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Tesla Predicts Q1 2013 Profitability
Tesla Model S sedans on the “Get Amped” Tour – image: Tesla
Despite the financial woes of extended-range electric automaker Fisker, things look much brighter at battery-electric automaker Tesla. It’s recent run-in with potentially flawed reporting in The New York Times aside, Tesla has reduced its quarterly losses, ramped up production of its Model S sedan and established plans to grow its retail store network in 2013.
It’s made money from its work on the Toyota RAV4 EV and the Mer…
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New Concept Car: Rinspeed MicroMAX
Swiss manufacturer Rinspeed is to launch its microMAX concept at the Geneva motor show in March. Billed as a ‘network swarm car’, the microMAX aims to combine the best parts of public and private transport to be the ultimate commuter vehicle.By using a new app developed by Harmon for the microMAX using cloud technology, Rinspeed claims it will revolutionise urban travel. Members of the ‘urbanSWARM’ community can access the travel information (including, routes, speed and passengers) of any microMAX…
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New Concept Car: Rinspeed MicroMAX
Swiss manufacturer Rinspeed is to launch its microMAX concept at the Geneva motor show in March. Billed as a ‘network swarm car’, the microMAX aims to combine the best parts of public and private transport to be the ultimate commuter vehicle.By using a new app developed by Harmon for the microMAX using cloud technology, Rinspeed claims it will revolutionise urban travel. Members of the ‘urbanSWARM’ community can access the travel information (including, routes, speed and passengers) of any microMAX…
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Fuzzy Math – Mercedes May Have Outsold BMW In The U.S. Last Year
2013 Mercedes-Benz GLK350 4MATIC – image: Mercedes-Benz
According to numbers reported by the automakers at the close of last year, BMW sold 281,460 cars in the United States, excluding its MINI brand. Luxury rival Mercedes-Benz sold 274,134 cars on these shores in 2012, excluding both Smart and its family of Sprinter vans.
BMW was quick to promote the fact that it outsold Mercedes for the second year in a row, and the issue seemed to be over. Until yesterday, that is, when Mercedes-Benz USA presid…
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Love at the 2013 Canadian International AutoShow
Serving as a Christmas after Christmas for me, the 2013 Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto is my first chance to gain a firsthand view of the most recent products. While many have made global debuts at many prior auto shows, I will attest there is no replacement to setting your own eyes on the presence of great vehicles. Therefore, as a member of accredited media, I set out to the festivities in Toronto ready to be dazzled once again by lovely creations from metal and applicable compo…
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Love at the 2013 Canadian International AutoShow
Serving as a Christmas after Christmas for me, the 2013 Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto is my first chance to gain a firsthand view of the most recent products. While many have made global debuts at many prior auto shows, I will attest there is no replacement to setting your own eyes on the presence of great vehicles. Therefore, as a member of accredited media, I set out to the festivities in Toronto ready to be dazzled once again by lovely creations from metal and applicable compo…
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The General’s Exquisite Knobs
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By Peter Dushenski
Is it sexist to think that a woman designed this?
On second thought, it’s probably just reverse-sexism. I hope compliments count towards reparations…
Nonetheless, what could only have been a very smart, careful, and ingenious woman at GM has done what Steve Jobs did with the music player – borrowed a bunch of other people’s good ideas and brought them together into an elegant and user-friendly form. The result is not only lovingly crafted but i…
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2014 Volvo S60 and XC60 promise refinements and more safety gear
Volvo has removed the virtual cover from its 2014 S60 sedan and XC60 SUV, revealing numerous interior and exterior updates.
Volvo refers to this midlife freshening as the most extensive in its company history, although it is well within the updates we have seen from other automakers.
Both vehicles receive a facelift for the upcoming model year. The S60 now hides its windshield washer nozzles, and the chrome grille surround has likewise vanished. New headlamps, wider grille, LED tail lights, wheels, …
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Haven’t had enough obscure microcars?
After reviewing the lots at this past weekend’s Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum auction, one might think that the depths of obscurity in the microcar scene have been sufficiently plumbed. Not so! MrScharroo’s Flickr stream constantly comes up with one-off, Eastern European, and other relatively unheard-of microcars, such as the 1956 Arbet, pictured here.