Archive for August, 2011
Are you trying to seduce me?
“We’re not going to Frankfurt to provoke people,” J Mays, Ford Group Vice President for Design tells The New York Times. “We’re going to Frankfurt to seduce people.”
And so the Evos concept car is unveiled ahead of the Frankfurt Auto Show.
Well, bring on the car love, baby. The Washington Auto Show’s executive team will be in Frankfurt to get romanced by the Evos face-to-grill. We’ll report back with impressions from our fearless leader, Barbara Pomerance, to see whether or not she has a crush on the new car.
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/ford-previews-the-evos-concept-ahead-of-frankfurt-auto-show/#more-120421
EVs Voted Most Likely To Succeed
You gotta love a list. Especially when it features innovators and it comes from our friends at the Atlanta-based Mother Nature Network.
Ladies and Gents, we give you the top 10 EVs most likely to succeed, from the proverbial pen of Jim Motavalli, courtesy of MNN, and published in Forbes, which is big on lists.
The ringleader here runs a mere $845,000.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/eco-nomics/2011/08/29/the-top-10-electric-cars-most-likely-to-succeed/
P.S.: Please note the image used is of the Chevy Volt photographed at our very own Washington Auto Show.
Getting more mileage out of aluminum
The next big thing in fuel efficiency? Upping the use of aluminum. Michael Kanellos, Editor in Chief of Greentech Media, has the story on how the lightweight metal can take us farther. http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/will-the-car-of-the-future-be-aluminum/
More than just Pad Thai
If sensational vistas and exquisite food weren’t enough to prompt your admiration of Thailand, maybe this will. Turns out Thailand aims to become an “eco-car production powerhouse,” says Sebastian Blanco, Editor-in-Chief of AutoblogGreen. In fact, Thailand’s auto making business is so substantial that it ranks twelfth in the world for auto manufacturing. Who knew?
Blanco has the details here: http://tinyurl.com/3vk2hcw
