http://www.automotive-finance.com Low Rates Automotive Finance in Europe Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:08:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, Manufacturing/Plants, Legislation and Policy, Green Daily, China There is a word in Chinese, mianzi, which could be translated as "shame" or "fear of being ashamed" and which is considered an important concept in Chinese culture. Using mianzi as a weapon for environmental defense, a Chinese environmental ... http://www.automotive-finance.com/general/pointing-at-the-most-polluting-companies-the-chinese-way/459.html Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Transportation Alternatives, Green DailyThe video above is all about the Kenguru, an electric car specifically designed for a wheelchair. Kenguru has a large door at the back that opens by remote control, so a person in a wheelchair can easily enter the car. The Hungarian company Rehab ... http://www.automotive-finance.com/general/video-kenguru-specialized-electric-car-for-disabled-people/458.html Filed under: Etc., Green DailyWell, the big news from yesterday that the price of a barrel of oil went over the $100 mark for the first time ever. The big news from today is that we have one guy to blame for this incident. According to the Daily Mail, a ... http://www.automotive-finance.com/general/whos-responsible-for-100-barrels-of-oil-one-guy-seeking-fame/457.html Filed under: Etc., Green Daily Cars braking up ahead and full roads were recently pegged by mathematicians at the Universities of Exeter (in England), Bristol and Budapest, as two main causes of traffic jams. Reuters is reporting on research at the University of Utah's Traffic Lab that will add another ... http://www.automotive-finance.com/general/how-cell-phones-cause-traffic-jams/456.html Filed under: MPG, LightweightLast summer, we introduced you to a new vehicle that was being designed by Mike Corbin of Corbin Motors called the Raven. As a brief history lesson, remember that the current NmG, (or No more Gas) was originally the Corbin Sparrow. Although that car never really made ... http://www.automotive-finance.com/general/update-on-the-corbin-raven/455.html Filed under: MPG, Cadillac, GMA new dual overhead cam V-8 engine for General Motors luxury car applications that was scheduled for production in 2009 has been canceled. This is the first known change in future product plans to follow the recent passage of new fuel economy rules. GM had announced ... http://www.automotive-finance.com/general/breaking-new-gm-luxury-v-8-is-first-victim-of-new-cafe-rules/454.html Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota, Detroit Auto Show We've seen the first batch of pictures with the preview, the video and now we can go on A-Bat overload. Toyota has just released a slew of pictures of the A-Bat hybrid truck concept that will be on the stand at the Detroit ... http://www.automotive-finance.com/general/holy-extensive-gallery-batman-toyotas-a-bat-fully-revealed/453.html Filed under: EV/Plug-in, HybridA local Denver station did a news report about Salida Conversions, a shop that can convert almost any vehicle into a hybrid in just two days. The vehicle has to be rear wheel drive and have an automatic transmission for Salida to install the electric motor on ... http://www.automotive-finance.com/general/hybrid-conversion-shops-soon-a-thing-of-the-past/452.html Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Manufacturing/Plants, Toyota During his New Year's Speech, Toyota's CEO Katsuaki Watanabe announced some highlights about the future plans of his company. The most spectacular is the one we used as a headline: Each Toyota model will have a hybrid powertrain available so that Toyota can reach ... http://www.automotive-finance.com/general/watanabe-each-toyota-model-will-have-a-hybrid-option/451.html Filed under: Diesel, BMW, Detroit Auto ShowBMW 3.0L twin-turbo clean dieselAt last year's Detroit Auto Show, BMW started showing off their latest six cylinder clean diesel and told us that they would introduce them to the U.S. market in 2008. What they didn't say was which vehicles would be powered ... http://www.automotive-finance.com/general/detroit-2008-bmw-x5-xdrive35d-and-bmw-335d-with-blueperformance/450.html