Just the Facts: Ford said 1,000 employees in Michigan will begin beta-testing a software upgrade for the MyFord Touch system, which debuts on the 2013 Escape, Flex and Taurus. In early November, Ford announced that it would offer upgrades and new features for the MyFord Touch system following complaints about “problems with new technology” in [...]
Geely will make their first foray into the notoriously tough British market in 2012, hoping to emulate the success of Korean brands like Hyundai. While Geely already helps produce the iconic London taxis, the company will face an uphill battle regarding the vehicle’s perceived quality. Their first UK offering, the EC7 compact [...]
Posted on 10.31.2010 18:00 by Kirby Filed under: Bugatti | industry news | Supercars / Exotic cars | Bugatti Veyron | india | Cars | Car News Bugatti must be really confident in the buying power of the rich folks of India considering that the company has introduced the Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport in the [...]
The Terrafugia Transition flying car‘s one step closer to your driveway. The FAA-approved “roadable aircraft” plans to begin limited production in Woburn, Massachusetts as soon as late 2011 while they continue their search for a long-term production facility. More »
Message from : If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Production of the elongated version of BMW 3-Series and the BMW X1 model in BMW Brilliance’s second plant is about to begin, according to Qi Yumin, chairman of Brilliance Auto Group, who was at the ground-breaking [...]
Message from : If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Mercedes-Benz will build 100 units of the all-electric van in the first phase, which will begin later this year. 20 customers, who Mercedes-Benz says are mainly “fleet operators and public institutions”, will be the recipients of [...]
A move that was set in motion some time prior to Spyker placing a bid for Saab has come to fruition today, with Spyker commencing production in Coventry, England. Spyker Cars said its new 20,000sq ft plant at CPP Manufacturing in Whitley, Coventry, will help it to increase production levels and cut costs. The relocation [...]
Toyota Motor Corp. has developed a dealer remedy to fix faulty accelerator pedals in 2.3 million recalled vehicles and will start repairs this week. Toyota is already shipping the parts to U.S. dealers and training them on how to conduct the fix. The remedy involves reinforcing the pedal assembly to eliminate the excess friction that [...]
Hakan Danielsson is one of the senior union representatives at Saab in Sweden. One of the things I’ve found is that when people people from the unions at Saab speak, it pays to listen. You get a pretty good insight as to what’s going on without the corporate spin added in. Danielsson wrote this editorial [...]
Designed as a single, integrated unit to fit in the user’s garage, Honda’s next generation Solar Hydrogen Station has a reduced size, while producing enough hydrogen (0.5kg) via an 8-hour overnight fill for daily commuting for a fuel cell electric vehicle. The previous solar hydrogen station system required both an electrolyser and a separate compressor [...]
