Peugeot [...]
While most types of traffic deaths have decreased in numbers, pedestrian deaths have risen in the first half of 2010. The Governors Highway Safety Association reported that 1,891 pedestrians were killed through June of 2010, compared to 1,884 for the same period in 2009 for a .04% increase. Overall road deaths were down 8% for [...]
There are a plethora of mobile services out there from various carriers from GPS and productivity apps to entertainment apps. T-Mobile has added to their gamete of services with their latest offering called DriveSmart. Currently, the app is offered on the carrier’s Android based Optimus T, though it will soon be available on other handsets. [...]
Infiniti has always been on the hunt for expanding their market in order to keep up with the latest and greatest that was offered by their European and even domestic benchmarks. And we’ve seen some absolutely spectacular cars from them ever since Carlos Ghosn saved the almost-dead Nissan company and subsidiary…a comparable modern John DeLorean [...]
The launch control for the Nissan GT-R has always been the center of controversy with the supercar. When the supercar first made its debut, Nissan pulled the launch control feature for the 2011 model year after reports of transmission failures. Well, the launch control feature is now back for the 2012 model year but it [...]
The Chevrolet Camaro has a lot of history with the Indy 500 dating all the way back to 1967. General Motors today unveiled a special-edition Chevrolet Camaro Convertible, which will serve as the official pace car for the 2011 Indianapolis 500. The announcement was made at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale classic auto auction, where a bidder [...]
Audi has a new toy in its stable…literally. The automaker unveiled the new Auto Union Type C e-tron concept at the 62nd International Toy Fair in Nuremberg. The 1:2 scale electric-car for children measures 7.61 feet long and 38.19 inches wide and can fit an adult up to 5’11. Power for the Auto Union Type [...]
We’ve been waiting eagerly for some feedback from Top Gear UK hosts on the American version of Top Gear and its hosts. First out of the gate with his judgement is James May, aka Captain Slow. “The trio of presenters lined up for the American version of Top Gear have a head start on me, [...]
General Motors CEO Dan Akerson announced today that Mary Barra has been named senior vice president, Global Product Development, to lead the design, engineering, program management and quality of vehicles and will be responsible for the company’s 11 brands worldwide. The position was once held by Bob Lutz and later Tom Stephens after Lutz retired [...]
During recent auto show presence, Fisker Automotive has been showing the first production unit of the Karma plug-in hybrid sedan. The Fisker Karma was originally scheduled to enter production in 2009, which was later delayed to 2010 and then to 2011. According to spokesman Russel Datz, the Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid sedan is now scheduled [...]
