Beware: Blind Man Driving
17 Nov 2009, 09:49 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Being blind can’t possibly be easy, but a team of Virginia Tech students and SolidWorks CAD software are trying to make things easier by helping blind drivers see with their hands and ears. Su...
RV World Joins American Coach Dealership Network
17 Nov 2009, 09:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / RV World, a Yuma, Arizona dealer has been added to the American Coach's dealership network, to display and sell the American Eagle, American Tradition and American Allegiance product lines, as ...
Timo Glock Signs F1 Deal with Manor
17 Nov 2009, 09:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Manor Formula One Team has become the second newly-entrant to announce at least one driver for their maiden F1 campaign next season. After months of speculation, the British outfit finally revealed ...
Fiat Punto Production Stopped in Serbia Due to Fire Damages
17 Nov 2009, 09:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Italian manufacturer Fiat announced a two-week production halt at its plant in Serbia after a fire severely damaged a production hall, company representatives said. Local production is handled by Fi...
Michael Carpenter, GMAC's New CEO
17 Nov 2009, 09:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / GMAC Financial Services and its board of directors appointed Michael A. Carpenter the company's new chief executive officer, succeeding Alvaro de Molina after his resignation. Carpenter, me...
F1 Teams Turn Down More Money from Ecclestone
17 Nov 2009, 09:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Worried about the fact that many manufacturers chose to leave the Formula One championship in recent years – Honda, BMW and Toyota – Bernie Ecclestone made one strong attempt to bind the...
Top CEOs Set Up Electrification Coalition
17 Nov 2009, 09:19 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Some of the most important business leaders came together to form the Electrification Coalition, a not-for-profit organization born to promote policies and actions that will facilitate the deploymen...
2010 Fiat Doblo Details Released
17 Nov 2009, 08:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Italian manufacturer Fiat released yesterday details on the new Fiat Doblo, a model dubbed by the Italians Family Space. As opposed to the previous version, the new Doblo features extensive modifica...
Toyota Turns Down Offer to Sell F1 Car Design
17 Nov 2009, 08:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Toyota seem very serious in their attempt to keep the 2010 car design for themselves in the near future. Although they've left Formula One with immediate effect a couple of weeks ago, the Japan...
BMW Wins Two Scottish Car of the Year Awards
17 Nov 2009, 08:55 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / BMW has reasons to celebrate, as the German auto builder won two categories of the Scottish Car of the Year Awards 2009. The jury was formed by the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers (ASMW). I...
2010 SAE World Congress Theme: Ecollaboration
17 Nov 2009, 08:52 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The SAE World Congress, to be held next year and presented by Ford Motor Company and Magna International will be concentrating on the Ecollaboration theme (Engage, Exchange, Excel), meaning that it ...
GM Still Far from German Money
17 Nov 2009, 08:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors is now struggling to raise the needed money to start restructuring Opel but the company is far from getting support from Germany, whose officials felt outraged with its decision to ke...
Fleets to Buy 4 Million Hybrids by 2015
17 Nov 2009, 08:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Corporate and government fleets will buy, according to a Pike Research study, some 4 million hybrids by 2015. The same study claims that hybrid fleet sales will increase from 300,000 in 2009 to more...
Ford Focus RS Wins "Sporting" Car of the Year Award in Scotland
17 Nov 2009, 08:43 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Scottish Car of the Year Awards presented by Association of Scottish Motoring Writers (ASMW) have another big winner: Ford Focus RS won the "sporting" category of the competition. The ...
Daimler Official Blames Board of Directors for Brawn GP Buyout
17 Nov 2009, 08:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Not everyone back at Stuttgart believes Daimler made the right call when deciding to buy the Brawn GP team in Formula One. If Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche yesterday confirmed that the German comp...
Jaguar Land Rover Loan from GE Capital is Official
17 Nov 2009, 08:35 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / As you might recall, Financial Times newspaper predicted yesterday that Jaguar Land Rover was about to announce that it had secured 170 million pounds ($285.5 million) in working capital from GE Cap...
GM Pays 200M Euro Opel Loan Tranche
17 Nov 2009, 08:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors paid last week another tranche from the Opel loan it received back in June to keep the company alive, company representatives said in a statement. The German government agreed during ...
Nissan Launches LEAF Zero Emissions Student Competition
17 Nov 2009, 08:11 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / In conjunction with the Nissan LEAF Zero Emission Tour, the Japanese carmaker also launched a student competition, that challenges university and college students to express how the Nissan LEAF has ...
Piquet Confirms Talks with Force India
17 Nov 2009, 08:02 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Nelson Piquet Jr. might be attending the NASCAR Truck Series races lately, but his thoughts are still very much focused on landing a deal in Formula One. The Brazilian driver today confirmed that he...
Oshkosh SandCat, on Display at the International Armored Vehicles
17 Nov 2009, 08:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Military contractor Oshkosh announced today it will present its new SandCat high-speed, highly-protected, highly-maneuverable armored vehicle at next February's International Armored Vehicles s...