Word: motoring
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...Kevin Czinger breaks free of midtown Manhattan's heart-attack traffic and floors what would be the gas pedal in a more conventional car, the only sound is the hiss of the rain outside and something like an accelerating yawn from the electric motor. Czinger is showing off his company's battery-powered car, the Coda Automotive sedan, which emerged in public this June. As one more car to save the planet, the Coda is nice enough. It gets around 100 miles per charge, handles well and - unlike many of its competitors - actually exists in drivable form and not just...
...after Lishen started producing electric batteries for Miles Electric Vehicles, a small-scale startup founded by former Ralph Lauren executive and philanthropist Miles Rubin. Coda Automotive, Rubin's next project, takes that relationship a step further. The Coda sedan (the body is made by another Chinese auto company, Hafei Motor) will run for about $45,000 when it goes on sale in California in 2010. Coda expects to sell about 2,700 cars in the first year, with an annual sales target of around 20,000. For Coda's Czinger, the China connection allows him to keep his costs...
Toyota has announced plans to close the last auto plant on the West Coast next March, prompting angry objections from the United Auto Workers, community groups and politicians throughout the state of California. The shutdown of the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) plant in Fremont, Calif., across the bay from San Francisco, marks the first time the Japanese automaker has deviated from its policy of maintaining employment...
...bought the rights to the Trabi name years ago and makes a line of Trabis for tiny tots. Now, Herpa wants to market a new Trabi as a retro designer item for a green, fashion-conscious clientele. It plans to unveil a prototype next month at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt. (See the best cars from the 2009 Detroit Auto Show...
...Part of the vessel's charm is that it offers an underwater encounter with no need for heavy oxygen cylinders or uncomfortable mouthpieces and masks. Better still, the motor is virtually soundless, leaving sea creatures undisturbed and preserving a sense of the exotic. It won't take you long to get a feel for the acceleration and steering, and you won't need brakes: the coral is low-lying, and there's nothing to bump into apart from other sub-scooters (although there's little chance of that with scuba-diving guides pointing the way). Sure, the sub-scooter...