March, 2009 Car News and Reviews Archive (pg 2)

1,070 Articles

Mar 31, 2009

Land Rover working on new 8-speed automatic transmission, refinements for fuel economy

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REPORT: Detroit Electric signs deal with Proton, plans two new electric cars

Last September, the revived Detroit Electric brand announced in Malaysia that it planned to produce a new line of electric vehicles by the end of 2009. At the time, nothing was official, but the electric cars on display were based on the guts of Proton Savvy and Persona sedans, l

Jeremy Korzeniewski

Mar 31, 2009

Rumormill: Montreal GP could be back as soon as this year

Abu Dhabi is scheduled to hold its first ever Formula 1 Grand Prix on November 11 of this year. Due to tight capital, though, it is being reported that the event's organizers are behind on the building schedule for the race track and new support hotels. If that race gets replaced, rumor has it that Montreal will be asked to step up. Montreal would certainly get our sympathy vote -- the city's grand prix site still features a timer that is busy counting down to nothing...

Jonathon Ramsey

Mar 31, 2009

Capstone demonstrates turbine compliant with 2010 EPA and CARB diesel standards

Capstone Turbine Corporation, maker of the micro turbines that are being used as a power source in some hybrid buses, has announced that they have demonstrated that their 30 kW microturbine is compliant with the new EPA and CARB standards that will come into effect in 2010. Makers of some internal c

Domenick Yoney

Mar 31, 2009