Toyota said on Tuesday it will recall some 3.8 million vehicles, including the Toyota Prius, because of the risk a floormat could keep the accelerator pedal forced down. As an immediate remedy, the Japanese automaker urged drivers of a range of recent models to remove driver’s-side floor mats until it could issue a [...] [...]
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Still a best seller in Japan Thanks to strong sales of the Honda Insight and other fuel efficient vehicles, such as the Fit, Honda has been able to stay in the black while other automakers have suffered during this economic crisis. Nonetheless, Honda envisions huge changes in the automotive landscape. “Even without the economic shock, cars have [...] [...] According to Fox News, the US Department of Energy threw away nearly $1 billion in loans to Fisker Automotive and Tesla Motors—two Calif.-based [...] [...] Compact converter systems Hanna Plesko, a doctoral student at Power Electronic Systems Laboratory, might have invented a way to help bring down the costs of hybrid vehicles. By integrating the power electronics and the electric motor in a way where several functions can be performed simultaneously, a number of important components can be shared, resulting in fewer [...] [...] Move over hybrid If you were an early adopter of hybrid technology, then you might have received a sticker that allows hybrids with single occupants to use the carpool lane. Well, your sticker will soon be meaningless. That program is ending in California according to reports coming out of Sacramento. Although I don’t have the final details, either [...] [...] |
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