Posted in Auto News on Feb 26th, 2010
Want to avoid speed traps and roadside brush fires, or find friends while cruising along in road tip caravans?
There’s an app for that.
With its large user base, Trapster has become a customizable, data-rich resource for motorists wishing to skirt speed traps. Trapster is available for the iPhone, Blackberry, and Android. The recently updated mobile phone [...]
Posted in Auto News on Feb 22nd, 2010
Mercedes-Benz is experimenting with plug-in hybrids that can run on batteries or a fuel cell.
The F 800 Style, “multi-drive” concept car riffs on the same technology used in the S 400 Hybrid and the B-Class F-Cell.
But the look is brand new, sort of…it’s actually reminiscent of the classic 300SL Gullwing Coupe.
The F800 “research vehicle” is [...]
Posted in Auto News, Just for Fun on Feb 18th, 2010
A minivan built by a major U.S. automaker…that costs $5,000…and gets 40 miles per gallon?
Check.
Even though you might not ever have heard of it, the Wuling Sunshine is very popular. GM and its partner Wuling sold more than 560,000 of the minivans last year.
And for a minivan, it’s really mini. It’s powered by a three-cyclinder [...]
Posted in Auto News on Feb 15th, 2010
Battery, electric and hybrid vehicles may be getting all the attention lately, but fuel cell vehicles are still around. And it’s possible that a limited network supporting fuel cell cars could be in place by 2015.
According to Peter Wells, California already has a well developed network of network of hydrogen filling stations [...]