Automotive The Racket

General Motors assumes that you have the platform, at least for now, developing a luxury hybrid vehicle, so it is said that it has canceled plans to develop the base of Cadillac SRX crossover plug-in formats.

According to sources in the trade publication Automotive News, and engineers involved in the development of this project were reallocated to other projects, so it becomes increasingly difficult to see that the Detroit giant inroads in this segment.

It’s funny how within 6 months, GM went from “casting” rumors of a hybrid Cadillac crossover to talk about “probabilities” and after “the future of technology can be there”.

While Dan Akerson (head of GM since last September) who showed favorable to the company of a shift to green cars and low-power, it takes more than a few months and much couching to make a maker of octane-eating “(and its loyal audience) believes awareness of the new direction that the automotive world. Read the rest of this entry →

Toyota is all set to launch its new Prius V 2012 , a larger version and more practice of Japanese hybrid.
The design of this car meant the extension of the platform of the old Prius all its dimensions, adding width and length in order to provide greater height and interior space.

The cargo space increased by 5%, while legroom in all seats will grow about 2 inch. The weight also increased by about 115 kilograms, but even so, fuel economy will continue between the 4.6-liter (highway) and 5.1 liters (urban) to 100 kilometers.

Among the most notable change is expected in this new version of the Prius are:

• Largest tailgate
• Torsional rigidity increases by 5 percent
• New 215/50 series tires mounted on 17 inch wheels
• Hybrid Synergy Drive revised to 134 hp

The Prius V, which hits the market this fall, will be one of the 4 cars Toyota is expected to lead the market for an alternative engine cars with the original Prius, plug-in Prius in 2012 and a new model smaller than is presumed to be based on the concept Prius C.

The massive General Electric reported a few days ago, will buy a lot of electric cars. A very important news for the companies already sell these vehicles in the United States as Chevrolet and Nissan (soon be made official), Volt and Leaf respectively.

This was overtaken by General Motors CEO, Jeff Immelt, as he said during a conference in London will soon be delivered “the largest purchase order in history.” Although omitted to whom he refers, it is clear that the General Electric.

General Electric plans to acquire about 23,000 vehicles, equal to half of its sales force.

It is important acquisition will significantly assist the flow of electric cars grows exponentially over the years. And according to a study by JD Power and Associates, it is expected that one million electric cars in circulation in late 2020. A most encouraging, which may have a lot of truth.

GE produces at this time charging stations, solar panels and wind turbines for electric cars. Now the firm announced it will invest nearly 10,000 million dollars in research and development for 2015, to further improve the infrastructure for electric cars.