GM and Chrysler are being sustained by the US taxpapers through bonds.  They are effectively asking the people for load.  Unless Barack Obama goes ahead with his restructuring scheme for the ailing US auto industry, GM and Chrysler are now at the brink of bankruptcy. GM has been asking its bondholders to swallow a 70% reduction in the ...

It was just a matter of time. The NTT Docomo, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., and Sharp Corporation have jointly developed a cellphone that can be used as a car key.   The new mobile gadget is expected to have the usual remote functionalities like locking and unlocking car doors and even starting the car. After unveiling the devices at ...

Simple answer:  No.  At least not at the moment.  I suppose over time, this can be a reality. And here's why:  For modern cars using key-less systems to open the car, the “car key” does its job by sending radio wave signals to a receiver inside your car. Once received and acknowledged as the right signal frequency, the door ...

Big business.  It’s no secret that the most profitable companies are from the oil industries.  You have oil wells, distribution pipelines, mega refineries and chains of gas pumps around the globe and a whole set of industries and commerce that depend on them to thrive. If someone suddenly announces on CNN he has discovered how to ...

This is a bit late in coming for a US auto giant.  But it’s a refreshing welcome from the gas hungry SUV’s that have lately become a headache for the Detroit car makers.   This one stretches to 34 miles to a gallon of gas in city driving.  Thanks in part to the 2.5cc 16-valve hybrid engine that spews just the right horse power to ...

What’s a luxury car doing with alternative fuel sources?  I thought that was reserved for the masses?  Well, I wouldn’t have believed it until I saw this wonderful BMW 7 series luxury sedan that has Hydrogen as a second fuel tank.  I’ve heard hydrogen is a viable fuel option, but for a luxury car?  I guess it’s about time.  ...

With peak oil prices very much at our doorstep, if not there already, it’s only logical to look for alternate sources of fuel for our favorite and indispensable cars.  We have so many prototypes of electric cars unveiled in motor shows for the last decade.  But nothing really moved them into mainstream production.  Until now. So ...

I know people who devote time, effort and oodles of money to beef-up their car’s audio systems.  I can’t blame them.  The after market is certainly fueling this with new models of sound amplifies, controls boxes with parametric equalizers and exotic speakers that can rival home systems, to attract car owners into investing to make ...

Working on your laptop PC while on the road can be a great help when you have something urgent to attend to.  I often find myself doing that when commuting in between offices while at work. You certainly don’t want to do this if you do the driving.  This is best reserved to people who are driven.  I saw a brochure on the 7-series ...

I was pleasantly surprised to get into a new cab the other day and experience something I don’t normally get when commuting to the office.  That’s full-bodied road music.  The cab drive was kind enough to tell me that the previous owner of the cab he was driving was an audio freak, installing 12-inch subwoofers at and a 100-watt ...