By Jeff Cobb AC Propulson Pikes Peak Racer. An open-wheeled electric race car set a new EV record this weekend at the 89th annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Driven by Japan’s Ikuo Hanawa and built by Summit Motorsports, the rear-wheel drive machine was powered by an AC Propulsion drive system to finish in 12:20.084. This time beat all [...] [...]
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Chrysler will bring a Dodge-branded version of Fiat’s Alfa Romeo Giulietta compact to the United States for 2013. The national average price for a gallon of gasoline has climbed nearly 35 percent over the last year, dramatically increasing the importance of fuel economy to car shoppers in the United States. According to a recent study by [...] [...] The dangers of foreign oil dependence are written on the walls. The worst of energy prices is behind us, LOL I watch and read a lot of news, and today all I can do is laugh, and cry. Now that gasoline prices are declining a bit, there is renewed optimism for the economy. Ultimately, America just can’t [...] [...] By Jeff Cobb Beat Electric in Delhi India June 23. Experimental electric vehicle conversions last year by General Motors in Korea, Germany and as of last week in India, have some wondering when the company will create a pure battery electric to compete against the likes of the Nissan LEAF and pending Ford Focus EV. On Thursday June [...] [...] Mercedes-Benz has announced that it will push the release of its first mass-market fuel cell vehicle up by one year, to 2014. At a media roundtable in New York, Daimler Chairman Dieter Zetsche told reporters this week that his company was so impressed by its recent experience touring three pre-production vehicles around the world as [...] [...] No Subaru unless it averages 46 mpg Oil keeps the oppressors in power This morning thousands of people have signed an open petition to Fuji Heavy Industries, owner of Subaru, asking Subaru to stop all vehicle sales in Saudi Arabia until Saudi women are given the right to drive. While all automakers selling in Saudi Arabia might [...] [...] TORRANCE, Calif., June 23, 2011 — Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., received a combined four segment awards in the 2011 J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study (IQS). Lexus earned the honor as the highest ranking nameplate in the industry, while the Toyota Division moved up 14 positions to place seventh. Visit @Toyota [...] [...] Another reason to buy an Insight hybrid. JD Power finds quality in a few hybrid cars JD Power & Associates has released its 2011 quality rankings that are based on problems incurred during the first 90 days of ownership and a few hybrid cars ranked quite well. According to JD Power, the Honda Insight and the Toyota Prius [...] [...] |
 
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