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Lexus HS 250h Hybrid Increases Production, Headed To U.S.
Toyota’s dominance in the hybrid car game (which seems to be a game that they invented) continues unabated. Take the Lexus HS 250h. It’s hugely popular in Japan, so popular in fact that Toyota is going to triple production output for the car. But Toyota didn’t triple production just for the home market alone, no. […]
Read More »Customer Referral Program Comes To Tesla
Do you already own a Tesla Roadster? Do any of your friends want to buy one? If so, then you’re in luck. Turns out that Tesla has just started a customer referral program that can net you 500 dollars. The program even applies to those of you out there that are waiting to take delivery […]
Read More »Detroit Will Get New G.M. Battery Factory
Car sales are up (thanks to cash for clunkers) and green initiatives from hybrids to solar panels on auto factory roofs seem to be everywhere these days. And now, more, green, good news comes from General Motors that a new, large battery plant will be built in Detroit, Michigan. General Motors plans to invest $43 […]
Read More »VW Will Rule Porsche
In the ongoing saga of who will buy out which car company, it looks like VW is going all in and plans to fully acquire corporate sibling and long time corporate rival Porsche. And by ” fully acquire” I mean that Volkswagen is planning to take full ownership of Porsche.
Read More »Audi A1 On The Way, Production Starts in Fall
Audi is getting into the mini-car market for real with their new A1, and its production will start this fall. Audi felt compelled to answer both BMW’s MINI as well as the Euro only A-Class from Mercedes with the A1. As you would expect, it looks like a shrunken head version of an Audi: just […]
Read More »Zipcar Says Electric Car Sharing Is A Ways Off
Zipcar, one of the leaders in the fast growing car sharing industry and electric cars. It would seem to be a match made in heaven. Most people that use car sharing services don’t take long trips, and the current state of electric vehicles doesn’t give you much range beyond 60 miles or so. So why […]
Read More »New Entry-Level Engines For Audi Q5 and A4 Allroad Quattro
More word from Europe on engines and models that car companies should be bringing to these shores. Audi, maker of all things all wheel drive and quick, has just announced some new engines for the euro market that would be really nice to see here in America (along with a model we should see too). […]
Read More »Study Shows Diesel & Hybrid Cost Advantages
You’d think you wouldn’t really need to run the numbers to make sure, but it turns out that some people have, and, as expected, it’s less expensive to own and operate either a diesel of a hybrid car than a gasoline fueled ride. Who knows what their motivation was, maybe it was that bogus study […]
Read More »Diesel's Popularity Because of Fuel Efficiency & Performance
Yup, diesel sales are on the increase again, and it’s not hard to figure out why. Times is tight, as Desmond Dekker said, and people are looking to save wherever they can. Add that to growing green concerns amongst the populace, and that’ll be another selling point for oil burners. “But performance” some people might […]
Read More »Mulally Says Ford's Profitability Based On Hybrids & EVs
Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford, recently commented on the future of his car company and made a statement that most motorheads would have thought inconceivable a matter of months ago. Mulally said that a key portion of Ford’s future plans center on “more and more electrification, both hybrids and battery electric vehicles.” In addition to […]
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