Coda Automotive Secures Additional Funding
20 May 2010, 07:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The U.S. start-up electric car company Coda Automotive has managed to raise $58 million during its latest financing round and is planing to build an office in Singapore, as Reuters reports. The n...
car2go Sponsors Eco Series
20 May 2010, 07:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Car sharing company car2go announced yesterday it will sponsor Eco Series, a grass-roots initiative operating in Austin, Texas, whose main goal is to provide the platform needed to "develop sol...
Toyota North America Confirms Lexus LS Recall
20 May 2010, 07:40 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Toyota North America has issued a press release following the announcement that Toyota Japan has decided to recall certain Lexus LS models globally due to steering system concerns. “Toyota ...
ALPINA B3 S Now in the UK
20 May 2010, 07:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / British petrolheads now have one more reason to be happy, as the new ALPINA B3 S Bi-Turbo has now been brought to the UK. The latest addition in the BMW tuner’s range manages to offer excit...
Renault to Sell 1,000 Clios at 1990s Prices
20 May 2010, 07:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Celebrating the model’s 20th anniversary, Renault’s British division decided to sell 1,000 Clio Extreme 1.2 models for the same price as a Clio RL 1.2 from the early 90s, only between Ma...
Aston Martin Says No to Le Mans Diesel
20 May 2010, 07:04 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Aston Martin Racing boss David Richards said his team will not switch to diesels like the dominant Peugeot and Audi teams have done in order to win the Le Mans 24 Hours race. Audi and Peugeot use di...
Court Dismisses Mayfield’s NASCAR Lawsuit
20 May 2010, 06:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The problems which began for NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield in June 2009, after failing a methamphetamine drug test came to abrupt end for him yesterday in North Carolina, after the Federal Court in ...
Tesla Motors Opens Newport Beach Outlet
20 May 2010, 06:49 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Tesla Motors has opened a new outlet in Newport Beach, California, with the store now inviting potential customers to test drive the performance electric vehicle. "Orange County is an import...
2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee New Pics and Details
20 May 2010, 09:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After last week American manufacturer Chrysler released pricing for the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, more photos of the new "American icon" surfaced yesterday, along with details about the ca...
SAE Announces 2010 Lloyd L. Withrow Award Winners
19 May 2010, 15:11 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / SAE International honored five mobility engineering professionals with the 2010 Lloyd L. Withrow Distinguished Award at a recent world congress held in Detroit. The award recognizes individuals who ...
BlueAnt S4 Voice Controlled Car Speaker Unveiled
19 May 2010, 14:53 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A new product from BlueAnt is now ready to take over the market lead in its segment, as it is the first true hands-free, voice-controlled Bluetooth car speakerphone, as the manufacturer likes to say...
Tesla Roadster Debuts at the Scottish Motorfair
19 May 2010, 14:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It will be an exciting weekend for American electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, who will be displaying the electric Roadster at two events at the same time, one in Spain and one in Scotland. Ea...
BMW to Start Production of the 5 Series ActiveHybrid in 2011
19 May 2010, 14:41 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / BMW plans to start production of its 5 Series ActiveHybrid next year and expects to introduce the hybrid technology into the smaller 3 Series as well. "As early as next year, the new BMW 5 s...
GM EcoCAR EV Competition Enters Judging Phase
19 May 2010, 14:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors’ EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge program is currently seeing sixteen vehicles built by 100 college students being tested in the Arizona desert, at GM’s Desert Proving Ground (Y...
BMW Recalls K 1200 GT and R-Series Boxer-Twins
19 May 2010, 13:58 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The motorcycle arm of German manufacturer BMW recently issued a statement in which it reveals it has decided to recall R-Series boxer-twins and K 1200 GT motorcycles. The safety recall announced by ...
Vettel's Switch to Ferrari Unlikely, Says Red Bull Advisor
19 May 2010, 13:40 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Helmut Marko, advisor of Red Bull’s boss Dietrich Mateschitz, has expressed his doubts about a possible switch to Ferrari for Vettel in the near future. The 22-year-old German driver has recen...
Sand-X, the Desert's Snowmobile
19 May 2010, 13:32 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We adore purpose-built machines, especially when it comes to vehicles that offer extreme sensations, such as the Sand-X All Terrain Vehicle (ATV).This is a vehicle which was engineered to run on san...
History of the Parking Meter
19 May 2010, 14:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On May 13, 2010, the world celebrated 75 years since the inception of the parking meter. Well, celebrated is a bit of an overstatement, as parking meters are not exactly what you would call a cheris...
KTM Offroad Introduces Model Year 2011 Lineup
19 May 2010, 13:04 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM recently unveiled the lineup of new motorcycles for the model year 2011, headlined by what KTM calls a “revolutionary MX1 innovation”: the 350 SX-F m...
Volkswagen Golf Match Launched in the UK
19 May 2010, 13:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Volkswagen Golf range has received a new trim level for the UK market. Using the Match name, the new version replaces the SE equipment level, adding over additional equipment worth 1,600 pounds,...