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This vehicle was Made in America.
Here’s an suprising image. Somewhere in Korea people are about to drive around in a brand new silver 2013 Honda Accord with a badge that says  Made in America. According to Forbes magazine, ” Within two years, the company says it will be exporting more North American-built vehicles than it imports from Japan.” We expect drivers […]
December 7, 2012
Equipment
Ener-G Force concept is Mercedes’ hydrogen-powered patrol SUV
As an entry to the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge, Mercedes-Benz created the monster you see above — its concept of what the patrol car of 2025 should look like. The company says the Ener-G Force concept is built off the tank-like design of its G-Class series of SUVs, including the original G-Wagen […]
November 19, 2012
Equipment
CAFE proposals due out tomorrow
Rumblings on the mojo wire indicate that new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards from the Obama administration will be announced tomorrow, and that the new targets are 42 mpg for passenger cars and 27.5 mpg for light-duty trucks. The new standards will also set tailpipe emissions requirements for cars and trucks that will be some […]
January 11, 2010
Equipment
Electric cars, the price of fuel and gas taxes
This article about what the auto industry is looking at regarding the future of the electric car brings up several interesting items, including the realization that 240-volt or even 480-volt household systems would recharge electric cars much quicker. The author doesn’t attribute his assertion that in the next five years emissions regulations and other government choke […]
January 11, 2010
Safety
Cash for clunkers now law
The government would prefer you call it the: “Car Allowance Rebate System, or CARS. Our bad. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has details on the hoops if you want to jump through them all.
January 10, 2010
Home
Hummer sale in jeopardy?
First Kung Fu dies. Now this. Sources in China are questioning the wisdom of China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery buying GM’s Hummer brand. On the plus side, I liked this quote: “The Chinese are not as environmentally conscious as American consumers so Hummer does not face the same consumer backlash,” said Shaun Rein, head of […]
January 5, 2010
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