Of the 250 units of the Jaguar C-X75 supercars to be made, only a handful will get turbine engines. Tata Motors, Jaguar’s parent company, has opened a factory that will build those gas turbine engines for the C-X75 in Coventry. Known as the Bladon Jets Engineering Center, the facility will employ 15 people and will [...]
General Motors has just released its Super Bowl XLVI commercial for the Chevrolet Volt for the big game on Sunday. Titled ‘Aliens’, the 30-second spot shows the curiosity about the Volt and its electric powertrain extends to extraterrestrial beings from galaxies far, far away. Click here for more news on the Chevrolet Volt. Refresher: The 2012 Chevrolet [...]
For months now, Infiniti has been teasing a new electric sports cars concept that will debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The brand has finally revealed the name of the new concept and it will be called – the Infiniti EMERG-E. “The INFINITI EMERG-E will be the first car from the brand to have [...]
Sales of the Chevrolet Volt dropped sharply in January with GM only selling 603 units. Blame for the drop in sales goes to the negative publicity the Volt has received from a government safety investigation. January 2012 turned out to be the worst month for the Volt since August, where it was only delivered to [...]
The Chevrolet Volt has been under a lot of scrutiny after a crashed Volt’s battery shorted by coolant caught on fire three weeks after a test by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Ever since, the Volt has become a top-topic for right wingers. Click here for more news on the Chevrolet Volt. Bob Lutz, [...]
In light of the concerns of fire with the giant laptop batteries powering the Chevrolet Volt, nearly everything came to a halt as the plug-in electric hybrid was under heavy scrutiny after a Volt randomly combusted after a crash test. But after a hearing in front of a U.S. House panel with the U.S. National [...]
This bit of news is sure to be a bit upsetting to the purist. Reports are saying that BMW is planning on introducing their first ever MPV/people carrier/minivan crossover…or whatever you may to call it. BMW? Minivan? You can’t be serious…! BMW insiders have apparently told some reporters that they’ll be expanding the “i” lineup, [...]
New technology is in the works via OnStar and PJM Interconnection that will allow Chevrolet Volt owners to use renewable energy to charge up their EV’s. PJM Interconnection’s role in the system is to collect data on the percentage of renewable energy that is available on the grid, and then transfer it on to the [...]
In order to tap in to a niche market, GM has decided to try and grab buyer’s attention with a modified version of the Chevrolet Volt model. In certain regions throughout the U.S., car-pool stickers are offered up on some models, such as the Toyota Prius. To try and grab a bigger piece of the [...]
In just 10 short weeks, the Toyota Prius v managed to outsell the Chevrolet Volt that was available for all of 2011. GM sold 7,671 units in 2011, and 7,997 in its first 13 months, while the Prius v hit dealers in October 2011, and by the last week in December 8,399 had rolled off [...]
