The Ford B-Max at the Geneva Motor Show 2012
Ford B-Max We reported earlier about the Ford B-Max having been presented during last year’s Geneva Motor Show but it wasn’t till this year’s Motor Show that The Ford B-Max was officially launched....
View Article2013 Smart Fortwo Electric Vehicle
2013 Smart Fortwo The electric-vehicle market is in constantly shifting and evolving, and that’s a great thing because it’s not showing any sign of stagnation, quite the contrary. With an increasing...
View ArticleA123 Systems has filled for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
A123 Systems, the Detroit-based battery developer and manufacturer has filled Chapter 11 bankruptcy, despite it receiving federal grants to the amount of $249 million – of which it used $129 million...
View ArticleDaimler, Ford and Nissan alliance for hydrogen
We talked last week about a major partnership agreement between BMW and Toyota that will see them collaborating on several projects including designing a new sports car as well as technology for...
View ArticleNurburgring complex is up for sale
We have been reporting on the woes of the Nurburgring test track on this blog for a solid number of months by now, ever since we found out that the world’s premiere vehicle test track was in trouble....
View ArticleMercedes-Benz to speed up crash rescue with QR codes
As part of their wish to reduce car fatalities, Mercedes-Benz will be introducing new Quick Response – QR – code stickers on its vehicles starting from this year on. A QR code is a small black and...
View ArticleEgypt turmoil affect carmakers
We don’t usually talk about massive social upheavals on this site, since it’s a car-focused one, but the political unrest in Egypt is a bit of a special case because it is taking its toll on several...
View ArticleRefrigerant war of words escalates
Well this is quite interesting. We reported a while back about France banning the use of a particular refrigerant – R134a – and how this measure would basically ban a variety of Mercedes-Benz models...
View ArticleTesla wants to replace side mirrors with cameras
The idea of replacing a vehicle’s side rear-view mirrors with cameras is nothing new – the concept existing for a while – but it has been considered to be too complicated and contrived of a solution...
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