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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Peel out with a set of orange-oil tires | detnews.com | The Detroit News Automakers and their suppliers love to talk about technology transfers, especially those that move from the highly competitive and exciting environment of racetracks to the mundane but much more important public roadways. The Yokohama Tire Corp. has a new tech transfer ready to roll -- tires made by using the oil from orange peels to replace much of the petroleum-based oil that goes into tire production. Officially, Yokohama's new tire is the dB Super E-spec, which the Japanese rubber company calls "the... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:53 Article Views Rating: 61 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 > Audi > Audi TTS is powerful driving machine | detnews.com | The Detroit News The 2009 Audi TTS arrived in America at the end of last year as the performance version of an already very capable coupe. I hope it applies for citizenship. A powerful turbocharged all-wheel drive little coupe is the kind of citizen we need to encourage to immigrate here. The redesigned TT is already a looker, refined with a modern and graceful appearance, its curvy fenders matching the gentle slope of the roof. The TTS adds some pieces that help differentiate itself from the regular TT, but nothing... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:49 Article Views Rating: 71 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 Makers News > Mercedes-Benz > Mercedes-Benz GLK350 is compact luxury | detnews.com | The Detroit News Americans would have been lousy hunters and gatherers. That's why we invented Costco. The buy-it-by-the-barrelful mentality perpetuates the American need to gather too much stuff while hunting for a deal. I've gone broke saving money at this mega-volume store. For some, the problem with Costco is the same as the problem with many SUVs: Both offer too much and are just too big for practical purposes. No one tows a boat to work every day, and no one needs 200 frozen chicken breasts. Downsizing is the new... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:42 Article Views Rating: 56 Main > Week in Photos > Other > Cenex and E.ON Official Partners of FS09 Cenex has jumped on board to become the official partner of this year’s ‘green fuels’ Class 1 A category in Formula Student FS 09.The UK's first Centre of Excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies is backing Class 1 A A referring to alternative in FS09, Europe’s biggest student motorsport event. FS09 will take place between 16-19 July at the world-famous Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire and will challenge university students from Delhi to Dublin to design, build... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-06 16:03:51 Article Views Rating: 106 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 > Cenex welcomes Department for Transport announcement of winning van suppliers in Low Carbon Vehicle Procurement Programme Ashwoods, Allied Vehicles, Modec and Smith Electric Vehicles to supply innovative hybrid and all-electric vans to public sector partners with green fleetsLord Andrew Adonis, Secretary of State for Transport, today announced that four automotive manufacturers have been approved as suppliers of low and zero carbon vehicle technology for the first phase of the Department for Transport’s Low Carbon Vehicle Procurement Programme LCVPP. The programme is being delivered on behalf of the Department... Full article... Article added: 2009-06-24 15:23:27 Article Views Rating: 160 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Organic Racing Car An interesting idea came to the heads of a team of designers in England. They have decided to create a racing car built from natural materials that runs on waste products. Formula 3 car is mostly made out of recycled carbon fiber and runs on vegetable oil and chocolate waste. Some features of the car come from famous brands: 2.0-liter turbodiesel engine is from BMW, chassis from Lola, brakes from AP Racing and suspension from Koni. However, there have been a lot of work done toward making the WorldFirst... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-25 05:23:19 Article Views Rating: 208 Main > Car Makers News > Opel > Saab and Opel Will Be Sold Very Soon General Motors is happy to announce that the sale of Saab and Opel is coming to the final talks. There have been several candidates, but the manufacturer has the number of them to final three for each brand. There have been 10 companies bidding on the Saab. GM says that May will be spent on talks with the final three. The automaker does not officially announce them, but according to one version the three candidates are BMW, Renault and Tata Motors, according to the other one Fiat is one of the potential... Full article... Article added: 2009-05-25 05:23:17 Article Views Rating: 212 |
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