Electric Powertrain Development Grant Awarded to Zero Motorcycles
5 Aug 2010, 08:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Electric motorcycle manufacturer Zero Motorcycle announced today it has recently been awarded a $900,000 grant from the California Energy Commission to begin development of a new advanced compact el...
Mercedes Switches to Silverstone Package for Hungary
30 Jul 2010, 06:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It would be an understatement to say that Mercedes GP did not produce their expected performances at Hockenheim. Following their podium finish at Silverstone, the German squad finished on 8th and 9t...
Kovalainen Impressed with Lotus in 2010
20 Jul 2010, 13:20 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / From the new entry teams of Formula One in 2010, it's needless to mention the fact that Lotus F1 Team has enjoyed the best development rate in the first half of the ongoing campaign. Although s...
New Kia Sportage Developed on UK Roads
21 Jun 2010, 12:09 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The British arm of the South-Korean manufacturer Kia announced today its new Sportage model is the fourth consecutive vehicle to have been specifically developed for the UK’s roads and drivers...
Alonso Insists Season Is Only Starting for Ferrari
16 Jun 2010, 09:16 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari's Fernando Alonso insisted that Ferrari's major upgrade prepared for Valencia will not mark “the last ditch” in the 2010 Formula One season for his team, but only the b...
Ferrari to Become More Aggressive after Valencia
15 Jun 2010, 07:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Scoring a podium finish in Canada after recording a lap time almost one second slower than the championship front-runners a weekend before, in Turkey, should boost a team's morale in the 2010 F...
Alonso Not Pleased with Ferrari's Development Rate
7 Jun 2010, 13:29 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / A few days ago, Fernando Alonso admitted that his confidence in Ferrari has not changed, despite the slow development race recorded by the Italian team in recent months. This week however, the Spani...
Alonso Surprised with Non-Competitive Ferrari
31 May 2010, 06:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso clearly did not have one of his best weekends in Turkey, as the Spanish driver failed to qualify for the Top 10 on Saturday and struggled throughout the Sunday race to eventually fin...
Honda Aims to Bring Hybrid Systems To Large Cars As Well
20 Feb 2010, 10:20 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Japan’s second largest automaker has announced Friday through the voice of its Chief Operating Officer of automobile Research & Development that is plans to field new hybrid systems for la...
Lamborghini to Make Lighter Vehicles
26 Jan 2010, 08:59 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Though some car enthusiasts might get offended, we’ve been having this feeling for a while that supercars nowadays need more powerful engines. It seems that we are not the only ones thinking t...
Ferrari: Alonso Better for the Team Than Raikkonen!
4 Dec 2009, 15:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After some unnamed sources from within the Scuderia, now the very Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali argued that Fernando Alonso is a better driver for his team than departed Kimi Raikkonen. ...
Honda R&D Asia Pacific Officially Opened
18 Nov 2009, 10:43 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Honda’s new automobile research and development center, Honda R&D Asia Pacific, was inaugurated today, strengthening Honda’s presence in the Asia and Oceania regions. The site is sit...
Subaru Supports Students with Financial Needs
14 Oct 2009, 08:42 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American division of Subaru announced that it has provided an extra $75,000 for the next five years for student scholarship support to Montgomery College’s Automotive Technology Program. T...
BMW Will Not Return to DTM in 2010
21 Sep 2009, 09:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / German manufacturer BMW will not join the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) in 2010. The news was not reported by a championship official or a German media, but by Mercedes Benz' motorsport di...
Toyota Vow to Keep Focusing on 2009 Car
19 Aug 2009, 08:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Considering that all championship big guns have began scoring some impressive results thanks to continuing their hard work on the 2009 technical package, Toyota has also vowed to keep developing the...
DTM Confirms Development Freeze Until 2011
4 Aug 2009, 07:41 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / As it happened in Formula One a few years ago, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) officials have decided to implement a new development-freeze policy inside the sport...