Daily Torque – Automotive News

Next up is in the Electrical department, where i was poisoned by my colleague’s brother, to install this Grounding and Alternator charger kit. Initially i just wanted to get the Pivot Mega Raizin voltage stabilizer from him, but this came into the picture when i was installing the stabilizer :p

I think everyone would have thought of bucket seats whenever the brand Recaro comes into picture. But this time its for your child !
So this a a new line of ProSeries for different size of children and also position in your car. As you can see on the designs above, i think they are really [...]

Viper has come out with three different module for the three leaders in smartphone. Naming them Viper SmartStart Module and System, you can now have a GUI on your phone to control your car just like your remote control key.

Almost everyone in the car industries is moving towards the greener technology with less emission. Just last week Toyota delivered one of five Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid PHV to its Quebec provincial partners at a ceremony. There will be 500 of this hybrid next year January to be put on the road in USA, Europe [...]

Citroen has announced that this Survolt will be unveiled in the Le Mans Classic today. This is the teaser video on all-electric sports car concept by Citroen, Survolt. The car measures 3.85m long, 1.87m wide and 1.2m high with a weigh of 1,150kg. It could go from 0 to 60mph in slightly under 5 [...]

It is now our tenth friday since we first started this Automotive News QuickLinks. Here is some quite car news:-

[Green News] Flying Car should be available next year – from Terrafugia Transition
[Car Tech] Driving while Blind – Great news for blind people
[Green News] Car Fuel made from CO2 and Sunlight
[Humor] Dog Chew off Cop’s Car Bumper [...]

Mercedes SLS AMG E-Cell is a 100% powered by electricity with 4 motors positioned near the wheels and are connected to one transmission per axle. The souce of the power are form the lithium-ion polymer battery modules located center tunnel just behind the seats. This is a mean electric car configuration that has a maximum [...]

I suppose everyone is riding on the electric train nowadays, where even the SLS AMG is having an electric version !
Even the gullwing doors are electric ! This baby is gonna be running on 4 electric motors where you can say, 1 motor for each wheel :p The total power available from these motors will [...]

Friday is here again ! whoohoo. And some quick catch up on some of the news happening this week around the automotive industry:-

$2.93 million Bugatti Veyron Model made of Gold – More expensive than the actual car at $1.7million
Hybrid Retrofit System in 6 hours – This is some cool Hybrid DIY Kit
Flying Car Design, Yee [...]

Week 6 of our Automotive News Update. And this week we got some interesting read about the car industry:-

Most overpriced 2010 Cars – by comparing consumer satisfaction rating and their price, so are you driving one of this overpriced cars?
Ssangyong Motor has seven bidders – Renault-Nissan, India’s Mahindra and Ruia Groups respectively, Seoul Invest are [...]