ST. PAUL, MN -- 3M Corp. gets a charge out of lithium polymer batteries (LPB) and the company says it expects drivers of future electric vehicles will as well.With a $27.4 million grant from the United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) 3M...
Most automakers are sharpening the tactic of sprinkling new-vehicle launches here and there throughout the calendar year -- making it more difficult than ever to place a definitive date on the start of the new model year.Rather than wait for every...
Mercedes-Benz AG hopes to decide by the year 2000 whether its experimental fuel cell technology is ripe for a volume production program, President and Chief Executive Helmut Werner says at a mid-May unveiling of the NECAR II in Berlin.NECAR II is...
At 155 mph (250 km/in) we slide right in the E50, this newest, mightiest version of the recently released, doe-eyed E-class Mercedes. We must move out of the passing lane because the driver behind us is flashing his headlights insistently. It's...
Already a year ahead in its drive to build 720,000 cars in Ohio and Ontario, Honda North America Inc. is spending $200 million to raise its 1998 target for engine production from 750,000 to 900,000 a year at its Anna, OH, engine plant.Meanwhile...
The Expedition is a 4-door, 9-passenger SUV that Ford says fits easily into a standard garage. It will replace the 2-door Bronco and give the company a heavy-duty SUV to compete with General Motors Corp.'s Tahoe/Yukon and Suburban.The Expedition...
The technological innovations in the auto industry go deeper than the tales of cast iron, steel and rubber. It's about people, intuition and some good-ol' engineering.America's early automobiles were rudimentary, at best, but they were easy on the...
Maybe reverse psychology works. After relentless lobbying by the Big Three and Japanese automakers, the California Air Resources Board drops its requirement that 2% of what every major manufacturer sells in the state in 1998 be battery-powered...
A major challenge facing the Automotive Industry is the development of an affordable "Supercar" that has drastically lower fuel consumption. One of the goals defined by the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) calls for a production...
Later this month Honda Motor Co. will begin assembling a new car, code-named EK, in Thailand, designed specifically for Asian customers. By 1999 Honda expects to assemble up to 100,000 cars annually with assembly plants in seven countries...