Ever Monaco Electric Auto Show (video)
Our friends at PluginCars.com recently visited Ever Monaco, an all-electric car show which takes place in the heart of the tiny municipality, itself probably best known for its numerous appearances in James Bond movies and the classic Super Monaco G…
US and Europe come together in Continental and LOT deal
Continental Airlines of the United States has started codesharing on flights between certain destinations in the United States and Europe.
New diesel Ford Focus ECOnetic to debut at Amsterdam Motor Show; 67 mpg US
Ford Motor Company will stage the debut of the new Focus ECOnetic next week at the Amsterdam Motor Show. The new diesel ECOnetic, which will go on sale early next year, leverages a number of advanced technologies that Ford expects will make it more fue…
BMW Brilliance Automotive presents prototype plug-in hybrid sedan based on 5 Series; targeted for China market in 2013
The BMW Brilliance plug-in hybrid concept. Click to enlarge.
BMW Group and its Chinese joint venture partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. have presented a concept plug-in hybrid sedan based on the long wheelbase version of the BMW 5 S…
Metal/oxide hybrid electrodes for supercapacitors combine high-energy storage densities with high levels of power delivery
Researchers at the WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University (Japan) have developed nanoporous metal/oxide hybrid electrodes for supercapacitors that offer high specific capacitances and charge/discharge rates. Their paper appear…
EPA selects AVL to provide Integrated Battery Cycling System for initiative on automotive electrification standards
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has chosen AVL to provide a battery test system that includes vehicle-simulation capabilities that allow maneuver-based testing at the battery level as part of an initiative related to fuel economy and establis…
FAA Says Another Controller Went To Sleep On Job
The Federal Aviation Administration has uncovered a second incident of an air traffic controller sleeping on the job, but in this case the napping was deliberate.
Roseburg artist carves totem pole downtown
David Knott makes progress on his 28-foot totem pole, the 19th he’s created. The 50-year-old Roseburg artist recently returned from North Carolina, where he lived and fashioned several of the poles.
UPS Airlines mechanics OK labor deal
UPS Airlines aircraft mechanics have ratified a new labor agreement that runs through Nov.
OOIDA questions method behind efficiency rulemaking
Speaking to a government reform subcommittee on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, April 6, OOIDA’s Joe Rajkovacz questioned the tactics used by federal regulators to draft a proposed rule on fuel efficiency and emission standards for heavy trucks.