Anybody want to go in halfsies on one of these?
MustangsDaily.com reports that Ford will kick off the next generation of its pony car with a run of 1,000 limited edition 2014 ½ model year cars that will double as the 50th Anniversary Edition of the ‘Stang.
Ford has not yet confirmed where or when the all-new car will be introduced, or if one is even in the works, but it’s the worst kept secret in Detroit that it’s coming next year.
TOLEDO, Ohio - Chrysler Group LLC is steadily increasing production of the 2014 Jeep Cherokee at its Toledo Assembly Complex, according to officials.
Zachary Leroux, manager of the facility, said when a second shift of about 1,100 workers comes fully online by the end of September, the 3.9 million square-foot facility will capable of producing 896 Cherokees a day, or about 50 vehicles per hour, during two nine-hour shifts.
DETROIT – The idea was so simple that even the judges in a hackathon couldn’t believe no one had thought of it before: Why not have a built-in vehicle application with two buttons – one reading Personal and one Business – that a driver could choose from when starting a trip? The Business button would track mileage and fuel consumption for work-related trips that could be used for expenses or tax reporting.
While a non-business traveler might not care, many other apps being worked on within the GM Developer Portal could be just what another group of drivers are looking for inside their vehicles. App ideas are being developed at a steady rate and could appear in a General Motors vehicle someday. Since January, nearly 2,300 developers have registered on the portal, choosing to engage in a test environment with either GM’s Remote or In-vehicle application program interfaces, known as APIs.
DEARBORN, Mich., July 17, 2013 – The winners of the Ford-led MyEnergi Lifestyle Retrofit contest – designed to showcase how a typical American family can affordably move to an energy-efficient lifestyle – are Lindsay and Ben Sattler of Parker, Colo.
Ben Sattler teaches alternative fuels and home energy efficiency courses to inner-city school children, while Lindsay ensures the Sattlers keep a sustainable home life. As the second winners of a MyEnergi Lifestyle retrofit, the Sattlers will receive a grand prize package enabling them to integrate today’s plug-in vehicle technology, smart appliances and solar energy into their home to reduce their electricity bills and carbon emissions. In May, Susan Berry of Ventura, Calif., won a MyEnergi Lifestyle giveaway on the “Katie” show.
July 18, 2013 , Auburn Hills, Mich. - Chrysler Group engineers are helping to determine if electric-vehicle (EV) batteries can generate revenue as well as power.
Chrysler Group has partnered with NextEnergy to evaluate vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology using four all-electric minivans.
Detroit-based NextEnergy is a non-profit energy-technology and business accelerator.
If the EVs prove to be viable storehouses of electricity, they could provide energy savings by sending surplus power to the grid.
Imagine:
You're a huge Dave Matthews fan. As you're going to his band's show Saturday in Hershey, Pa., you see a guy standing by the side of the road next to a bike with a flat tire.
Do you stop to help?
Well, when you see that it's Dave himself, you certainly do.
That's just what happened to Emily Kraus and her boyfriend Joe.
Car makers can design marvels of engineering, like vehicles that self-park and brakes that sense a crash. But creating the perfect spot for a handbag or a cellphone? That is challenging.
"We realize there does need to be a solution out there and there isn't really a good one," says Chris Shinouskis, an engineer at General Motors Co., GM +0.50% of the bag problem.
Ms. Shinouskis, whose title is Engineering Specialist for Storage, is one of a handful of engineers and designers in the auto industry whose job is to keep tabs on the ever-growing array of items people bring into their cars, and then carve out cubbies and compartments to hold them.
Ford Motor Co. will double production of its MKZ Hybrid sedan for the 2014 model year, a top executive said this week.
Forty percent of MKZ production will be dedicated to building the hybrid model, said Raj Nair, Ford’s group vice president of global product development, at the automaker’s Dearborn campus on Tuesday.
That’s double the 20 percent production mix from the 2013 model year, the first year for the revamped luxury sedan.
CHELSEA, MI- Chrysler Group LLC’s namesake brand is continuing to have success with special- and limited-edition models.
Its newest model -- the “2013.5 200 S Special Edition” – sold out to Chrysler’s 2,300 or so dealers as soon as ordering was available, according to Chrysler Brand CEO and President Saad Chehab.
The new vehicle features a new suspension, more aggressive exterior and larger grille, dual exhaust tips, black wheels and a Carhartt water-resistant interior and trim with the clothing company's logo embossed in the seats.