| Toyota Hybrid R concept teaser reveals high-performance Yaris |
Aug 13th, 2013 |
has revealed the upcoming concept will be a high-performance petrol-electric model based on the Yaris city car. Speculation was rife that the Hybrid R concept would ...
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| Tesla CEO Elon Musk imagines Hyperloop tube transport system |
Aug 13th, 2013 |
a futuristic mode of transport that would be high-speed, low-impact, self-sustaining and immune to weather and seismic irregularities. The Hyperloop is a proposed transport system for use between distances less than 1500km apart, primarily between major cities. Musk says it could transport passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco (approximately 615km) in around 30 minutes. It would involve ...
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| Ford Everest concept revealed |
Aug 13th, 2013 |
concept has been revealed to preview Ford’s new seven-seater SUV that’s based on the Ranger ute. The Everest boasts an uncanny resemblance to the Ford Territory SUV that it will replace when the Territory and Falcon large car cease to be produced locally from October 2016. Ford Australia designed and developed the Everest production version as part of the T6 project that initially ...
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| Cashing in on cars |
Aug 13th, 2013 |
Americans are keeping their cars and trucks longer than ever, and that’s great news for auto-parts retailers. The average age of the 247 million vehicles on U.S. roads has hit a record 11.4 years, according to the latest data from Polk, a market-research firm. That’s nearly two years older than in 2007, before the start of the recession. Polk expects the average age to keep rising ...
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| Hackers now steering into cars homes |
Aug 13th, 2013 |
LAS VEGAS: Imagine driving on the freeway at 60 miles per hour and your car suddenly screeches to a halt, causing a pileup. Now imagine you had absolutely nothing to do with the accident because your car was taken over by hackers. Charlie Miller, a security researcher ...
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| Cars lose trains win |
Aug 13th, 2013 |
o Many people don't pay attention to the gates or flashing lights. They're on the phone or texting or doing whatever. Many cars go around lowered gates. The horn will hopefully jar drivers' attention to the fact that a train is ...
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| Hawaii’s Pflueger Honda changes name to Pacific Honda |
Aug 13th, 2013 |
Pflueger Honda, one of the most well-known names in Hawaii's auto industry, has officially changed its name to Pacific Honda, although the name on the outside of the dealer's flagship location still says ...
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| Burned auto worker remains in critical condition |
Aug 13th, 2013 |
A 54-year-old man in Hubei province who suffered major burns to 96 percent of his body in an auto factory incident remains in critical condition after receiving two skin grafts from his two sons. Liu Shengjun had surgery on Saturday to transplant skin to his back from his younger son Liu Yang. It was Liu Shengjun's third skin graft after an incident at an auto parts factory in Xiangyang, ...
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| Holden Trax Peugeot 208 Citroen DS5 score five-star ANCAP rating |
Aug 13th, 2013 |
have scored the maximum five-star rating in the latest round of crash tests from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP). The five-star safety ratings apply to all variants of ...
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| Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class design sketches teased |
Aug 13th, 2013 |
concept form at the 2013 Shanghai auto show (pictured bottom), the new Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class will be built on the same MFA platform used to underpin ...
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