Even though the 2011 Honda Odyssey is built by a Japanese automaker, the minivan is truly an American-made vehicle – designed, engineered and assembled in the United States. The American made minivan earned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s best-possible Overall Vehicle Score of five stars. That makes the 2011 Odyssey one of the first [...]
That’s right. General Motors, a company that was once going bankrupt and was heavily funded by our government to stay alive is withdrawing loan applications today. GM today said that it is withdrawing its $14.4 billion application for direct loans from the U.S. Department of Energy. The Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program set aside [...]
There are a couple of Volvo models that just aren’t cutting it in the United States. Now, the Swedish automaker that is owned by China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group will cut the number of models it offers here on the stateside to focus more on its best-selling models. The move is being made in hopes [...]
Chevrolet announced today that it is speeding up the national rollout of the Chevrolet Volt to meet customer interest and expects to have the plug-in hybrid, rang-extended electric-car available nationwide by the end of 2011. Click here for more news on the Chevrolet Volt. “We’re accelerating our launch plan to have Volts in all participating [...]
Ford has put a lot of work into the 2012 Ford Focus. The Dearborn automaker has now released details about the 2012 Focus’ PowerShift dry-clutch 6-speed automatic transmission, which it says will offer “exceptional shift quality to drivers.” The whole system is apparently part of an inventive Ford transmission technology that has been waiting nearly [...]
Kia is getting interactive with its Super Bowl advertising this year. During the first quarter of Super Bowl XLV, Kia will air a 60-second spot called ‘One Epic Ride.’ The campaign will incorporate TV, digital, print, social media and in-dealership parts to introduce the 2011 Kia Optima. As a part of the campaign, Kia will [...]
There is no doubt that the new 2011 Nissan LEAF is a leap in technology when it comes to mass-produced vehicles that are on our roads. With that said, the LEAF has been awarded Europe’s Car of The Year 2011 with the trophy being handed over to Nissan’s CEO Carlos Ghosn in a special ceremony at [...]
Ford has certainly been bullish about its recent pursuit of implementing new, safer technologies in its vehicles, and the trend continues. The company will be the first to build prototypes for demonstrations across of the US of ‘intelligent vehicles’, or vehicle-to vehicle communications. “Ford believes intelligent vehicles that talk to each other through advanced Wi-Fi [...]
Consumer watchdog Ralph Nader is calling on Fiat to recall the 1993-2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee because of what he deems as a vulnerability to fiery rear-end crashes, due to a bad fuel-tank design. US safety regulators have been conducting an investigation and considering a recall of 3 million Grand Cherokees. “Now that Fiat has purchased [...]
VEEP Joe Biden began to roll out the administration’s efforts to have 1 million plug-in electric vehicles on the road by 2015 today. The administration is looking to convert the $7,500 tax deduction for EVs to a rebate immediately available to consumers. The president also wants to boost government subsidies for vehicle technologies by almost [...]
