Opel Ampera to Be Discontinued, Chevrolet Volt Lives On For Another Generation
21 Jul 2014, 19:35 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / There's a bit of bad news for European eco-friendly motorists. Two insiders familiar with Opel's future plans have revealed that the Ampera, which is basically the Euro-spec Chevy Volt, wi...
Tata Nexon Platform Could Underpin Second-Gen Range Rover Evoque
21 Jul 2014, 16:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A Tata official recently revealed that the relationship between Tata and Jaguar Land Rover will go deeper than just infusing capital in the British marques. Slated to be launched around 2017, the Ta...
Tetrahedrite Can Turn Exhaust Heat Into Electricity for Hybrid Cars
21 Jul 2014, 16:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Everyone knowing a thing or two about internal combustion engines can tell you their efficiency is rather limited. A big part of the energy “stored” in gasoline is lost through the heat ...
Bentley Has Cool Expansion Plans, Could Be Led by Smaller Coupe
21 Jul 2014, 15:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / In case you’ve noticed an increase in Bentley’s activity over the last few years or so, you are right. The Brits are looking to mold the Flying B into a wider variety of shapes, betting ...
Former Ford COO Nick Scheele Dies at 70, Honored by Bill Ford
21 Jul 2014, 09:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Born in Essex, United Kingdom, in January 1944, Briton Sir Nicholas Scheele is one of the most highly regarded executives in recent automotive history. Unfortunately, the Blue Oval announced that Ni...
Toyota Researcher Says Autonomous Cars Will Boost Fuel Consumption
21 Jul 2014, 08:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We, gearheads consider autonomous cars a joke, the FBI thinks they are a threat because terrorists could transform them into cruising bombs, and now scientists say they are also bad on the long term...
SUVs Outsold Sedans in the US According to IHS
19 Jul 2014, 22:58 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Global information company IHS informs that U.S. drivers are slowly ditching sedans over SUVs. Including crossovers and CUV models, sport utility vehicles account for 36.5 percent of new-vehicle reg...
GM Legal Staff Takes the Heat at Recall Hearing
17 Jul 2014, 17:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Delphi's CEO blamed GM for the sub-standard ignition switches, the automaker's Mary Barra stepped up and testified before the Committee's Chairman McCaskill and Ranking Member H...
GM Lied to Federal Authorities About Ignition-Related Fatal Accidents
17 Jul 2014, 12:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Another day, another ignition switch headline to make you get cold feet about driving a vehicle designed and assembled by GM. That's seems to be the norm these days and a new analysis further d...
Survey Says We Won’t Drive Anymore in 2023, Bummer!
17 Jul 2014, 09:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Not only cars are transforming into Playstations on wheels now, but in the near future, you also won’t need to operate them according to new study. In fact they won’t even have steering ...
2015 Porsche Cayenne Facelift to Also Be Built at VW's Osnabrück Factory
17 Jul 2014, 09:27 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volkswagen has opened its gates to Porsche’s Cayenne further more, with the company announcing its Osnabruck plant in Germany will also bring Porsche’s SUV to the world starting from 201...
2015 Ford Super Duty F-450 Boasts 31,200 Pounds Towing Capacity
17 Jul 2014, 08:35 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just the other day Chrysler announced that the Ram 3500 with the 6.7-liter Cummins diesel can tow a best-in-class 30,000 lbs using the SAE J2807 testing protocol. However, the mid-cycle refresh of t...
Ferrari Developing New Steering Technology for Perfect Feedback
16 Jul 2014, 13:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Grab the keys to any contemporary Prancing Horse model and, among others, you’ll experience one of the best steering feels available in a car with warranty. Ferrari now wants to up the ante on...
Former Ford CEO Alan Mulally Joins Google Board of Directors
16 Jul 2014, 10:02 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / In a move that seems to come from a book on the future of automated driving, former Ford Chief Executive Officer, Alan Mulally, has joined the Google board of directors. Mulally is now the 11th memb...
NJ Dealers to Pay $1.8M Settlement For Misleading their Customers
16 Jul 2014, 09:17 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Deceptive auto practices are unacceptable, especially when it comes to big players in the auto industry such as General Motors. But a big slice of the shady practices pie is held by small dealership...
EPIC Car Seats are Designed to Save the Lives of Sleepy Drivers
15 Jul 2014, 20:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / You may not have heard of Plessey Semiconductors before, but this company is the mastermind behind the EPIC circuit at the base of a new project from Nottingham Trent University. Simply put, Electri...
GM Could be Charged with Fraud Over Ignition Switch Recall Delay
14 Jul 2014, 18:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Several federal prosecuters have joined forces and are currently doing their homework in order to charge General Motors with fraud over the notorious defective ignition switch recall. Evidence of mi...
Toyota Plans Massive Engine Lineup Changes
14 Jul 2014, 09:21 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Adopting the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform is just part of Toyota’s plan to reduce cost productions, increase efficiency and sell more cars. The new strategy also includes a m...
Tesla Delivered Over 1 GWh of Zap In June
13 Jul 2014, 15:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though Tesla Motors was founded some 11 years ago, the Palo Alto-based startup is celebrating a big milestone after years of relentless research and marketing work in the still undeveloped worl...
Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake to Debut at the 2014 Paris Motor Show in October
10 Jul 2014, 08:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / According to a Mercedes-Benz insider that wished to remain anonymous, the heavily anticipated shooting brake version of the CLA premium compact sedan will make its world debut this October, at the 2...