tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19390913794087691562024-02-19T00:52:58.258-08:00News UpdateNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comBlogger355125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-15865390228933583542012-05-06T14:54:00.001-07:002012-05-06T14:54:29.623-07:00Porsche Boxster Diesel Possible Admits R&D Chief An interesting report has surfaced from the 33rd Vienna Motor Symposium that revealed Porsche has diesel powerplants firmly in its strategy, while electric vehicles are not. Speaking at the conference, Porsche R&D chief Wolfgang Hatz revealed that the German automaker believes that pure electric vehicles are “not even close to series production with the current battery technology.” It’s a News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-80696193635467322092012-05-05T14:59:00.001-07:002012-05-05T14:59:41.386-07:00Hyundai announces standard brake-override for all models Always looking for ways to one-up its Japanese competitors, Hyundai has announced that a brake override system will be standard equipment on its full line of vehicles, starting this month. Truth be told, every 2012 Hyundai model save for the Elantra Touring already had a brake override system fitted. So why the announcement, and why now? Well, other than just tweaking Toyota, whose unintended News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-32344005016884314112012-05-04T20:59:00.001-07:002012-05-04T20:59:35.882-07:00Hyundai, BMW Partnering for Engine Development BMW and Hyundai are discussing plans to produce an engine, Reuters is reporting. The automakers may share development and costs equally, so we don’t expect to see any “BMW by powered Hyundai” badges to come from the deal. Sources close to the possible tie-up have told Reuters that the two automakers met in Munich yesterday and that discussions are still in the early stages. Development is News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-11449887466227475682012-05-04T16:45:00.001-07:002012-05-04T16:45:49.112-07:00Honda pioneers new traffic-busting technology In conjunction with the Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo, Honda reportedly developed the world's first technology to detect the potential for traffic congestion. It's based on acceleration and deceleration patterns, and ultimately improves driving habits in an effort to reduce traffic jams and fuel consumption. Here's how it works: The system News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-25564026937626611512012-05-04T14:01:00.001-07:002012-05-04T14:01:32.580-07:002012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Runs Quarter Mile in 11.93 Seconds Chevrolet engineers took the new 2012 Camaro ZL1 down to the drag strip, and came away impressed. Stock examples of the new muscle car managed to run an 11-second quarter mile time with both the automatic and manual transmissions. The results are pretty impressive for a street-legal car with no modifications: the six-speed automatic-equipped ZL1 ran the quarter mile in 11.93 seconds at 116 mphNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-24363380298919642392012-05-04T13:58:00.001-07:002012-05-04T13:58:20.039-07:00Subaru WRX to get an electric turbo? The next-generation Subaru Impreza WRX might very well use a revolutionary turbocharger powered by electricity converted from the exhaust gases. According to Motortrend.com, Subaru has been working on this new technology for years and even took out a patent in 2007. The plan is to get rid of the complex piping and allow the engine to produce power more efficiently with less turbo lag. The News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-29906646218155094462012-05-04T12:48:00.001-07:002012-05-04T12:48:15.597-07:00Mercedes-Benz CLK-Black Series Race Car Teased by Evosport and MBBS Evosport and MBBS are known in the tuning circles as making some of the most awesome BMW and Mercedes race-spec cars. They’re now teasing a new race car that will be entered into the Pirelli World Challenge GT. The only details we have of the car is that it’ll be based on an AMG Black Series car. That should come as no surpise since Evosport has likely tuned more Black Series cars than anyone News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-66931212418279391852012-05-04T12:43:00.001-07:002012-05-04T12:43:17.264-07:0020-Minute EV Charger to Debut from German, U.S. Automakers When it comes to fast-charging technology, U.S. and German automakers are on the same team. Many of them have agreed to share a common EV charger in hopes of accelerating the push toward electric vehicles. Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche, and Volkswagen will demonstrate the DC-fast charging with a Combined Charging System at the Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS26). News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-82556193778582112432012-05-04T06:01:00.001-07:002012-05-04T06:01:56.128-07:002012 Audi A3 will be safest yet The 2012 Audi A3 will be available with a range of new electronic driver aids when it goes on sale in September. Prices will start from around £19,000, although cheaper versions will join the range within a couple of months, bringing the entry-level price closer to that of the current A3, which costs from £17,400. Audi’s driver-rest-recommendation technology – which assesses the driver's News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-38101696280665065972012-05-03T20:31:00.001-07:002012-05-03T20:31:07.410-07:00BMW reveals eco features of new X1 model The BMW X1 (pictured) is set to debut in the USA during the autumn after enjoying global success with 275,000 units sold to date. When it arrives in America however, it will take on its greenest guise to date. Its arrival coincides with an update that includes the introduction of BMW EfficientDynamics technologies including: brake energy regeneration; auto start/stop; and ECO Pro mode. ThereNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-85558717878289004382012-05-03T17:52:00.001-07:002012-05-03T17:52:54.498-07:00BMW and Hyundai Could be Partners in New Engine Family Development This story probably would have made you laugh a few years ago. It would have seemed unthinkable, impossibile even. All the same, BMW is working with Hyundai to produce engines. BMW is reportedly in talks with the Korean automaker to help shoulder some of the roughly $1.3-2.6 billion cost of developing a new engine family. This isn’t the first time we’ve reported on Hyundai and BMW working News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-52967178599374508862012-05-03T17:50:00.001-07:002012-05-03T17:50:22.677-07:00U.S. Automakers Team Up with Germans for Ultra-Quick EV Charging System Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche, and Volkswagen will demonstrate the DC-fast charging with a Combined Charging System at the Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS26). The universal vehicle inlet integrates one-phase AC-charging, fast three-phase AC-charging, DC-charging, and ultra-fast DC-charging, allowing it to recharge most electric cars in the U.S. and in Europe in as News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-30584569507354368882012-05-03T17:44:00.001-07:002012-05-03T17:44:08.407-07:00Ford finally ready to Focus on electric cars Dealers are trained and ready to sell the Focus electric Plug-in car sales took a bit of a hit last month, as both GM and Nissan plug-in sales declined. The Prius plug-in, however, saw a nice uptick in sales, which makes me wonder. Did Toyota’s plug-in steal some plug-in sales from either Nissan or GM? Regardless, there is now a new plug-in competitor being added to the plug-in mix. Ford is News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-90805012784586468192012-05-03T16:14:00.001-07:002012-05-03T16:14:17.547-07:00Nissan Will Build Juke-R for Europe When Nissan unveiled its Juke-R concept last January in Dubai, the automaker said a production version of the hand-built, performance-tuned crossover would never see the light of day. According to Nissan's official Juke Facebook page, however, the automaker changed its mind. The concept was created by Nissan Technical Centre Europe and built by race team RML from scratch in 22 weeks. Nissan News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-1180306741669361932012-05-03T16:10:00.001-07:002012-05-03T16:10:05.654-07:00Aston Martin Preparing Special Model to Celebrate 100th Anniversary Next year marks the 100th anniversary of Aston Martin, and the company plans to celebrate by launching some sort of special-edition centenary model. Auto Express reports that the car could be a limited-run model based on the current Aston Martin DBS. “This will be an entirely new model,” Aston Martin CEO Dr. Ulrich Bez told Auto Express. “We have to do something remarkable to mark our News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-74891071663473357142012-05-03T09:29:00.001-07:002012-05-03T09:29:56.234-07:00Confirmed: Wild Nissan Juke-R Entering Limited Production Nissan has announced that it will put the high-performance Juke-R concept into limited production. The unique vehicle combines the running gear of a Nissan GT-R with the body of a Juke crossover; though originally a limited-run prototype, customer demand meant Nissan will put the model into production. Nissan has so far received three orders for a copy of the Nissan Juke-R, and is currently News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-87356645486080193962012-05-03T06:57:00.001-07:002012-05-03T06:57:18.439-07:00Next Generation Subaru WRX May Sport Electric Turbo The next generation Subaru WRX may bring about a new, ground-breaking electric turbo when it finally sees production at the end of 2013. Back in 2007, the Japanese automaker filed for a patent on an