Aston Martin’s weekend of centenary celebrations at the ADAC Zurich Nürburgring 24 Hours (N24) concluded Monday May 20 with a historic finish for its unique Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S. In a weekend that started with the British luxury sports car maker entering the history books with a zero CO2 emissions hydrogen-powered qualifying lap, the brand
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The 2013 Ford Fusion Energi has earned the highest possible “five-star” Overall Vehicle Score from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The five-star rating is the U.S. Government’s highest-possible safety rating and is determined only after severe testing procedures as part of NHTSA’s New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), which combines vehicle performance in frontal
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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will compete in the 2013 edition of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) with a pair of all-new MiEV Evolution II all-electric four-wheel drive (4WD) prototype racecars. This year’s Pikes Peak hill climb race will be held on June 30. With the upgraded all-new MiEV Evolution II, MMC said it
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The new 2013 Honda Civic Sedan has received the highest possible overall safety ratings from both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). This is good news for a car that is known to be one of the most popular small car among individual buyers The 2013
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Daimler and Europcar’s car2go launched in Birmingham May 8 with 250 environmentally-friendly smart fortwo vehicles available to use over an area of 21 square miles. “We are proud to launch car2go in Birmingham,” said Stefan Mueller, CEO at car2go Europe GmbH. “car2go gives you the ability to go where you want, when you want –
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Tesla has hired Aston Martin’s Chief Engineer of Vehicle Engineering, Chris Porritt, to be its Vice President of Vehicle Engineering. Tesla said Chris is a world-class leader and automotive engineer who established Aston Martin’s Vehicle Engineering team from the ground up and used his innovative approach as Chief Engineer for Aston Martin’s One-77 supercar. The
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Toyota is sending a revised race car, the TMG EV P002, to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event in order to defend its electric title. Based on data gained from last year’s record-breaking run of 10 minutes 15.380 seconds, engineers at TMG’s electric vehicle technology center have found ways to obtain more performance from
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The first Sustainability Hackathon was held at the BMW Technology Office in Mountain View, Calif. The purpose of the event was to share ideas and develop new apps in the areas of electro-mobility and sustainability. The winning app is designed to help electric-car users communicate quickly and simply with one another on an anonymous basis
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Tesla Motors announced today that it is raising the Model S resale value guarantee. Tesla said this makes it the highest resale value of any premium sedan brand made in volume (excludes rare, low volume or limited edition vehicles). Buying a Model S through the Tesla financing offering now comes with a guarantee that the
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McLaren is in the midst of its marketing efforts surrounding its soon to be released exclusive hybrid supercar, the P1. Part of these efforts is a P1 specific Web site. The key to the performance for the McLaren P1 is aerodynamics, and the company’s new Web experience, titled “Designed by Air,” is the first of
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