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Toyota's Prius woes may muffle hybrid buzz Tokyo (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 
Embraced by Hollywood celebrities and beloved by environmentalists, the Prius has long been the envy of Toyota's rivals, but now its safety woes risk putting the brakes on the success of hybrid cars.
The crisis-hit Japanese auto giant is a pioneer in fuel-sipping hybrids, which run on a combination of petrol and electricity and are vital to the company's efforts to stay in pole position in f ... read moreUS orders Prius brake probe, adding to Toyota woes 
Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2010US authorities Thursday ordered a formal investigation into reported braking problems in the 2010 Toyota Prius, in a fresh expansion of safety issues plaguing the Japanese auto giant worldwide. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it would "look into allegations of momentary loss of braking capability while traveling over an uneven road surface, pothole or bump." NHTSA ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Green flagship Prius a new headache for Toyota
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 4, 2010Toyota Motor's Prius, the world's most popular hybrid car, is supposed to help save the earth from climate change but for now it has plunged the world's largest automaker deeper into trouble. A rash of complaints about its braking system now raise the spectre of a safety recall of the firm's environmental flagship model, which would deal another blow to the embattled Japanese automaker. ... more Taiwan carmaker touts new luxury sedan in China 
Taipei (AFP) Feb 3, 2010Luxury sedans would seem a risky bet in a time of global economic strife, but Taiwan's Yulon Motor believes it has found the right formula: Its car is cheap and it is destined for China. Yulon's Luxgen model boasts global positioning, night vision and blind-spot cameras - and at 800,000 Taiwan dollars (25,000 US dollars), the company hopes it will appeal to tech-savvy but only moderately we ... more US electric carmaker Tesla plans public stock offering 
New York (AFP) Jan 29, 2010US electric carmaker Tesla Motors said on Friday that it plans an intial public offering of stock that could raise as much as 100 million dollars. In a filing with the Securites and Exchange Commission and a statement, Tesla said the price range and exact number of shares had not been decided. The Palo Alto, California-based automaker also did not set a date for the IPO. Founded in 2 ... more China auto makers must merge before adding plants: report 
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 29, 2010Authorities will require Chinese auto makers to merge with a domestic rival before being allowed to build new factories as Beijing moves to muscle in on the global market, state media reported Friday. Government guidelines expected to be formally announced in March will provide tax incentives and preferential lending for the mergers, the Shanghai Securities News reported, citing unnamed sour ... more |
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Davos limo ban makes greens see red
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 26, 2010The political and business elite heading for the Davos forum this week have been told to leave their polluting limousines behind. Under a new climate change initiative, the World Economic Forum is blocking the gas guzzling cars that normally clog the roads around the congress. But VIPs such as presidents can claim diplomatic immunity and environmentalists have derided the limits as "not very ... more Okla. city embracing greener gas 
Owasso, Okla. (UPI) Jan 25, 2009 A city official in Owasso, Okla., said a planned filling station will offer local motorists access to a more environmentally friendly form of gas. Owasso City Manager Rodney Ray said a replica of a historic gas station will be built in his city and the site will feature Compressed Natural Gas pumps that provide fuel that is less detrimental to the environment, the Tulsa (Okla.) World sa ... more GM Axes Belgian Plant; Russia Eyes Electric Car 
Brussels (AFP) Jan 21, 2010General Motors Europe announced on Thursday it is to close an entire car production plant in Belgium, making 2,600 workers redundant and ramping up an already tense climate of industrial unrest. "Our intention today is to stop production in a matter of a few months," new chief executive Nick Reilly told a Brussels press conference, suggesting June or July as the likeliest date. A new lin ... more EU set to launch electric car project: Zapatero 
Strasbourg (AFP) Jan 20, 2010The European Union will launch a new project to support and harmonise the development of electric cars, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced Wednesday. "The other day I met together with a group of companies... and it was considered fundamental that there should be cooperation and integration of efforts in developing the electric vehicle," said Zapatero, whose countr ... more |
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