It has been no secret that the big money for automakers, no matter if their headquarters are in Detroit, Stuttgart, Johannesburg, New Zealand or the South Pole, is in China. A recent move this week by Volkswagen to spend $2.7 billion for two new plants in the sizable country reinforced this fact. It’s even more […]
Google released some footage this week of people in the company’s self-driving car in a cutesy video reminiscent of how a toy company would show newborns engaging with mobiles, colorful blocks and stuffed animals. The reason this video merits our attention is that Google is not an automotive company. Many companies that make cars are […]
LeftLane News has a first drive of the 2015 GTI, and it’s about as enlivening as your morning cup of coffee. The new GTI has more horsepower, more torque, more cargo space, and more technology than last year’s model. But what’s really surprising is that it also weighs less, burns less fuel, and costs less […]
If vehicles with cheerful explanation points in their names makes you feel warm inside, then the Volkswagen e-Load Up! is the car for you. Astute Volkswagen fans will note the name’s similarity to another Volkswagen model, the e-Up!, a spunky two-seat electric car designed for tooling around the city leaving nothing but smiles and environmentally […]
We depend on batteries for many things in our modern world, most notably our laptop computers, smartphones and cars. Unlike the slim, hidden batteries inside our phones, however, the awkward, blocky batteries in our cars appear like Frankenstein’s monster: dangerous, ugly, and potentially lethal with its two exposed terminals—connecting the cables to jump-start a car […]
