Russian automaker AvtoVAZ is jumping on the electric car bandwagon with the Lada Kalina EL, which will make its debut this week at the Moscow Auto Show.
For now it's just a concept, but with positive feedback from visitors, the Lada Kalina EL could begin testing as a taxicab on the streets of Stavropol.
The vehicle uses a 13 kWh battery pack to feed a 60 kW (82 hp) electric motor and allow a range of about 150 kilometres. A full charge takes up to eight hours.
The Lada Kalina EL sprints from 0 to 100 km/h in 13 seconds and reaches a top speed of 130 km/h.
Further information on the car's equipment and global availability will be provided at the Moscow Auto Show.
Like last year, there will be just one DRS zone at Spa-Francorchamps for the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Belgium.
Team Williams' engineer Xevi Pujolar, who works with Pastor Maldonado, wrote on his Twitter page (@xevipojolar) the information about the Drag Reduction System zone.
During the race, the DRS detection point (in blue on the illustration) will be located 235m before T2, and the activation zone (in green) will begin 270m after T4, on the main straight.
The Spanish engineer also indicated that the DRS will always be disabled for the treacherous Eau Rouge corner, between 200 and 1500m.
The official poster of the 2012 Paris Auto Show looks like the work of science fiction movie editors with its electric colours and night sky background.
The car's silhouette appears to be transforming and evolving right before our eyes. And although the slogan is the same as the 2010 edition's, Le Futur, Maintenant (the future, now) hints at the newest technologies in the auto industry.
The 2012 Paris Auto Show will take place from September 29th to October 14th at Porte de Versailles.
Heikki Kovalainen has revealed Caterham needs to improve "a lot" in the area of aerodynamics.
Having expected a major step forward in performance terms for the 2010 startup this year, speculation suggests the Finnish driver may be seeking a faster team for the 2013 season.
Finland's Turun Sanomat has published a summary of the 30-year-old's career so far, contrasting his four podiums with Renault and McLaren with his four best 13th-place finishes for Caterham (nee Lotus) since 2010.
Kovalainen has been strongly linked with Sauber for 2012, but the Suomussalmi-born driver also revealed that he has "seen" Caterham's "preliminary plans" for its 2013 car.
"It (the project) is all concentrated around the aerodynamics," he said.
"There is no greater element that influences the whole car. We need to improve the aerodynamics a lot," added Kovalainen.
Porsche factory driver Romain Dumas treated himself to a little fun on August 12, taking part in the annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
The Frenchman took many by surprise, winning the Open class with a time of 9min46.181 - a time good enough for second in the overall classification. Dumas was only beaten by American drift and rally specialist Rhys Millen aboard his Hyundai Genesis coupe.
The 2010 Le Mans-winner was at the wheel of the Porsche 911 GT3 R, a car originally built for GT3-spec racing, but modified for the very specific demands of the legendary Pikes Peak climb: engine, gearbox, shocks and aero package.
Navistar International replaced CEO Daniel Ustian with former Textron CEO Lewis Campbell on an interim basis, after the truck maker's bet on a new generation of diesel engines failed to live up to its promise.
Toyota's manufacturing company for the United States has accused a fired computer worker of cracking into its proprietary plans for parts prices and designs, downloading the information and sabotaging Toyota's internal computer software.
GM plans to idle the plant where it assembles the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid for four weeks starting next month, two people familiar with the plans said. GM will close its Detroit-Hamtramck plant from Sept. 17 until Oct.
Wary of getting caught in the political crossfire as the presidential campaign heats up, Chrysler and GM have banned campaign appearances at their plants. 'This fall, Chrysler will not host campaign events inside its facilities.
GM, said to be exploring as much as another $5 billion in short-term credit, is seeking to secure low borrowing costs as it pours billions in cash into new products and pension obligations.
Dany Bahar, fired from his job as CEO at money-losing British sports car maker Lotus, filed a 6.7 million pounds ($10.6 million) claim against the automaker and its Malaysian parent, DRB-Hicom, for wrongful dismissal.
Workers at Fiat's Grugliasco plant outside Turin are poised to return to their jobs in September to start building a sleek Maserati Quattroporte model, but colleagues elsewhere may not be so fortunate.
Fiat's new 500L minivan will be launched as scheduled in September despite possible infrastructure delays at the automaker's plant in Serbia, where the model is being built.
Think a 1.0-litre petrol engine, even one that's turbocharged, would be inadequate for a C-segment car? Think again, as I have had to do, after driving the Focus 1.0 EcoBoost.
In the early years of Ferrari's existence, the company experimented with all sorts of engine types, especially for its sports cars. In 1954, it focused mostly on four-cylinder engines.
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