Archive for August, 2005

Nissan moves to Tennessee

NASHVILLE, TENN. (Nov. 10, 2005) – Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA), will relocate its Los Angeles headquarters functions and employees to an all-new facility in the greater Nashville area. [...]

read more

Toyota Sienna Van hybrid

Infineon Technologies AG, the semiconductor and system solutions for automotive, industrial and multimarket sectors, held their annual North America Media Day Conference in Sonoma, California on Monday. The panel highlighted [...]

read more

The Tweel

It’s amazing how little attention is paid to wheels, considering they are the only part of the car that touches the road.

Michelin is making a big deal of them. [...]

read more

The Prius is Stalling

Thirteen vehicles stalling; We’re happy it gets the headlines, but thirteen vehicles stalling – just make sure to spell our name right; talk about Prius.
James E. Press, [...]

read more

The first Japanese hybrid made in the USA

Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America (TMMNA) announced the company’s first North American gas-electric hybrid production will be at its Georgetown, Ky., plant – Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK) beginning [...]

read more

The difference between SUVs and CUVs

2004-America is still the land of the plentiful. There are few countries where it is expected that one can go into a dealership for 65 days and buy a vehicle [...]

read more

Plug-in Electric Vehicles

On August 19, 2005 the New York Mercantile Exchange posted crude oil at $65.50 per barrel. According to the EIA, the U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline increased by [...]

read more

Nickel Metal Hydride Battery (NiMH)

Hybrid sales are phenomenal. Every vehicle that is a hybrid is selling out virtually before it hits the store lot. Lexus PR folks have said that there will be 24,000 [...]

read more

Lithium-Ion batteries

All hybrids currently produced employ an internal combustion engine, a generator and a Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) battery. NiMH is generally realized as an interim battery technology, soon to be [...]

read more

ITS World Congress

The 12th Annual World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) was held in San Francisco, CA this week. The World Congress is the single largest conference for intelligent [...]

read more