electrically-operated turbo and it’s believed that Fuji Heavy Industries, Subaru’s parent company, has been developing a method to trap the heat energy from exhaust gases in order to generate News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-40814575944003922512012-05-03T05:55:00.001-07:002012-05-03T05:55:52.593-07:00Kia K9 Luxury Sedan Hits Korean Showrooms Today We first saw the new Kia K9 last February and now the automaker’s new luxury sedan has finally gone on sale in Korea. Kia’s rear-drive flagship will feature a long list of premium features to attract budget-minded customers seeking luxury. Kia says the K9 is the automaker’s first large rear-drive sedan in over a decade. As previously reported, the K9 is largely based on the Hyundai Genesis News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-55025032308605895942012-05-03T05:52:00.001-07:002012-05-03T05:52:05.247-07:00Chinese-Designed Volkswagen Hover Car Takes Flight in China Mainstream  flying cars may not be too far off into the future, as Volkswagen’s People’s Choice Project suggests. More than 119,000 vehicle and technological ideas were submitted as part of the Chinese project, and while only three were turned into concepts, the craziest one is shown in the video below. The Volkswagen Hover Car is a pod-like zero-emissions vehicle that uses News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-48705769831567545272012-05-03T02:35:00.001-07:002012-05-03T02:35:23.223-07:00Trio of Chinese Concepts Showcase Volkswagen of the Future Almost a year ago, the People’s Car Project launched in China to garner ideas for concepts that would further be developed by German automaker, Volkswagen. Over 119,000 ideas were submitted after the website received more than 33 million visitors, with three concepts rising above the rest of the competition. Those cars are currently on display at Auto China 2012 in Beijing and include the News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-51612905075328877752012-05-02T20:42:00.001-07:002012-05-02T20:42:12.470-07:00Guy Fieri’s Lamborghini Recovered From Teenage Thief Right and wrong aside, the thief who heisted Guy Fieri’s Lamborghini Gallardo deserves a sliver of credit — it’s not every day a punk rappels from a dealer ceiling to steal a car. Still, there’s no arguing with the fact that his arrest is a good thing. What might have otherwise remained a mystery in the annals of car theft unravelled when police found the yellow supercar sitting in a storage News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-37161555426384690632012-05-02T20:38:00.001-07:002012-05-02T20:38:11.323-07:00Ford F-550 Super Duty Rescue Concept Weathers Real World Test While concept vehicles are fun to look at, that is usually about as useful as they get, but that wasn’t the case with the Ford F-550 Super Duty rescue concept, which had an unscheduled date with a real world disaster. When multiple tornadoes ripped through Texas on April 3, this Ford F-550 rescue concept was called into action to aid the cleanup cause. Luckily, the truck is a functional unit, News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-4288961094243607602012-05-02T17:21:00.001-07:002012-05-02T17:21:44.589-07:00Ford Power: EcoBoost, 3.7L V-6 Plant Gets Third Shift to Meet Demand Ford can’t keep up with demand for its EcoBoost V-6 and 3.7-liter V-6 engines. The automaker is adding a third shift to its Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1, a move that is expected to require 250 jobs mostly filled by former employees at Cleveland Engine Plant No. 2, which ends production this week. “Our engine plant in Cleveland is the first and only facility in North America to produce EcoBoost News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-42621333339968262232012-05-02T17:16:00.001-07:002012-05-02T17:16:25.842-07:00New York Goes Green With New Boro Taxi Fleet The Big Apple has gotten a little greener thanks to its new Boro Taxis that sport an Apple Green finish, helping to give all those that live in the boroughs outside of Manhattan and Northern Manhattan a ride. This is the first time in New York’s storied history that taxi service outside of Manhattan has become law, giving New Yorkers in all five boroughs safe and legal street hail service. To News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939091379408769156.post-72679509611524064672012-05-02T15:51:00.001-07:002012-05-02T15:51:53.698-07:002013 Chevrolet Malibu: Made by Moms, For Moms The 2013 Chevrolet Malibu is GM’s first global midsize-sedan. In order to appeal to customers all over the world Chevrolet got a little design help from the Chevy’s in-house moms. Input from GM’s “Malibu Moms” helped finely tune several parts of the car to make it an extremely family friendly vehicle. “People spend a lot of time in their vehicles,” said Kara Gordon, the Malibu’s lead News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.com