As part of its plan to once again become financially viable, the beleaugered automaker General Motors has been shedding some of its various brands in order to focus on their core vehicle lines. One consequence of this is that Saturn is being dropped, even though that particular brand accounted for 28% of GM’s hybrid vehicle [...]
One of the main reasons that fossil fuel-powered vehicles are going to remain a fact of life for many years to come is that fact that the supporting infrastructure of gas stations is already in place to make their use more convenient. The lack of a viable infrastructure for plug-in vehicles (aside from traditional hom [...]
No, that’s not an error in the title, Toyota is really looking for ways to use seaweed to make body panels for cars. While this may sound a bit far-fetched, it is grounded in solid science, and the above pictured Toyota 1/X Concept could be have parts made out of seaweed within ten years.
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