| Hyundai Veloster concept 300kW Velocity headed for 2012 SEMA show |
Oct 17th, 2012 |
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ahead of the hard-core hot-hatch’s unveiling at the 2012 SEMA aftermarket show in Las Vegas. Developed as a collaborative effort between the design and engineering departments ...
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| Report: Google Considered Building Driverless Cars, May Still Do It |
Oct 16th, 2012 |
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We’ve known for a while now that Google has been tinkering with the idea of a driverless car through technology. However, a recent report from the Wall Street Journal indicates that not only was Google trying to make that technology a reality, but it was looking to build its very own self-driving cars as well. [...]
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| Ford Recalls Fiesta For Side Airbag Deployment Issues |
Oct 16th, 2012 |
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Exactly 154,604 Ford Fiestas are being recalled for their side airbags, because they may not protect against a side impact. It turns out that if the Fiesta gets hit on the side, the side curtain airbag for the passenger won’t deploy if the seat doesn’t detect a passenger in it. Makes sense, right? Except the side [...]
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| One for the Record Books: Honda Surpasses 1 Million Hybrid Vehicle Sales Worldwide |
Oct 16th, 2012 |
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Honda has surpassed 1 million hybrid vehicle sales worldwide as of the end of last month. It took Honda 12 years and 11 months to reach the milestone, beginning back in 1999 when the first-generation Insight entered the open market in Japan. Honda quickly brought its hybrid vehicle to the United States, selling the Insight [...]
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| 2013 Nissan Altima Now Available with Multifaceted Rear-View Camera |
Oct 16th, 2012 |
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For the first time in its segment, the 2013 Nissan Altima will have available features only seen in vehicles with a steeper price tag: lane departure warning, blind spot warning, and moving object detection. These features usually operate independently from each other, requiring an array of sensors, but Nissan has come up with a way [...]
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| No Shock. Cadillac ELR EV Hybrid to be Built Alongside Chevrolet Volt, Opel Ampera |
Oct 16th, 2012 |
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General Motors has just announced details where it will begin production of its upcoming Cadillac ELR hybrid electric vehicle. Not surprisingly, the coupe will be built at GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in Detroit, MI, where more mundane twin Chevrolet Volt is currently produced. “This investment reflects the corporation’s confidence that the highly skilled members of [...]
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| 2013 Toyota Prius See Slight Price Jump as Special Edition Persona Joins Lineup |
Oct 16th, 2012 |
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Toyota has issued pricing information on its Prius, Prius plug-in, and Prius v models. For model year 2013, pricing rose $200 for the standard Prius hatchback hybrids. For the larger Prius v, prices rose between $100 for Two and Three models, and $155 for the Prius v Five. The 2013 Toyota Prius v received a [...]
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| Genre-Busting Nissan Concept Teased Ahead of 2012 Sao Paulo Auto Show |
Oct 16th, 2012 |
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| No Juking Around: First Production Nissan Juke-R Headed to a Real-Life Customer |
Oct 16th, 2012 |
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Earlier this year, we reported that Nissan was going to actually, for real, no joke build and sell a limited number of Juke-Rs modeled after the wild pair of concept cars it created last year. Well, a few months have passed since we last heard anything about the all-wheel-drive, GT-R–powered monster Juke—we drove one in [...]
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| 2013 Ford C-Max Energi Gets EPA-Rated 620-Mile Range |
Oct 16th, 2012 |
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According to Google Maps, Detroit is just less than 615 miles from New York. It’s a pretty familiar drive to a number of our staffers, and generally it takes us about two tanks of gas to get there. But if we were to make that trip in the 2013 Ford C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid, we’d [...]
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