A high-performance electric powertrain has been crafted by Toyota Motorsport GmbH and is going to try to break an existing lap record. Toyota’s electric vehicle is set to run its laps at the Nurburgring Nordschleif at the end of this month. The car is completely electric and the brand is setting out to show that [...]
The ERA Electric Raceabout, developed by Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences was spotted zipping around the track at the Nurburgring. Power is provided by four electric motors, all running off of a 32 kWh lithium-titanate battery. What that equates to is a 0-62 time of 6 seconds, and 268-hp at 737 lb-ft. The Electric [...]
Volkswagen may be looking at a fair number of recalls on over 40,000 vehicles. Currently, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating 2011 Jetta and Jetta SportWagen TDI’s in response to seven complaints in regards to a fuel line leak. NHTSA comments on their investigation, saying “The Office of Defects Investigation has received seven [...]
Irmscher, a tuner out of Germany, has launched a new kit for Opel’s Astra GTC. Starting on the inside, aluminum pedals are added, along with an overall finish in leather. Under the hood, the Astra’s standard turbo 1.6-liter motor gets a power boost from 177-hp to 217-hp, at 202 lb-ft of torque. Exterior upgrades start [...]
Many manufacturers these days are hard at work to introduce their own electric vehicles into the market. However, as the manufacturers are learning, many challenges are beginning to arise because the electric vehicle market hasn’t exactly been standardized. From problems caused by natural disaster—like the Japanese earthquake of March—to the lack of infrastructure and capital, [...]
E-Commerce is more popular than ever. Trips to the shops are becoming more obsolete as we increase our business over the Internet. And with Scion just recently announcing that buyers interested in Scion will be able to buy their cars straight through the Internet, Nissan is taking a step towards e-commerce as well. Nissan will [...]
RM Auctions last year held a special Ford-themed auction during the Monterey Car Week, giving bidders a rare chance to buy several of Ford’s one-off concept cars built within the last decade. RM Auctions is at it again this year by offering some more Ford concept cars up for auction. The first concept is the [...]
Fiat’s CEO Sergio Marchionne, as I’m sure you’ve observed, is planning some big things for Dodge and Chrysler and all of the other brands he is now the head of. These efforts can be seen with Jeep, as the American maker now owned by Fiat has just announced that they’ll be introducing a new subcompact [...]
Alfa Romeo has been known to be planning a reintroduction to the US market for quite some time now. But due to the complications with the Fiat and Chrysler merger after Chrysler went down, there has been confusion as to when the Italian brand would reintroduce themselves into the US market. The last time Alfa [...]
So here’s an interesting bit of news. A Lincolnshire, UK plumber by the name of Colin Furze has created the world’s longest motorbike. Capable of seating up to 25 people, Furze’s purpose-built motorcycle was designed to do one thing and one thing only: break the Guinness World Record for the world’s longest motorbike. Furze had [...]
