Monthly Archives: March 2014

Tesla, New Jersey clash over direct sales to customers

A man looks around Tesla Motors' Model S P85 at its showroom in Beijing

Elon Musk wants to keep selling electric cars directly to the public in New Jersey, but on Tuesday the state said no, insisting instead that Tesla Motors Inc offer its cars through an auto franchise rather than its own stores.

BMW issues big motorcycle recall

BMW issues big motorcycle recall

NHTSA has found yet another fault with BMW products, with a recent motorcycle issue uncovered. And while these things can cost a manufacturer quite some money, it’s far better than the alternative.
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BMW M135i vs. Audi S3 on the Track

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The two German base manufacturer BMW and Audi have always competed one against each other, especially when it came to models like the M vs. the S or RS versions.

energy savings of PHEVs relative to HEVs dependent on charging coverage and daily VMT

A study based on a spatial and longitudinal travel dataset by a team from Lamar University, Iowa State University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory found that whether plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) have lower energy costs that conventional gasoline vehicles (CGVs) or hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) depends on charger coverage.

biofuels face sharp slowdown to 3.2% annual growth as next-generation fuels emerge

The 53.2 billion gallon a year (BGY) biofuel industry is poised for a sharp slowdown in capacity growth, to a 3.2% annual rate from 2013 to 2017—60.4 billion gallons—off from 19.6% annually from 2005 to 2013, according to a new report from Lux Research.The sharp decline will be due to a significant industry transition to novel fuels and feedstocks, to enable long-term growth in the face of impediments such as the food vs. fuel debate and the imminent blend limits for biodiesel and ethanol. Next-generation biofuel—such as renewable diesel and butanol—that can offer higher blends, in contrast, are not quite mature.