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Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, has taken a 10% stake in the electric vehicle start-up company Tesla Motors.  The deal is a win-win not only for cunsumers, but also for both companies.  Daimler will receive access to Tesla’s technical expertise in the design and production of electric vehicles.  Tesla already has their Roadster electric [...]

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It’s been a long time coming, but Barack Obama has announced new fuel economy standards that, believe it or not, actually have the blessings of the automotive industry.  The new standard would raise the average fuel economy of cars to 35.5 mpg and of light trucks to 30 mpg by 2016.  Current standards are at [...]

The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the company’s flagship model, and with good reason.  Throughout the years, the S-Class has been at the forefront of engineering innovation.  It was the first car to have airbags, the first to have traction control, and it has always been a good indicator of what technologies you would find as standard [...]