THAILAND: Nissan sets 1m-by-2013 target for new baby
Nissan Motor launched its low-cost compact car in Thailand on Friday, and has set a global sales target of 1m units a year by 2013.
Mercedes Builds A Car To Protect Us From Ourselves
MONTVALE, New Jersey — Mercedes-Benz has been on a relentless quest to achieve hyper-safe accident-free driving since 1959, when it introduced the first car to feature energy-absorbing crumple zones. At long last, it’s getting pretty close to reaching its goal. The Experimental Safety Vehicle concept car essentially turns the entire vehicle into an airbag using novel metal panels that inflate moments before impact. The company’...
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Six Degrees of Automotive Personalities Separation ? Granatelli and DeLorean
We tried this variation a few weeks ago with Carroll Shelby and Dick Teague, so let’s try it again, this time with another couple of automotive personalities you should all be familiar with – Andy Granatelli and John DeLorean. Neither man could, in any terms, be considered a wallflower, and both earned a good amount of headlines in their prime, but to my knowledge, they never crossed paths, at least not on a professional level. So how...
Korean company to make battery cells in Holland
Holland -- Korean battery-maker LG Chem Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary Troy-based Compact Inc. will make battery cells for electric vehicles at a plant in West Michigan.
GERMANY: VW plans EV for China within three years - report
Volkswagen wants to build an electric vehicle line in China within the next three years, top management sources have said.
Officially, Official: LG Chem to build lithium ion cell factory in Holland Michigan
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Manufacturing/Plants, Chevrolet, GM, Hyundai, Kia LG Chem made it official today. The South Korean manufacturer is moving forward with plans to start production of lithium ion cells here in Michigan. LG Chem and its U.S. subsidiary Compact Power Inc. (CPI) will spend $303 million to build the cell plant in Holland on the west side of Michigan. By 2013 the facility should be employing over 400 people. Ground break...
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Concours Corvairarama!
I’ve been reaching out to Corvairs owners in clubs in the Northeast to help assemble the Corvair class for our Concours, and the response has been terrific. Not only should we have a full field on Concours Sunday, but there are enough coming just for the show that we’re going to have a special Corvair pavilion on Saturday. I would like to give a special word of thanks to Robert Marlow, President of the New Jersey Association of Corvai...
INDIA: Tata plans to offset rising material costs
Tata Motors can see rising commodity prices hitting margins in future but expects to offset it through price hikes and cost cutting, a senior executive has said.