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Mitsubishi abandons in-wheel motors for electric car, still no plans to bring it to the U.S.

Mitsubishi's annoucement of the "i MiEV" electric vehicle based on their "i" minicar has so far caused a bit of a stir. First, Automotive News reported that the car would be headed for the States. Then CNN said that the report was incorrect. Then, in a new article on Monday, AutoWeek, a sister publication of Automotive News, stated that Mitsubishi was still planning to bring the electric car to North America. In all the confusion, we contacted Dan Irvin, director of corporate communications and public relations for Mitsubishi Motors North ... Read more →

Toyota research: the bigger-is-better fad has passed Derrick Y. Noh

AutoWeek is reporting that some executives and managers in the Toyota camp are worried that the upcoming second-generation Sequoia SUV will be too large for consumers' tastes. In the face of high gas ...

Ford to offer North America's first light-duty diesel in the F-150 by 2009 Derrick Y. Noh

According to AutoWeek, Automotive News has reported that Ford will introduce North America's first light-duty diesel truck in either 2008 or 2009. The confirmation came from Ford's former ...

A tale of deactivating cylinders: After 25 years GM finally succeeded with its Active Fuel Management Derrick Y. Noh

For the history-minded, there's a short, interesting article on AutoWeek's website about GM's early difficulties and eventual success with their cylinder deactivation system. The article starts with ...

Hybrids will play an important role in Toyota's future profits Sebastian Blanco

By next April Fool's Day, Toyota's savings from cutting the complexity of its vehicles' onboard computer systems will kick in and increase the company's profits. Another major source of profit in the ...

Mitsubishi abandons in-wheel motors for electric car, still no plans to bring it to the U.S. 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Mitsubishi's annoucement of the "i MiEV" electric vehicle based on their "i" minicar has so far caused a bit of a stir. First, Automotive News reported that the car would be headed for the States. Then CNN said that the report was incorrect. Then, in a new article on Monday, AutoWeek, a sister ...

Toyota research: the bigger-is-better fad has passed 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

AutoWeek is reporting that some executives and managers in the Toyota camp are worried that the upcoming second-generation Sequoia SUV will be too large for consumers' tastes. In the face of high gas prices, we saw a dramatic decline in the sales of large gas-guzzlers, but some executives are ...

Ford to offer North America's first light-duty diesel in the F-150 by 2009 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

According to AutoWeek, Automotive News has reported that Ford will introduce North America's first light-duty diesel truck in either 2008 or 2009. The confirmation came from Ford's former vice-president of manufacturing for the Americas, Dave Szczupak,who retired last week. According to the former ...

A tale of deactivating cylinders: After 25 years GM finally succeeded with its Active Fuel Management 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

For the history-minded, there's a short, interesting article on AutoWeek's website about GM's early difficulties and eventual success with their cylinder deactivation system. The article starts with GM's failed attempt at rolling out their first production engine with the system installed under the ...

Hybrids will play an important role in Toyota's future profits 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

By next April Fool's Day, Toyota's savings from cutting the complexity of its vehicles' onboard computer systems will kick in and increase the company's profits. Another major source of profit in the years to come will be hybrid vehicles, said Toyota president Katsuaki Watanabe earlier this week ...


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