Although it has been in the air on more than 20 occasions, this was the first time its hybrid motor had been ignited.
In 1910, the neon lamp, developed by French physicist Georges Claude, was displayed for the first time at the Paris Motor Show.
At the same time, production of motor vehicles has hit a ten-year high, with cars in circulation reaching 10.1 million in 2010, up from 6.6 million at the start of the millennium.
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Because the drive generates this power at a time distinct from when the motor is running, it should not be considered an energy efficiency measure.
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Last week, the plant celebrated Spark EV motor production, marking the first time a major U.S. auto manufacturer has designed and built both a complete electric motor and drive unit for a modern electric vehicle in the United States.
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This year both Acura and Lexus made first-time appearances at the Sao Paulo International Motor Show.
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Jackie Stewart, one of the greatest motor-racing drivers of all time, has been rewarded for his services to the sport with a knighthood from the Queen.
Such dilemmas have always been pertinent to players in the motor industry, though at a time when technologies - ranging from computer games to on-the-go access to work - seem to be what wows consumers, it is possible that research and development budgets, rather than the latest model launches, offer the best clue to which carmakers will succeed in the years ahead.
The folks at Ford Motor can be forgiven for spending some time looking backward.
After spending time examining firms such as General Electric and Ford Motor Co.
Toyota Motor Corp. has for a long time produced at least three million vehicles a year in Japan with around half of these destined for overseas buyers.
Last year we sold more motor cars from this country than at any time in the history of this country.
The Land Rover is out of sight in minutes, but for a long time we can hear him crunching bamboo and revving the motor in the distance.
Most of the time, however, a Prius runs by connecting a gasoline motor mechanically to the wheels.
That marked the first time since 1981, when data were first available, that motor vehicle crashes were not among the nation's top 10 causes of death.
If adopted by deputies at their meeting on Wednesday, it will reserve the area "for the parking of motor cycles and pedal cycles, whilst at the same time retaining the facility to over-winter small vessels and to manage catches landed from boats".
The decision to scale back on partners was a conscious one, says distributor Sony Pictures Entertainment: Rather than jam the film with product placements, the company looked for fewer brands that would make a larger commitment to the movie: Rather than just paying for screen time, brands like Sony, Omega watches, Heineken and Ford Motor have agreed to help fund the marketing blizzard for the new movie.
This is not the first time in human history that food shortages looked like they would be the motor of violent geopolitical change.
New car sales in the UK rose for the first time in more than a year in August, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
And unless an electric bike has regenerative braking, which lets the motor help slow you down while charging the battery at the same time, expect to change the brake pads more often than on a standard bike.
After months of struggling with recalls related to sudden acceleration in some 8 million vehicles worldwide, Toyota Motor ( TM) was confronted today with another separate safety risk this time on a Lexus SUV model.
After spending a recent weekend tooling around suburban Detroit in a hydrogen fuel-cell-powered Honda Motor FCX , I was struck by a remarkable image: By the time my 9-year-old daughter is shopping for her first car, she may well be considering an entirely different kind of automobile--one that runs on hydrogen, not gasoline.
This sudden surge in exports of oil distillates, the primary source for motor diesel fuel consumed in the U.S., occurred at the same time diesel prices hit record highs.
"I think I've been racing 27 years now in motor racing - I'm getting old - so it's not the first time that we have very close competition, " he told the press conference.
Among the largest underlying components of XLY, in trading today Time Warner Inc ( NYSE: TWX) is down about 0.1%, Ford Motor Co. ( NYSE: F) is down about 0.8%, and Target Corp ( NYSE: TGT) is higher by about 0.4%.
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