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Honda Unveils New Personal People Mover

Honda U3-X. The race toward sustainable mobility is moving car companies in odd and unexpected directions. For example, Honda today unveiled the U3-X, a compact electric personal mobility device that fits between the rider’s legs to provide movement forward, [...] [...]

Ford: America’s greenest automaker

First to hybrid SUVs Out of 500 companies, Newsweek has picked Ford Motor Company as the 108th most green company in America. A representative from Ford told me that Ford was picked as the sole US automaker in this green list “for its improvements of fuel efficiency to its vehicles and by also having successful programs in [...] [...]

ALL-NEW POWERTRAINS, CLASS-LEADING CAPABILITY REINFORCE 2011 FORD SUPER DUTY’S TOUGH TRUCK STATUS

Ford Super Duty customers expect and demand capability from the best-selling heavy-duty truck in America. For most Super Duty owners, it’s the core asset of their business. Day after day, year after year, it’s expected to deliver results in the most demanding situations. No nonsense. And never any excuses. [...]

Toyota: It won’t be easy to scale down lithium, plug-in costs

A Prius about to be converted into a plug-in Since the launch of the first Toyota Prius, NiMH battery costs have dropped from about $10,000 per battery pack to less than $3,000. Size and weight have seen similar reductions. So, won’t lithium battery technology follow the same scalable trajectory? Not according to Toyota. After a few years of quietly [...] [...]