Today Tesla issued a partial recall for Model S cars built between May 10, 2013 and June 8, 2013. The recall is for a potentially weakened mounting bracket for the left hand latch of the second row seat, and concerns are that if a crash occurred, the left-hand rear seat may not be properly retained.
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In recent weeks Tesla Motors has garnered much favorable press with several announcements serving to reduce would-be buyer resistance to its products, and this Thursday more of the same will come via a live demonstration of swappable batteries. The Model S is the car, and Tesla’s LA Design studio at 7:30 p.m. PST is the
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Between the year 2000 and 2012, Ford Motor Company’s own analysis of its environmental progress revealed it cut CO2 emissions by 37 percent. Looking at the decade and a half between 2010 and 2025, Ford says it expects to whittle back CO2 by an additional 30 percent. These results followed the company’s 14th annual Sustainability
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If you’ve been paying attention, you might have noticed 2015 is the unofficial launch year for production hydrogen fuel cell vehicles – that is, if you don’t count Hyundai which got started with its ix35 last year, and Honda which has soldiered forward with its lease-only FCX Clarity in California since summer, 2008. Aside from
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In light of weakened Chevrolet Volt sales that have seen Nissan Leaf sales push ahead this year, GM is offering various discounts on its “extended-range” EV. Combined with all potential government incentives and discounts, the net result may be the Volt is the recipient of the highest percentage of money off from any car in
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Cool Planet Energy Systems announced it closed on $29.9 Million of its anticipated $100 Million D series financing that will fund construction of its first commercial biofuel production facility. Cool Planet is currently operating a pilot facility in Camarillo, CA. The company said this next round of funding represents an important next step in commercializing
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Johnson Controls will supply lithium-ion batteries to power large plug-in hybrid trucks as part of a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) electrification initiative. About 120 work trucks, to be used by publicly owned utilities and municipal electric companies, will utilize plug-in hybrid power systems by Odyne Systems, LLC, using Johnson Controls’ batteries. Odyne, in conjunction
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Volkswagen of America announced that it will challenge the existing Guinness World Records achievement for the “lowest fuel consumption-48 U.S. states for a non-hybrid car.” Two drivers will pilot a 2013 Passat TDI clean diesel, leaving from and returning to Volkswagen’s Herndon, Va. headquarters. This 8,000-mile, 48 contiguous state drive entails traveling west along a
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Fiat’s 0.9 TwinAir Turbo bi-fuel methane-powered engine received the “Best Green Engine of the Year 2013″ title. “Best Green Engine of the Year 2013″: is one of the twelve categories of the “International Engine of the Year Awards.” Now in its 15th edition, the international contest is considered by the automotive industry as one of the
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Toyota has issued an international “voluntary safety recall” for a total of over 242,000 model year 2010 Prius and Lexus HS 250h models due to potential failure of the cars’ brake pressure accumulator. About 242,000 Prius cars assembled between March and October 2009 are affected, and about 9,000 of the Lexus HS 250h built between
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