By Philippe Crowe The final report from the EuroFOT research project, which has brought together 28 European companies and organizations, confirms that systems to help drivers avoid incidents and collisions deliver significant benefits. According to the study, a car with adaptive cruise control and collision warning, for instance, cuts the risk of colliding with the vehicle in [...] [...]
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By Jeff Cobb UPDATED– 3:20 EST This week Opel announced that the Ampera – its sibling to the Chevy Volt – was Europe’s best-selling electric passenger vehicle with a continent-wide market share of over 20 percent. read more [...] By Philippe Crowe Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) has selected Ally Financial to be a preferred provider of leasing and financing for the company’s all-electric 2012 Mitsubishi i. Consumers can now lease a Mitsubishi i at certified dealers nationwide for lease payments as low as $249 per month for the base ES model equipped with [...] [...] By Philippe Crowe Chevrolet Volt’s twin, the Vauxhall Ampera, has added Auto Express magazine’s Green Award 2012 to its growing collection of top honors. The UK’s best-selling weekly car magazine made the announcement at its prestigious New Car Awards held last night in London. read more [...] By Philippe Crowe Toyota retains the number one position in the second annual Best Global Green Brands report, published by international brand consultancy Interbrand this week. The report gauges the gap between public perception of a brand’s environmental performance – its “green image” – and its actual environmental practices, using publicly available data and information. read more [...] With today’s ever-increasing concern about driver distraction, engineers in the Ford Research and Innovation labs are developing ways to help the driver stay focused in busy situations by intelligently managing incoming communications. [...] Ford announces a new social consumer program for the highly anticipated all-new Ford Fusion that aims to shatter the bounds of immersive entertainment with “Random Acts of Fusion.” The unique transmedia marketing initiative promises to be as groundbreaking as the all-new Ford Fusion – a vehicle poised to dramatically change the face of the midsize [...] [...] Ford is delivering more fuel-efficient vehicle choices in 2012 than ever before and a fresher new vehicle lineup than any full-line automaker in the U.S. “Customers are starting to see the true benefits of our One Ford plan,” said Mark Fields, Ford president of The Americas. “With more new vehicle options and an even broader [...] [...] |
 
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