New York Times auto reviewer Lawrence Ulrich ran into an unexpected problem when testing BMW’s hydrogen-powered Hydrogen 7 760Li this week. He wasn’t allowed into the Lincoln Tunnel. Or the Holland Tunnel. Or on the lower level of the George Washington Bridge. It seems that city officials worried his car might blow them all up. The Hydrogen 7 is a demonstration car BMW built to show the possibilities of hydrogen …
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Americans will buy fewer cars this year than at any point since 1993. That’s the latest prediction from auto industry analysts at J.D. Power and Associates. In a press release late yesterday, Power analysts projected that Americans will buy 14.2 million new vehicles this year — the lowest number of new vehicle purchases in 15 years. They cited "a deteriorating economic environment, prolonged effects wrought by the credit crisis, elevated …
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Ford Motor Company posted the largest loss in its 105-year history yesterday, losing $8.7 billion in the second quarter of 2008. The Michigan-based automotive giant knows it needs to make radical changes in the way it does business in order to survive. Ford officials used yesterday’s stunning loss announcement as a platform to explain their comeback plan. The New York Times reports that Ford plans "a huge shift in production …
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With gas prices over $4 a gallon in most parts of the country, many people who need the utility of a pickup truck have switched to the smallest pickup they can find. The auto safety experts at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, in a press release, say they are concerned. The Institute has completed a series of tests on small pickup trucks and concluded that the vehicles "aren’t providing …
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A small manufacturer of aftermarket kits for converting gasoline-powered vehicles into hybrids has built a 41 mpg large pickup. Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies (HEVT), Jalopnik explains, has "managed to install a plug-in hybrid system in a Ford F-150 pickup truck. The resulting vehicle achieves a combined fuel economy of up to 41 MPG, up from a combined 16 MPG on the 2WD version of the truck. HEVT will now offer …
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During a press conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, Sony confirmed the launch of a GPS-add on for its PlayStation Portable, along with the possibility for GPS games and services as early as next year. Sony PlayStation’s Senior Marketing Manager John Koller told MTV that this add-on "changes the dynamics of GPS but also changes the way developers think about games on PSP because you can start integrating GPS into …
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Thirty-four years after they first faced off on American roads, the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro are set to do battle again. But this time, the conditions are very different. The legendary muscle cars will struggle over fuel economy, with the pony car that squeezes the most performance from each drop of fuel likely to win the most magazine covers. It’s an old rivalry. The Ford Mustang was introduced for …
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Despite a global downturn in the automotive market, one of the most important new vehicles appearing at this week’s British Motor Show is an exotic sports car with an asking price higher than that of some Ferrari and Lamborghini products. The British-built Lightning GT is a jaw-dropping beauty, but that’s not what makes the car significant, either. The reason the GT matters is its appetite. It doesn’t use a single …
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It’s been a tough 24 hours for American automakers. In sales figures for the first half of 2008, General Motors has fallen behind Toyota, and Ford has announced a whopping second-quarter loss of almost $9 billion dollars. Reuters reports, "General Motors Corp trailed Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp in global vehicle sales decisively through the second quarter and first half of the year, hurt by a large decline in North …
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The AP reports, "Nissan Motor Co. is recalling nearly 170,000 Sentra sedans in the United States to address a brake cylinder that could leak fluid." Affected vehicles include 2007 and 2008 model year Sentras of all trim levels. According to a defect notice filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, an irregularity in some brake cylinders can cause fluid leaks. In the short term, the problem causes a brake …
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