Even though hybrid vehicles now represent a huge section of the auto market, Nissan is choosing to move ahead of the curve by focusing its efforts on fully electric vehicles. Toyota, one of Nissan’s biggest Asian competitors, has achieved great success with the Prius, and will continue to take the lead on Hybrid technology. I [...]
Filed under: News on October 23rd, 2009 @ 2:26 pm
Tagged with: battery, EV, hybrid cars, nissan, sustainability, Toyota
The only major American automaker to escape the government bailout from earlier this year, Ford Motor Company announced today that it will be upping its production numbers through the end of the year. Citing increased dales from the “Cash for Clunkers” rebate program (that was recently extended with an additional $2 billion in government funding), [...]
Filed under: Business, News on August 13th, 2009 @ 4:35 pm
Tagged with: automakers, Business, cash for clunkers, economy, Ford, funding, government, inflation, jobs, markets, production, sustainability, Toyota, vehicle
After its brief but highly publicized 40-day bankruptcy, General Motors has announced its new line of vehicles for 2010, with much of the emphasis centered around a new plug-in electric vehicle aptly titled the “Volt”. After shutting down the Pontiac and Hummer brands and closing a substantial number of dealerships to cut overhead, G.M. has [...]
Filed under: Business, Environment, News on August 11th, 2009 @ 1:15 pm
Tagged with: 230 miles per gallon, automotive industry, efficiency, electric vehicle, Ford, fuel-efficiency, G.M., General Motors, marketing, markets, Technology, Toyota, vehicle, Volt
‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.