Lead-Acid Ignition Batteries Will Stick Around for Another Decade or More
30 Dec 2014, 10:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Lead is poisonous if animals and humans ingest it, damaging the nervous system and causing brain disorders. Lead poisoning has been documented from ancient Rome, ancient Greece and ancient China, re...
UK Driving Licence to Feature the Union Jack Starting From 2015
30 Dec 2014, 09:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The typical British driving licence now displays the European Union’s 12 golden stars on an azure background, with UK written in the middle, but it seems like the DVLA is adamant the Union Jac...
Windsor Assembly Plant Expansion Begins in Preparation for 2016 Chrysler Town & Country
30 Dec 2014, 07:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Founded in 1928 and specialized in minivans since 1983, Windsor Assembly is the largest employer of the southernmost city in Canada. Located south of Detroit Motor City, the Detroit River acts a nat...
Phantom Traffic Jams Explained
29 Dec 2014, 17:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It’s that time of the year when you start visiting your relatives or going on the holiday vacation, which is nice, but since most people do this at the same time, you’ll inevitably get s...
Ford Closes its Genk Body & Assembly Plant in Belgium · Video
29 Dec 2014, 07:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After General Motors-owned Opel shut down the historical Bochum factory, the Blue Oval followed suit with its complex in Genk, Belgium. This closure was first considered in 2012, a time when Ford st...
Kokomo Transmission Plant Receives $266M Investment Over Increasing Demand
25 Dec 2014, 08:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / To make a long story short, the Kokomo Transmission Plant produced some 300,000 eight-speed automatic gearboxes in 2013. In the first eleven months of 2014, the FCA US LLC-owned facility manufacture...
Repo Men Are Using Social Media to Find Your Car
24 Dec 2014, 16:09 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Addicted to social media posting? You better be more mindful about what you post on them, especially if you’re a couple of payments behind schedule with your leased car. The repo men are watch...
NASA Plans Space Mining in About 30 Years
23 Dec 2014, 15:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Space mining isn’t a new concept and those who ventured on the dark corridors of Dead Space’s USG Ishimura, the biggest planet cracker in her class, know what I’m talking about her...
2016 Shelby GT350 Mustang Winter Testing Looks Like Overkill
23 Dec 2014, 10:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When developing an all-new car, engineers handling the R&D duties need to address a lot of stuff in order to make sure the production-ready vehicle will be sturdy enough for every imaginable sce...
Volvo Turning to the Internet to Boost Sales, Turns Away from Auto Shows
17 Dec 2014, 13:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You might be thinking “Oh no, this must be a revolution! Every automaker will start ditching its dealership sales and move on to the Internet.” Sadly for some, this won’t happen to...
FCA US LLC is Chrysler Group LLC’s New Name, $2.5 Billion Convertible Bond Launched
16 Dec 2014, 13:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As I’m sure you know, LLC stands for limited liability company, the US-specific form of a private company. However, why the Chrysler Group LLC chose to take up the FCA US LLC name is something...
Design Language of Future Chevrolet Models to Be Inspired By the C7 Corvette Stingray
15 Dec 2014, 15:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Despite the conservative ECU that limits the 2015 Corvette Z06’s power delivery and the few recalls the C7 Corvette Stingray was subjected to in the current year, the Vette is a gorgeous sport...
DS Brand to Open 50 Dealerships in Europe Next Year, Launch 6 All-New Models by 2020
12 Dec 2014, 14:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Founded in March 2010 with the funky DS3, the DS family is a little posher than the average C3 or so wants the automaker for us to think. To be utmost frank, the DS range isn’t that wow when c...
Renault Two-Stroke, Two-Cylinder Supercharged and Turbo Diesel Showcased
12 Dec 2014, 12:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Remember when Fiat introduced the 875 cc Twin Air two-cylinder turbocharged engine? Despite the moderately enough 85 hp and 155 Nm (114 lb-ft ) of torque it’s capable of, both the 500 and Pand...
Ford SYNC 3 Infotainment System Coming Next Year · Video
11 Dec 2014, 17:25 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As of 2014, the SYNC infotainment system comes as standard on all Ford and Lincoln vehicles sold in North America. While SYNC Gen I was flawed and laden with too many buttons, SYNC Gen II’s na...
Volvo 1.5 Drive-E 3-Cylinder Teased, to Produce Up To 180 HP on CMA Platform Cars
11 Dec 2014, 10:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Earlier this year, we reported that Derek Crabb, the Swedish manufacturer’s global powertrain numero uno, confirmed there’s a 1.5-liter three-pot turbo in development. Derek suggested th...
Hydrogen Infrastructure Could Be Built in Underground Caverns
10 Dec 2014, 15:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It’s pretty clear that if we want fuel cell vehicles to happen we need two things - cheap hydrogen production (should I say extraction) and a nationwide infrastructure to deliver the fuel. The...
Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Kinect Camera Used for Virtual Training of Opel Workers
9 Dec 2014, 18:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Back in the 20th century, building a passenger vehicle was simple considering the operation consisted of straightforward processes. Employees worked on the assembly and everyone had to do one job - ...
Shanghai GM Sold Over 10 Million Automobiles Since 1997
9 Dec 2014, 16:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Founded 17 years ago, Shanghai General Motors Company Ltd is the joint venture between China-based automaker SAIC Motor and GM. Although the first vehicle of the venture was manufactured in 1999, Sh...
White Still the Most Popular Car Color in 2014, Study Says
9 Dec 2014, 15:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / There’s something about white cars that apparently makes them irresistible. At least that’s what a new study done by PPG Industries says, hiding under the fancy title of ‘Annual Au...