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These days, it seems like everyone and her sister has a blog, not there’s anything wrong with that (you’re still reading ours, right?). Interestingly, Honda has jumped on the bandwagon after their recent Insight [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Industry'
Honda Insight Gets its Blog On
October 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Auto Industry Desperation: “Small Cars Are Disposable and Bad for the Environment”
October 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The auto industry is beginning to look more and more like a crooked politician with lies and deceptive statistics. Everyone knows the industry is hurting recently: gas prices are up, vehicle miles are down, people are buying less, and people are buying smaller. All of this means that car companies are making a lot less [...]
Tags: Industry · News · Opinion
Honda Takes on the Hybrid Motorcycle
October 2nd, 2008 · 14 Comments
For a few years now, hybrids have been all the rage in the consumer car market. The Prius has been elevated to the status of an icon and Honda is now trying to catch up with its revived Honda Insight. But what about motorcycles, where Honda has been the unquestioned world leader for years?
The added [...]
Tags: Hybrid · Industry · News
Another composite material to replace steel
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments
We’ve probably all heard for a while about new materials to replace steel in cars for lighter weight, increased safety, and reducing manufacturing costs. Well, according to Wardsauto.com, Sabic Innovative Plastics and Azdel Inc. has come up with a new composite material that can replace steel for certain items in vehicles. This composite boasts quite a [...]
Ford Upgrades Trucks for “Super Fuel Economy”
September 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The F150 has been making news during the latest gas crunch, losing its #1 spot to the Civic and then having the new model year released pushed back, but it seems that things might be turning around for the iconic American truck. ABG reports that the 2009 F150 will come in a new SFE trim, [...]
Interview with Auto Alliance’s Charles Territo on EcoDrivingUSA
September 9th, 2008 · No Comments
The other day I had the unique pleasure of talking with Charles Territo, representative of the Auto Alliance, about their new EcoDrivingUSA initiative. We’ve talked about EcoDriving here before, as well as some of the the results that have come out from companies like Ford. However, we’ve got a bit of an inside view here, [...]
Tags: Ecodriving · Industry · Interview
Mitsubishi Will Make 2,000 iMiev Electric Cars in 2009
August 28th, 2008 · No Comments
The last time we talking about the iMiev, we were announcing the target sale price of $38,000. Now however, Mitsubishi is telling us that the will be sold for just $27,500. This is quite a price cut, but not without its caveats.
Firstly, Mitsubishi will only be releasing this car in Japan at first (though it [...]
Tags: Electric Vehicle · Industry · News
Ford Tests Improve Gas Mileage 24% with EcoDriving
August 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Ford is really throwing down the guantlet by showing how dedicated it is to the new EcoDriving initiative we talked about the other day. I really liked it because it validates a lot of what we’re trying to do on the forums in terms of improving fuel economy on an individual level, but also showed [...]
Tags: Ecodriving · Industry
IBM Says All Cars Will be Hybrids by 2020
August 20th, 2008 · No Comments
No, there hasn’t been a government decree, and no, this not the proclamation of some automaker. Recently, IBM interviewed auto executives anonymously about the future of the industry, and came to the conclusion that, among other things, all or almost all new cars would be hybrids by the year 2020.
If it’s not apparent to you [...]
Tags: Hybrid · Industry · News
Automakers Introduce EcoDriving Consumer Awareness Initiative
August 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Recently, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers announced an initative called EcoDriving, aimed at educating consumers on how to drive more efficiently to reduce fuel usage. When you head on over to the site, the first thing you will notice is Governor Schwarzenegger’s welcoming voice, as he explains to you a bit of what EcoDriving is [...]
Tags: Ecodriving · Industry · News
