Fisker Automotive’s Karma Sedan is no longer known as a ‘nearly $100,000 plug-in hybrid.’ The car is now priced over $100,000 with the price for the base Karma Eco Standard starting at $102,000. That’s an increase of $7,000 over the original $95,000 price tag. The new price will take effect starting Thursday. The top-of-the-line Fisker [...]
At the 2012 Detroit Auto Show next month, Volkswagen will unveil an electric-car that isn’t based on any current production car, according to a report by Detroit Free Press. Don’t get your hopes up as V-Dub calls the car a ‘pure concept,’ meaning it won’t be going into production – at least not anytime soon. [...]
GE Energy has announced that the company’s new WattStation Wall Mount electric vehicle (EV) charger is now available to purchase on Amazon.com. “As demand and interest in the GE WattStation continues to grow, we’re excited to give our customers an easy way to purchase the charger,” said Sergio Corbo, chief marketing officer for GE Energy’s [...]
On the heels of Toyota’s interest in building more interesting cars and of course the introduction of the /GT 86/Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ, it would only make sense that Toyota is working on a new Supra. The technical bits or suggestions at this point indicate the Lexus GS’s 3.5 liter engine and hybrid powertrain tuned to [...]
A redesigned version of the 2013 Acura RDX crossover sport utility vehicle will debut at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show next month. No details on how aggressive the redesign will be but we expect it to be quite a change if Acura wants to steal the spotlight from the Detroit 3 in their hometown. Currently, [...]
$75 grand (at least in UK). For a Volvo wagon. It’s not a joke, the production version of this car was unveiled at the 2011 Geneva Auto Show and will be making its way to the United States in 2013. Volvo even says that many of the cars are spoken for already; which is not [...]
In an extreme aim to prevent distracted driving, the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended a ban on text messaging or using a mobile phone while driving – that includes headsets or portable speakers, aka Bluetooth powered solutions as well. “Too many people are texting, talking and driving at the same time,” NTSB Chairman Deborah [...]
Now that Lotus is owned by Proton, Proton is looking at offering a Aston Martin Cygnet fighter for European markets; Lotus also have announced that a new Esprit will be coming online too. Essentially, this means that there will be a Toyota Yaris-sized Lotus running about that isn’t meant to be a sports car for [...]
Audi offers the A8 with some Google Earth integration, but until now, it was just that, Google Earth in a car, but now Google’s Street View is part of the system, which has also gotten an audio upgrade. Many people do not have 4,000 songs on their iPod, now though, the Audi connect services offer [...]
It seems like there may be still some life left inside Saab. The Swedish automaker has apparently received the first payment from China’s Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile as the company struggles to stay in business. “I can confirm a first payment from Youngman. Funding has come into Saab accounts,” Eric Geers, Saab spokesman, said today. [...]
