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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Mercedes system helps keep drowsy drivers awake | detnews.com | The Detroit News Mercedes-Benz has become the latest automaker to offer high-tech help to fight drowsiness while driving. Standard on the redesigned 2010 E-class models will be Mercedes' new Attention Assist system, designed to detect drowsiness on the part of the driver in the early stages, before it becomes a real danger, the German automaker said. It uses various sensors to monitor the driver's behavior, including slight weaving of the vehicle that results in "patterns of minor steering corrections," Mercedes said... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:51 Article Views Rating: 56 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > Critics attack BMW's electric Mini E | detnews.com | The Detroit News In his Santa Monica, Calif., gallery, Samuel Freeman displays a nifty bit of automotive art, a full-size replica of a Chevy V-8 engine made out of stained glass. But Freeman himself worships at the church of the electric car. In November 2008, Freeman was one of nearly 2,000 people who signed up to lease a Mini E -- an experimental electric-vehicle conversion of BMW's charming, capering retro-runabout. In early June, he was one of the lucky 450 Americans to get a car, and since then he's been ripping up... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:47 Article Views Rating: 45 Main > Car Manufactures > Volvo > Volvo Car UK challenges the Mayor of London to Emissions Equality Volvo Car UK has today challenged the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to review the basis of charging for the London Congestion Charging zone. Volvo Car UK believes that the principle of hybrid cars being exempt from the Congestion Charge is now outdated and unfair. Drivers of hybrid cars enter the zone free of charge on a daily basis while drivers of low emission cars powered by conventional internal combustion engines with the same, or even lower, levels of emissions are charged £8.00... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-01 13:39:10 Article Views Rating: 100 Main > Week in Photos > Other > Veolia, Gasrec and Iveco Announce Conclusion of Commercial Trial Success of Six Month Trial of Compressed Biomethane Fuel in Camden Cage Street Cleansing VehicleIn October 2008, Veolia Environmental Services, the UK’s largest waste management company, Gasrec, the UK’s first commercial producer of compressed biomethane CBM fuel, full range commercial vehicle manufacturer Iveco, and vehicle suppliers Stormont Truck & Van, commenced a trial of a CBM-powered street cleansing vehicle in Camden that could drastically reduce society’s reliance on... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-28 13:51:45 Article Views Rating: 190 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford Plans to Survive Good news from Ford: the manufacturer has announced to the shareholders that everything is under control and the company is going to come out of hard economic position by 2011 without any government help. The company meeting was held yesterday, on May 14. Ford officials sounded confident about their actions. According to Bill Ford, company Executive Chairman, there have been many changes, but in the light of the latest crisis events they have been “overshadowed”. Chief Executive, Alan Mulally... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-25 05:23:19 Article Views Rating: 211 Main > Car Makers News > Renault > Renault Presents Kangoo BeBop Z.E. Electric Vehicle Following the example of other manufacturers, Renault created an all-electric auto. Kangoo BeBop Z.E. runs on lithium-ion batteries which have brake-energy recovery system. Its motor outputs 60 horsepower. Z.E. concept debuted at the 2008 Paris Auto Show. The E.V. is a combination of Kangoo BeBop production and the new concept: the auto has the LED front and rear lights like the vehicle presented at the show, besides, Kangoo model has an improved aerodynamics, 18-inch wheels and the body is set 0.8... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-25 05:23:19 Article Views Rating: 201 Main > Motorsport > Other > 2009 Auto Shanghai: Crisis, What Crisis? "We've paid for our show stand," said Bentley engineering chief Ulrich Eichhorn as we sat in the back of a Continental Flying Spur to escape the heat and the noise of the first media day at Auto Shanghai 2009. All four Bentleys on display -- the Flying Spur, a Continental GT Speed and GTC Speed, and an Arnage -- had been sold to eager Chinese buyers by 2pm.A few minutes earlier, Rolls-Royce boss Tom Purves had announced the new "small" Rolls-Royce would be called the Ghost, and... Full article... Article added: 2009-04-21 06:41:37 Article Views Rating: 424 Main > Car Makers News > Volkswagen > Volkswagen CC premium midsize car class Premium midsize cars may be upscale luxury machines, but they are also among the leaders in all-around performance, reliability, and value for the money.Stepping up to a premium midsize car often means more standard features, such as leather upholstery, heated seats, uplevel audio, and techno-gadgets galore. Most of these cars provide plenty of power to go along with a supple ride, and in many cases, superb handling.Most cars in this class are 4-door sedans, but there are wagons available, as well as a... Full article... Article added: 2009-04-21 06:21:49 Article Views Rating: 540 Main > Car Makers News > Toyota > Toyota Sequoia gains From supersize fries to jumbo jets, lots of folks in the United States like things "big." For hundreds of thousands of new vehicle buyers, small or midsize simply doesn't cut it. They need maximum everything--from space to haul up to eight people and all their gear to towing a party boat--the only choice is a large SUV.Around the turn of the century, large SUVs enjoyed large amounts of success in the marketplace, selling more than 1 million units annually. With $4.00/gallon gasoline not... Full article... Article added: 2009-04-21 06:13:59 Article Views Rating: 247 Main > Car Makers News > Volkswagen > Volkswagen Routan minivan After years of popularity among families as the quintessential people and stuff hauler, the minivan class is in a definite decline. The minivan first became a significant part of the American automotive marketplace in the mid-1980s with the introduction of the Dodge Caravan. For years it reigned as the king of family movers, and for good reason. Most minivans can carry at least seven passengers, and if space for stuff is needed, seats can be folded flat, folded into the floor, or even removed all... Full article... 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