Magneti Marelli Slams KERS Costs Rules
4 Mar 2011, 15:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Formula 1 teams have complained several times in the past that the International Automobile Federation (FIA) issues unclear technical rules at the beginning of each season, a situation that leads to...
Automotive Industry Gotchas. Buying a Good New Car Without Getting Screwed
23 Dec 2010, 08:33 UTC · By: Charles Darveight / I’ve seen it one too many times: people purchase a new car and, as if on cue, problems which would have otherwise been easy to avoid start pouring. I thought it might be helpful to at least so...
Green Car Technology Doesn't Come Cheap
6 Dec 2010, 18:35 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Everything sounds simple in theory. Imposing higher average gas mileage standards on the auto industry will force automakers to build more fuel efficient vehicles. Consumers save money on gas, the U...
Hybrid Battery Expenses Are No Longer Hidden Costs
22 Nov 2010, 08:22 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Hybrids are eco-friendly. They are not entirely beneficial to the environment, but at least they're not causing as much damage as their internal-combustion-only counterparts. Due to the fact th...
Ford Genuine Parts Better than Copies
29 Jan 2010, 16:23 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that sometimes we all get tempted to buy copy parts for our cars instead of genuine parts because genuine parts are more expensive. But a study conducted by the independent Motor Industry R...
Toyota to Cover All NUMMI Closure Costs
11 Nov 2009, 10:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota has already announced that it will end its NUMMI joint venture on March 31, 2010 but it appears that the Japanese manufacturer is encountering some difficulties in doing this. Bloomberg infor...
Toyota Blames High Costs for Closing NUMMI
29 Aug 2009, 19:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese manufacturer Toyota announced a few days ago that it will close the NUMMI plant in California, a move which, according to preliminary figures, could affect around 50,000 people, more or les...
Tesla Slashes Roadster's Production Costs
23 Jun 2009, 10:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Tesla Motors is willing to reduce the total production costs for its popular Roadster electric car from $140,000 in the summer of 2007 to no more than $80,000, CEO Elon Musk said in a post on the co...
Amsterdam Auto Show to Suffer some Themed-Modifications
2 Feb 2009, 13:50 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / While organizers of the 2009 Barcelona Auto Show have completely given up the idea of holding the event this year due to lack of interest among automakers, their competitors in the shape of this yea...