Salesman Humps Golf GTI Door, Door Resists
24 May 2011, 08:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Germans from Volkswagen like to impress. In their quest for world domination, the Germans like to give their regular cars, or at least their most popular, the Golf and Polo, souped-up versions t...
Porsche Boxster E Puts on an Electrifying Show in Berlin
24 May 2011, 07:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Electric-powered rear and four wheel-drive variants of the Porsche Boxster E roadster attracted a lot of attention at last week’s Michelin Challenge Bibendum in Berlin. Demonstrating the every...
Mitsubishi i EVs Sweeten Chicago
24 May 2011, 07:49 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following a partnership with the Jelly Belly Candy Company, the North American division of Mitsubishi decided it was time to show Chicagoans the sweeter side of sustainable transportation. Said and...
Wind Energy Summit Kicks Off in Cali
24 May 2011, 07:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With all the interest automakers are showing in alternative energy sources, it's no wonder this year's Windpower event, the world's largest wind energy summit, will draw a lot of atte...
Scania Signs Major Contract in Iraq
24 May 2011, 07:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As things slowly begin coming on track in war devastated Iraq, companies with enough courage and an intense spirit of adventure are trying to snatch whatever contract they might get in a country who...
Fiat Professional Announces Special Financial Package for CV Users
24 May 2011, 07:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A bespoke finance package on selected Fiat Professional vehicles is being offered to customers that will be affected by next year’s implementation of the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in London. The...
ECOtality Revenues Explode in Q1 2011
24 May 2011, 07:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For over a year now, we kept you up to date with pretty much everything that moves in the electric vehicles charging industry. As we followed the major players and their actions, we've seen a g...
Hyundai Motor America CEO Receives SAE Industry Leadership Award
24 May 2011, 06:55 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Earlier this month, the SAE Foundation has held a ceremony during which it has recognized automotive industry greats, with Industry Leadership Awards presented to John Krafcik, president and chief e...
North Lanarkshire Council Purchases i-MiEV Fleet
24 May 2011, 06:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / North Lanarkshire Council has gone all green, by taking delivery of 12 new pure-electric vehicles to extend its pool car scheme. The new Mitsubishi i-MiEVs have zero exhaust emissions, which will c...
Lamborghini to Produce Car for Everyday Use
24 May 2011, 06:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / How would you feel if a supercar manufacturer like Lamborghini would create a vehicle, in the manner and style they have gotten us used to, that can be used on a daily basis, and not only at special...
Obama Gets Stuck in His Armored Cadillac at an Exit Ramp in Dublin
24 May 2011, 06:39 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / You can never have too many safety measures taken when a head of state is involved, and that comes tenfold when we talk about US President Barack Obama. Taking that into account, all the necessary a...
Honda Goes on Tour with blink-182 and My Chemical Romance
24 May 2011, 06:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The passion Japanese manufacturer Honda seems to have developed for American music will once again translate into a music tour sponsored by the car maker. To be titled the 2011 Honda Civic Tour and ...
Ford Demoes Heart Rate Monitoring Seat Technology
24 May 2011, 06:04 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The latest development added to Ford’s in-car health and wellness research portfolio is a car seat that can monitor a driver’s heartbeat via electrode sensing, a technology that uses six...
Chery Wants More Foreign Cake
24 May 2011, 06:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been a while since we've heard anything from one of China's most active brands in 2009, when it was actively seeking to get its hands on several troubled European manufacturers o...
Renault Targets 100,000 Units/ Year in India
24 May 2011, 06:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As one of the fastest growing automotive markets in the world, India is presenting an irresistible appeal for the global players in the industry in general and for its traditional brands in particul...
NHTSA to Impose Data Recorders Next Month
24 May 2011, 05:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Slowly, as a more or less direct consequence of the massive Toyota recall of 2010, the need for data recorders in vehicles has become so stringent that the US government already announced its intent...
Honda Fit Shuttle to Launch June 16
24 May 2011, 05:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Placed on hold by the March 11 disaster in Japan, the Shuttle version of Honda's Fit model is getting ready to make its big entrance onto the automotive scene. According to just-auto.com, Honda...
VW Ties the Knot with NY Modern Art Museum
24 May 2011, 05:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Since someone told car makers that partnering with museums across the world can do wonders for their business, we've seen a flood of announcements that presented a mixture of otherwise two non-...
Tons of Gulf of Mexico Oil-Soaked Material Go into the Volt
24 May 2011, 05:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nearly half a year ago, American manufacturer GM announced that it has found a way to help reduce the disaster caused by the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, by trying...
Group Challenges NASA's Unintended Acceleration Report
24 May 2011, 05:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you haven't gotten tired already of the debate surrounding the now historic Toyota unintended acceleration issues of last year, then here's, once again, a little something to get your b...