Category Archives: General Talk

Vodafone enters connected car market with acquisition of Cobra Automotive

UK Telecoms company Vodafone plans to expand into automotive telematics by acquiring Cobra Automotive Technologies, an Italian provider of security, telecommunications and vehicle tracking data for the automotive and insurance industries.

Elon Musk takes on carbon with solar, battery bets

FILE - In this June 18, 2010, file photo, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, D-Colo., center, helps as SolarCity employees Jarret Esposito, left, and Jake Torwatzky, install a solar panel on a home in south Denver. SolarCity, one of the nation's largest installers of rooftop solar systems, on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 announced it is buying Silveo, a solar panel manufacturer. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)
By JONATHAN FAHEY

The energy world is not keeping up with Elon Musk, so he’s trying to take matters into his own hands.

Musk, chairman of the solar installer SolarCity, announced Tuesday that the company would acquire a solar panel maker and build factories “an order of magnitude” bigger than the plants that currently churn out panels.

Europe’s biggest ever Mustang meeting with close to 1,000 cars

Even though Ford Mustang has never been available officially in Europe until now, there are plenty of people who love the iconic pony car and just in time for the model’s 50th anniversary a special event was recently held in Cologne, Germany.

Megane RenaultSport Snatches Back Nurburgring Record

While the official Nürburgring lap record for road legal cars belongs to Porsche 918 Spyder with a time under 7 minutes, there is another hot category for front-wheel drive cars that for a while belonged to Renault Megane Trophy with a time of 8:07.9.

Theophilus Chin renders Fiat 128 Sport Coupe successor

Theophilus Chin renders Fiat 128 Sport Coupe successor

Do you remember the classic Fiat 128 Sport Coupe, manufactured between 1971-1975?