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2014 Lexus IS 300h Adds Hybrid Model To Smallest Luxury Sedan

Green Car Reports

Lexus has confirmed that its 2014 IS sedan will debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show next month. Automobile Magazine (via Motor Authority) has already driven a prototype of the.

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Tesla tweaks financing product with best resale value guarantee and lower monthly payments

Green Car Congress

Buying a Model S through the Tesla financing offering now comes with a guarantee that the resale value will be higher than that of BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Lexus or Jaguar. The Model S is rated by Motor Trend, Automobile Magazine and many others as the best car of 2013, so it should naturally therefore have the highest resale value.

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Norway leads the world in moving to EVs

EV Info

A recent report printed by the Norwegian Automobile Federation’s magazine, Motor , the downward trend in sales for ICE cars has been so consistent and steep that the last new ICE car to be sold in Norway could happen just seven months from now, in April 2022. 35 Lexus UX Electric car 761 0.69 Cliff edge. 3 Volkswagen ID.4

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Ford showcasing vehicle-to-vehicle communication for crash avoidance; potential for leveraging WiFi and smartphones to extend quickly the number of participating vehicles

Green Car Congress

These technologies may potentially address up to 82% of crash scenarios with unimpaired drivers, preventing tens of thousands of automobile crashes every year (further research will incorporate heavy vehicle crashes including buses, motor carriers, and rail). Shortly thereafter most carriers ceased providing analog mobile phone service.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GE: The global stimulus bellwether FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- Warren Buffett is famous for his rules of investing: When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is usually the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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