Archive for August 30th, 2008

newVideoPlayer(”/LamboCrash_gawker.flv”, 494, 371,””); Early this morning, a green Lamborghini Murcielago was completely destroyed in a deadly accident on California’s 101 freeway in Woodland Hills. The car was spotted just before the incident allegedly undertaking in some very noteworthy speeding suspected to have resulted in the car punching through a guardrail and smashing into a… »

Filed under: Diesel, Toyota, European Union
Click for a complete picture gallery featuring the three models
At the upcoming Paris Motor Show, Toyota will introduce three new models to try and conquer European hearts: Toyota’s third-generation flagship Avensis model, the production-ready iQ and the Urban Cruiser. Each of these model has at least somethinig that’s slightlyt green… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, On Two Wheels
Click above for more shots of the Nissan Mori concept scooter
Who cares if Nissan doesn’t make two-wheeled scooters? In the world of concept designs, anything goes. A designer by the name of Shane Crozier has gone ahead and imagined what a scooter by Nissan that was inspired by a… »

Filed under: Transportation Alternatives, UK, USA

Bus and rail company Stagecoach has reported better than expected growth since May 1st. According to the company, Stagecoach’s UK bus business was up 9.3 percent, while rail revenues rose nine percent. The company said that the increases were due to people switching to public transport because of the rising… »

Filed under: Toyota

It’s a lesson other automakers probably wish they’d learned a while ago: there’s no point building big vehicles if no one wants to buy them. This realization has caused Toyota to cut back production in Japan of large vehicles like the HIghlander. The number of large vehicles built at the Toyota Motor Kyushu… »

Filed under: Hybrid, Mitsubishi
Daimler and its Japanese affiliate Mitsubishi Fuso have opened a new global hybrid truck development center in Kawasaki, Japan. The center will be the world wide center for developing hybrid systems for commercial vehicles. Engineering teams at various regional centers around the world will coordinate their efforts through the new center. Mr…. »

Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle)
Click above for a gallery of the Landspeeder. Click here for even more
If NEVs were this awesome, there’d be one in every garage. Daniel Deutsch is a former Lucasfilm employee and an extremely talented builder. In addition to a perfect R2-D2, he’s created this full-scale, fully-functional replica of… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Toyota

Toyota President, Katsuaki Watanabe this week announced that the start of fleet testing for plug-in capable Priuses had been moved up by a year. At this year’s Detroit Auto Show, Watanabe announced that several hundred Priuses with the ability to be plugged in would be delivered to government and commercial fleets… »

Filed under: Etc., Fiat, On Two Wheels, UK

London Residential, an estate agency in Candem, London, has bought five Fiat 500 1.2 cars, as well as four electric scooters as transports for its agents. This isn’t, of course, the first time the popular mini car has been used for advertising purposes thanks to its “iconic” status…. »