Four college teams achieved more than 1,000 miles per gallon in specially designed vehicles during the SAE Supermileage event held June 6 and 7 at Eaton’s Proving Grounds in Marshall, Michigan. This is the 34th year for the competition, which challenges teams to build a one-person, fuel efficient vehicle based around a one-cylinder, four-cycle engine.
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Nissan and Rio de Janeiro are studying the possibility of producing, selling and charging zero-emission vehicles in Brazil. Nissan said a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed today among Rio de Janeiro State Government and leaders from Brazil’s public-private sectors to accelerate zero-emission transportation in Rio de Janeiro. The partners for this deal are the
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After the first day of practice, all three Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars are at the front of the field. Frenchman Loïc Duval managed to beat the best time from last year by almost 1.5 seconds. The diesel-hybrid race cars with the four rings, which have been undefeated in the current season so far, dominated
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Lexus’ LS flagship luxury sedan received the highest score among all models in the 2013 J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study (IQS) With 59 problems per 100 vehicles (PP100), the LS shows the lowest average problem level among all models in the study. This is the sixth year in a row the LS has
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Let’s share news on a very different type of electric vehicle. As hurricane season begins, the employees of NRG Energy are preparing to help affected coastal areas by championing a new concept called “Power2Serve.” Power2Serve is composed of a 42-foot disaster relief vehicle and 26-foot trailer combination designed to deliver immediate power, emergency shelter, access
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Drayson Racing Technologies and Michelin entered in a strategic partnership that will begin with an assault on the FIA World Electric Land Speed Record on June 25. Michelin is now the official tire partner of Drayson Racing Technologies (DRT), whose cars will run exclusively on Michelin rubber in the build up to the inaugural 2014/15
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Allan McNish will start the 81st Le Mans 24 Hours on Saturday June 22 aiming to win the legendary race for a third time and re-take the lead in the FIA World Endurance Championship. The driver who won the annual French race in 1998 and 2008 will drive a hybrid-diesel Audi sports car in the
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Toyota is aiming to defend its electric record at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb at the end of the month with its EV P002 race car. The electric racecar showed promising pace in official testing this last weekend. The two-day session at the world-famous course in Colorado ran smoothly for the Toyota Motorsport team
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Ford sees that its SYNC voice-controlled connectivity and MyFord Touch touch screen technologies are attracting more customers and selling at a much higher rate than competitors, as MyFord Touch helps drive higher customer satisfaction with vehicle quality. Ford declared that combined, SYNC and MyFord Touch are sold on 79 percent of new 2013 Ford vehicles,
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After Road Atlanta, then Detroit, Mazda’s diesel-powered racecar scored a hat trick this last weekend at Mid-Ohio. The difference this time is that it was the team owner’s car taking the checkered flag with Sylvain Tremblay and Tom Long scoring the win. Long had won the pole position and the team led the bulk of
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