White House backs $4.4 billion bill for natural gas, electric-cars

President Barack Obama stands alongside Chevrolet Volt In the latest indicator of the current administration’s dedication to green technology, the White House endorsed a plan by Senate Democrats to spend $4.4 billion on natural-gas-powered vehicle technology, and another $400 million on electric vehicles. The money will be used to offer rebates for compressed natural gas [...]

NHTSA to test 55 2011 models under tougher system

NHTSA The NHTSA announced today that it would be crash-testing 55 2011MY vehicles under its new, tougher five-star safety ratings program.  The revised ratings system will give drivers a single overall score for the first time, as well as provide additional information about whether vehicles have advanced safety features like lane departure and forward collision [...]

Video: Pagani Zonda R laps Nurburgring in 6:47.5

Pagani Zonda R laps Nurburgring in 6:47.5 Pagani recently hit up the Nurburgring with the Zonda R and took the top spot from the Ferrari 599 GTO, which returned a lap time of 6:58.16, for the fastest lap around the famous German track. The Pagani Zonda R managed to run the track in a total of 6:47.5 [...]

Toyota celebrates 10 years of Prius, expects next model to be built in U.S.

2010 Toyota Prius As per the company’s previous plans, Toyota is getting set to produce the Prius on American soil. It will however be, the next generation of the storied hybrid. Originally, Toyota was to produce the Prius in its Mississippi plant, but instead opted to build the Corolla there, after American production of that [...]

BREAKING: 2011 Ford Explorer reinvented with looks and fuel-economy in mind

2011 Ford Explorer After all the teasers and spy shots, FoMoCo has finally unveiled the 2011 Ford Explorer today. Completely redesigned, reinvented and reengineered for 2011, the Explorer raises the bar when it comes to expectations of an SUV in terms of fuel efficiency, safety, technology, capability and quality. “The new Explorer simply does everything [...]

BREAKING: 2011 Audi A7 images leak online

2011 Audi A7 (Leaked Image) The 2011 Audi A7 is scheduled to debut on Monday – however, you can always count on the internet for leaked images prior to any car’s official debut these days. Four pictures of the new Audi A7 have hit the web giving us our first look at the new four-door-coupe, [...]

Toyota aims to make cars appeal more ‘emotional’

Toyota is going to be giving its lineup a refreshed look as per Akio Toyoda’s desire to make the company’s vehicles more emotionally appealing. The new look will be widely applied to make the model range appear more consistent, and will serve to make the smaller models appear bigger and not have the the bigger [...]

Lexus in danger of losing US luxury crown to Mercedes

After being dominated by Lexus for the past decade, the top spot in the U.S. luxury market is about to be taken over by Mercedes-Benz. While Lexus jumped 19% in deliveries during the first half of this year, Mercedes-Benz increased 25%. Lexus is in real danger of seeing their 2.1% market share dip to 1.98, [...]

Marchionne: Chrysler will report second quarterly operating profit

Chrysler CEO – Sergio Marchionne Chrysler will be announcing its Q2 figures on August 9, when its CEO Sergio Marchionne says the company will report its second-consecutive quarterly operating profit. Chrysler posted a profit of $143 million in the first-quarter. Fiat SpA also reported profits today. Its Q2 net profit was $115.6 million, compared to [...]

Senate approves $3.6 billion bill that will electrify half of U.S. vehicles by 2030

2011 Nissan LEAF The Senate Energy Committee has given its approval to a $3.6 billion bill in order to promote the deployment of plug-in electric vehicles. The bills fate before the entire Senate is in question however, as Senate Democrats are debating whether to include EV funding in another energy bill they hope to get [...]

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