Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Honda
The same week that General Motors unveiled the production version of its Volt extended range EV, Honda R&D president Masaaki Kato downplayed the importance of plug-in hybrids, at least in the short term. While GM and Toyota are both developing hybrid vehicles with plug-in capability and a wide array of manufacturers… »
Filed under: Euro, Paris Motor Show, Hatchbacks, FIAT
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Fiat 500 Abarth Esseesse
The first official images of the production Fiat 500 Abarth esseesse (SS) have made their way onto the Web and as suspected, it’s as racy as a hot hatch can get.
The esseesse is fitted with a full… »
Filed under: Concept Cars, Time Warp, Cadillac, GM, Misc. Auto Shows, Celebrities
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The 16th Annual Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance was held this Sunday at Trump National Golf Club in Palos Verdes, California. Like a half-scale Pebble Beach, the PV Concours offers visitors a golf course setting above the Pacific that… »
Filed under: GEM, Green Daily, NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle), USA
Maybe this is why John McCain is so gung-ho for better automotive batteries. According to a fluffy piece of reporting by Newsweek, the McCain family owns three GEM electric vehicles. Newsweek wanted to find out how many cars each of the two major party presidential candidates… »
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Honda
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To market a dinosaur exhibit at the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn Michigan, the orgnizers painted dino-tracks all over the city. It sounded like a good idea at the time, but for years after the event concluded, the annoying tracks remained. We thought that was the most… »
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, BMW
BMW has achieved sales increases in the US for 16 straight years, but that impressive streak is going to end in 2008. BMW USA CEO Jim O’Donnell has decided to stop shipment of 44,000 vehicles destined for the States by the end of this year. The move was made to prevent pushing… »
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, USA
Remember the DIY Segway that we showed you? The same group of students from MIT and their friends from some area high schools known as the Edgerton Center Summer Engineering Workshop are back at it this year with a new project, an electric kart that has some rather high-tech features built in…. »
Filed under: Etc., USA
The price for a barrel of Crude for October delivery rose $16.37, or 15.7%, to close at $120.92 by the end of today’s trading in New York. Why? There doesn’t actually appear to be any one particular reason, with speculation of an improving economy due to the Bush administration’s hopeful ability to… »
I couldn’t resist sending these camera phone pix of a couple contrasting gems, despite the crush of work the summer brought to my doorstep: I was helping the housekeeping crew catch up on a busy day at the hotel I run and as I was lugging a barrel of trash down the fire… »
Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Wagons/Estates, Paris Motor Show, Audi
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Audi S4 sedan
Now that Audi has begun production and sales of the new A4 sedan and wagon, it’s time to start rounding out the lineup. At next week’s Paris Motor Show the next generation S4 will debut and marks… »