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BusinessWeek
November 18, 2009
Welch & Rowley |
Toyota Gets Stuck in a Pair of Ruts While a strengthening yen eats up profits, the carmaker's reputation for quality is taking a hit.   |
IndustryWeek
November 18, 2009 |
GM, Ford and Chrysler Strive to Become The Lean Three Continuous improvement has taken hold in Detroit - and not a moment too soon. |
Popular Mechanics
November 16, 2009
Ben Stewart |
Aptera's False Rumors: Founders Not "Ousted"--On Vacation Aptera has let some employees go in order to save money recently as it waits for the final round of funding and to reapply for a DOE loan. |
Popular Mechanics
November 16, 2009
David Kiley |
Why GM Might Repay Its Loans Early Despite Losses: Analysis: Under terms of the government bailout, GM has until 2015 to repay $6.7 billion in loans. But it has far less time to convince the car-buying public in North America and Europe in particular that GM makes good products. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2009
John Rosevear |
General Motors: Still a Loser It's a brand-new world. But it looks like the same old GM. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2009
Peter Fairley |
Deflating the Air Car Green cars could run on compressed air instead of batteries. But don't rely on the new AirPod minicars to prove it |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2009 |
A High-Pressure Assignment Contributing Editor Peter Fairley scrutinizes a novel means of propulsion |
BusinessWeek
November 12, 2009
Srivastava & Rowley |
Who's Winning the Asian Auto Derby India is gaining a lap as its exports leap ahead, thanks to quality and engineering that Chinese carmakers can't match. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2009
John Rosevear |
Ford: The Mother of All Subprime Mortgages They had a great-looking quarter, but deeper problems remain. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009
Michael Belfiore |
How Better Place's Robotic Battery Swap Stations Work It takes more than just a vehicle to convince consumers to adopt electric cars. Recharging their batteries has to be as easy as filling up a tank of gas. |
Popular Mechanics
November 9, 2009
David Kiley |
GM Update: Lutz Will Take Reins of Opel GM appointed its vice chairman Bob Lutz as Opel chairman following the resignation last week of CEO Carl-Peter Forster, who voiced his opposition to GM retaining Opel. |
Popular Mechanics
November 6, 2009
Ben Stewart |
12 X-Prize Contenders Show Off Their MPG Tech At SEMA 2009 The Specialty Equipment Market Association convention in Las Vegas was the venue for many advanced engineering designs for electric and hybrid vehicles of the future. |
Popular Mechanics
November 6, 2009
Mike Allen |
Hydrogen Gadgets at SEMA: Cars Still Can't Run on Water Most gas savers I've investigated don't come with credible test results, just anecdotal testimonials. Caveat emptor, readers! |
Popular Mechanics
November 6, 2009
Larry Webster |
Chrysler Reveals Its Turnaround Plan It's clear that while the name remains the same, the new Chrysler is a very different organization than it was this past spring. |
BusinessWeek
November 5, 2009
David Welch |
The Engine Finally Turns Over at Ford It has posted its first profit in three years, and the company's brands are showing surprising strength. |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2009
Jordan DiPietro |
The Daily Walk of Shame: Cash for Carts One impressively unique way to waste tax dollars is to include golf carts in stimulus spending. I cannot imagine any logical reason why taxpayer money should be used to subsidize the purchases of golf carts |
Popular Mechanics
November 4, 2009
Erik Sofge |
Why the Hydrogen Feud Needs to End: Analysis Perhaps it's a sign of progress that the federal government is skirmishing not over whether to pursue alternative fuels, but over how many such technologies are worth investing in. Still, the hydrogen debate is not a healthy one. |
Popular Mechanics
November 4, 2009
David Kiley |
GM Keeps Opel for Scale and Innovation: Analysis Beyond the engineering benefits, GM needs the scale and volume that Opel gives it. The brand may be struggling, but last year Opel sold 1.46 million vehicles. |
Inc.
November 1, 2009
Bernard Avishai |
The Connected Car The introduction of the Chevy Volt and other electric vehicles will require a vast ecosystem of entrepreneurial businesses. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2009
Paul Weissler |
Car Industry Plans Shift to Low-Impact Refrigerant in A/C Systems Automakers are considering a new refrigerant for worldwide use -- R-1234yf. This new refrigerant has a global-warming impact number of just 4. |
Lucire
October 29, 2009 |
Blown away, but not literally The Netherlands' and Germany's most famous WAG, Sylvie van den Vaart (nee Meis), gives BMW's convertibles a hair test |
Popular Mechanics
October 27, 2009
Larry Webster |
Hybrid Carmaker Fisker Takes Over GM Factory In what could signal the first step of a radically evolving auto industry, startup firm Fisker Automotive announced today that it will build its next-generation hybrid sedan in a now-closed GM factory in Wilmington, Del. |
Popular Mechanics
October 22, 2009
Larry Webster |
Tokyo's 8 Most MPG-Kicking Concept Cars The automotive industry is undergoing a radical change and the cars on display definitely slammed that message home. Here are the most interesting concepts from Nissan, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and Honda. |
Popular Mechanics
October 22, 2009
Larry Webster |
Nissan's CEO Makes the Case for EVs at 2009 Tokyo Motor Show Carlos Ghosn predicts that EVs will make up 10 percent of new-car sales by 2020. To meet this anticipated demand, Nissan partnered with NEC to engineer the lithium-ion battery pack. |
IndustryWeek
October 21, 2009
Jill Jusko |
How Nissan's Eporo Robot Car Came to Be Nissan again looks to nature to help solve driving challenges. |
Popular Mechanics
October 15, 2009
Larry Webster |
Massive Recalls Jolt Toyota and Ford The floor mats on some Toyota and Lexus models can slip under the throttle pedal, and could result in a throttle stuck wide-open. And Ford trucks and SUVs have a faulty cruise-control switch that could start a vehicle fire. |
Fast Company
November 2009
Chris Dannen |
Coda's All-Electric Sedan Revs Up U.S. Auto Market In the fall of 2010, the Coda sedan will become the first mass-produced all-electric sedan to hit the roads in the United States. |
Popular Mechanics
October 14, 2009
Mike Allen |
Why Saturn Owners Will Lose Out on Warranty Repairs Now that the Penske-GM deal for the Saturn brand has gone flat, what lies ahead -- for Saturn workers, as well as owners? |
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