Tesla Motors announced today that sales of its Model S vehicle exceeded the target provided in the mid-February shareholder letter.
ENGADGET: Tesla Model S axes 40 kWh battery option, surpasses sales goals
When I went they had one of each model vehicle with the erroneously named all-season tires, which many consumers mistakenly think are suitable for winter driving, and the same cars with snow tires.
FORBES: Make Winter Driving Fun And Safe: The Bridgestone Winter Driving School
The Chevrolet Malibu made the biggest initial-quality gain over the past five years of any vehicle model, according to J.
The maker of battery-powered Model S sedans has a goal of becoming profitable this quarter, with vehicle deliveries forecast to rise to a record 20, 000 units this year.
After that it wants to use the site to make only a specialist version of the model called "a chassis cab vehicle".
Car theft rings clone vehicles by taking license plates, vehicle identification numbers (VIN), and other tags and stickers from a legal car and putting them on a stolen vehicle of similar make and model.
To measure the frequency of repairs for a particular vehicle, it compared the percentage of reported check engine failures for that model to its share of all 136 million 2002-2012 model-year vehicles on the road.
FORBES: How To Predict What Will Go Wrong With Your Car Down The Road
In addition, each vehicle of the same make and model would need to emit the same sound or set of sounds.
ENGADGET: NHTSA details new sound requirements for hybrids and EVs travelling under 18 mph
SUVs and the like, will be capable of handling three basic platforms (the chassis and underpinning of a vehicle) and nine different model variations built on them.
Each of the Big Three has plants dedicated to one type of vehicle--sometimes to a single model.
When Ford Motor redesigned its popular Escape utility vehicle for the 2013 model year, fans of the boxy predecessor lamented its curvy new shape.
Just weeks after the magazine assailed Ford for how the complexity of the MyFord Touch system continued to confuse American car buyers, Consumer Reports alleged that the Ford Fusion Hybrid delivered only 39 mpg in its tests of the vehicle in highway and city driving, far short of the 47 mpg Ford claims for the model.
FORBES: Consumer Reports Zings Ford Over Hybrid Mileage Ratings
Ford's game-changing vehicle connectivity model and affordability have helped make it one of the widest technology introductions in the industry, launching on 12 vehicles simultaneously.
ENGADGET: Sync adds turn-by-turn, traffic reports for some 2010 Fords
The structure of the public-private development partnership serves as a business model vehicle for delivering medical innovations much needed in the developing world.
FORBES: Corporate Entrepreneurship: Eliminating Disease via Public-Private Partnerships
To illustrate how a new business model can be used to encourage the use of platoons with benefits to bothlead vehicle operators and to platoon subscribers.
ENGADGET: Volvo's driverless road train in Spain is public mainly on the plain (video)
The electric vehicle manufacturer reported strong global demand for its Roadster model, of which they delivered 190 units during the second quarter, 1, 840 since its initial entrance into the market.
FORBES: Tesla More Than Doubles Revenue But Drops On Earnings Miss
What's more, the company says its also readying an all-electric version of the vehicle in addition to the plug-in hybrid model, with promising to last for around 120 miles before needing a recharge.
Oddly enough as I have previously written at Forbes the vehicle best qualified to deliver this to Gov. Romney is the economic model of his Mormon faith.
FORBES: Jude Wanniski's Electoral Model Points To An Obama Landslide
Its latest Vehicle Dependability Study, based on responses from 37, 000 owners of 2010 model-year cars and trucks, was released today.
In the interest of improved aerodynamics and noise reduction, the front of the vehicle has been rounded and softened, ineffably feminized compared with the previous model's teeth-baring front end.
WSJ: 2013 Range Rover Review: If You Must Buy a Luxury SUV... | Rumble Seat
Now in its third model year, the highly innovative, industry leading Nissan LEAF pure electric vehicle features an extensive list of important enhancements for 2013.
ENGADGET: Nissan starts US production of 2013 Leaf, vows faster charging and a lower entry price
Under the program, the brand is offering no-haggle pricing on 2012 model-year closeouts, as well as the no-hassle return of a just-purchased 2012 or 2013 vehicle.
FORBES: Lost 'Confidence': Ewanick's Final Move Isn't Working Out
Under the program, the brand will offer no-haggle pricing on 2012 model-year closeouts, as well as the no-hassle return of a just-purchased 2012 or 2013 vehicle.
FORBES: Chevy Steals Pages From Saturn And Hyundai With 'Confidence'
"I think the range of science questions that are there, and the methodologies and types of vehicle that we use to address that science, is going to follow very much the Mars model - we'll have one mission building on the success of another and exploring different questions, " he told BBC News.
应用推荐