By Yoko Kubota and Ben Klayman
A year ago, Japan’s Takata Corp, the world’s second-largest maker of auto safety parts, believed it had finally contained a crisis more than a decade in the making. It was wrong!
Category Archives: Motoring News
Continental refines Conti.eContact tyre for hybrids
Continental has refined the Conti.eContact tyre, originally launched in 2011 with electric vehicles in mind, to meet the needs of hybrid models.
Leveraging new technologies and processes, this new summer tire is narrower and larger, and is the first from Continental to obtain the top A rating on the EU Tyre Label for both wet grip and rolling resistance, while making no significant compromises in terms of the many other performance parameters.
Continental is offering the Conti.eContact in six sizes for 17 and 18-inch rims, specially designed for models such as the Opel Ampera, BMW 5 ActiveHybrid, Lexus LS 600h and Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid, as well as other cars and SUVs with hybrid drive.
California Energy Commission approves $5M for 475 more EV chargers
The Energy Commission approved 15 grants totaling more than $5 million to install 475 electric vehicle chargers in communities throughout California, including the cities of San Francisco, Burbank, Torrance and San Diego and the counties of Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Orange, Riverside and Los Angeles.
2015 Mustang comes with standard industry first active glovebox knee airbag
While the most important technical update or better yet revolution of the 2015 Ford Mustang is the adoption of an independent rear suspension, the new pony car also comes with standard industry first active glovebox knee airbag.
GM could face another fine for Impala recall
By DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHER 44 minutes ago
An old e-mail from a General Motors employee warning of a “serious safety problem” could help trigger another government fine against the automaker.
