On Wednesday, November 14th, in order to reduce accidents, the National Transportation Safety Board urged the government to make advanced safety technologies mandatory for all new vehicles. The NTSB wants rear-end collision warning, lane departure warning, adaptive cruise control, and advanced braking systems, technologies which are already available by most manufacturers (although mostly an option or on luxury cars), to be standard on all vehicles sold in the U.S. market.
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Now, a year after the Tokyo Motor Show where Honda revealed its Micro-Commuter car as a concept, Honda is moving towards the machine’s production with a prototype model that is significantly more real-world ready.
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Jeff Gordon was fined $100,000 and 25 point for his deliberate retaliation toward Clint Bowyer during Sunday’s AdvoCare 500 at the Phoenix International Raceway. “I take responsibility for my action on the racetrack. I accept NASCAR’s decision and look forward to ending the season on a high note at Homestead,” said Gordon.
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Toyota is recalling 2.77 million vehicles worldwide for two unrelated reasons, the first big a defective water pump and the second is a steering shaft fault, even though some models might need both defects fixed. Toyota was adamant to point out that there have been no accidents or injuries reported that relate to these two issues. So far, 670,000 cars are being recalled from the United States, 1.5 million in Japan, and 496,000 in Europe, including 75,000 from the UK.
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After being test driven by FedEx, Nissan is now lending one of their e-NV200 to Coca-Cola so that the company can evaluate it as a delivery vehicle. Coca-Cola Central Japan Co., Ltd. will be using this all electric cargo van as a regional sales vehicle in Yokohama. To evaluate whether or not one night of charging is sufficient for a days worth of typical usage, the van will only be plugged in overnights.
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Toyota has developed a new Pre-collision system (PCS) with collision avoidance assist that is designed to help avoid accidents. This new technology is even effective at helping mitigate high-speed collisions by using a millimeter-wave radar to help detect the risk of a rear-end collision.
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After it’s official release yesterday, Lamborghini has shed some light on how the roof mechanism of the 2013 Lamborghini Aventagor LP700-4 Roadster works. A video has been made at the US private release in Miami gives a tutorial to show how to store and fix the two carbon fiber panels.
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There is a hybrid, plug-in, and all-electric vehicle war going on in the U.S. new car market right now and Ford is not sitting out on the side lines. Attacking Toyota and their range of Prius vehicles isn’t the only way Ford plans to boost sales of its “green” fleet, which will include the hybrid and plug-in (“Energi” in Ford talk) versions of the C-MAX and the Fusion, and the pure-electric Focus EV by 2013.
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