BMW has taken a serious PR and marketing offensive in order to take the electric drive lead and show its German competition it has put money where its mouth is with the Olympic use of its ActiveE, Mini E and future i3 and i8.
Ford's push into hybrid, and plug-in hybrid, cars is bringing hybrid transmission manufacturing to America, adding new jobs at the Van Dyke Transmission Plant building the transmissions at the core of the company's new electrified vehicles.
Some charging station owners are beginning to impose excessive fees up to $3.50 per hour to recharge an electric car, and Coulomb's chief executives recently suggested electric car owners eschew such charging stations, and through market demand bring the fees closer to $1 per hour.
The popular auto restoration design show Overhaulin, featuring restoration legend Chip Foose, will be returning to cable television this fall on Velocity part of the Discovery Network.
The 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo was unveiled earlier this year and there are rumors that a higher-performance variant could be in the plans from the South Korean automaker.
The Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 is one of the most powerful and highest performance supercars in the world but when the 2013 Aventador arrives later this year – the main changes made to the awesome Italian sports car will improve the fuel economy without hurting the performance aspects.
Today began Day Two for the new SRT race program featuring the 2013 Viper GTS-R and while Day One brought a disappointing set of slower lap times – today brought about a much more serious problem as the #91 Viper ran into engine problems during the first practice session that kept them out of qualifying.
July 2012 had 2 fewer sales days than July 2011 and the result was a decline in the growth rate, with both of the current Ford Motor Company brands posting negative growth even though the Ford brand would have shown positive growth had the month been the same length.
General Motors reported a year over year decline in sales of 6.4% but the company points out that the decline is due in large to the decline in sales to rental car companies and other large fleets while retail sales only declined by about 3% in July 2012.
