The new Smart ForTwo diesel will not be the only internal combustion engined car in Europe to emit less than 100g/km of CO2 for long. The next generation of the Daihatsu Cuore will have an Eco model that is expected to be the lowest emitting gas-powered car on the market, at 99g/km. The new Cuore will use a start-stop system that allows it achieve 56mpg. That makes it greener than
This Wednesday, Ford Motor Company and International Truck and Engine Corp. will meet in court over a pricing dispute over International's 6.4-liter diesel engines that go into Ford's F-250, F-350 and F-450 Super Duty pickups built in its Louisville, Ky., truck plant. Last week, a circuit court judge in Michigan ordered International to restart production and Ford to pay full price for them. AutoNews reported last week that Ford originally withheld payments to International because of warranty c
How do you know you've got too much money? When you spend a chunk of it on something like this. The leather Bentley key case is one thing, but t
Starting this month Robert Bosch GmbH will begin supplying a new start-stop system to BMW for installation on the updated 1-series. BMW will be selling a variety of efficiency enhancing technologies under the brand EfficientDynamics, that will be standard on the 1-series and include the start-stop system and regenerative braking. The start-stop system uses a modified starter motor that Bosch is calling a Smart Starter-Motor.
In a rare behind-the-scenes look, the Cadillac & LaSalle Club's Potomac Regional Director, Vince Taliano, was granted permission to spend a day in the Secret Service motorpool garages. Fortunately, he documented the day in pictures, and shared the experience with Hemmings and therefore all of us on the interweb.
The GLOBE Foundation released a report that found "ample indigenous renewable energy" available in British Columbia for the province to be energy self-sufficient by 2025. Most of the energy would be provided by hydroelectric power, with other renewables - wind, solar, geothermal and ocean energy - all possible in the Canadian province. Electricity generated from biomass sources will create a "bio-electric" economy.
