The Future: Showcase of Hydrogen Hybrid Vehicles
Oct 17, 2021
ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct. 5, 2005 -- Even as hydrogen fuel cell vehicles gather increasing attention, it's a less exotic - and these days a surprisingly more mainstream - auto technology that's set to showcase the near-term viability of hydrogen fuel. What are these "everyday" vehicles? They're hydrogen hybrids, which comb ... Continue reading
Carz4Girlz - Because GirlZ Are Car CraZy Too!
Aug 25, 2021
Hi, I am Ilyse, my Dad is one of the founders of The Auto Channel so I have grown up around cars and car talk my whole life. Not only is my dad a car nut but so are my brothers and sisters, in fact my oldest sister not only likes cars but she owns and rides a motorcycle's a good thing that she live across the country b ... Continue reading
Expectant Toyota Team Members See New Arrival 2013 Avalon
Aug 4, 2021
By Bob Gordon President and Co-publisher The Auto Channel Georgetown Kentucky, October 31, 2012; Last week I was invited by Toyota to attend what I thought would be the press reveal of the brand new 2013 Toyota Avalon, just another worthwhile (hey that’s what we do) but ho-hum auto manufacturer press event. It w ... Continue reading
The Yugo - The Rise and Fall of The Worst Car in the World - Book Review And Link To Yougo Library
Jun 6, 2021
THE YUGO THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WORST CAR IN THE WORLD By Jason Vuic Published by Hill and Wang, New York A Book Review By Steve Purdy Detroit BureauThe Auto Channel I met Jason Vuic during an author’s book fair at the Detroit Public Library’s National Automotive History Collection a couple weeks ago. A ... Continue reading
CARZ FOR GIRLZ: JOINING THE JEEP FAMILY - WHICH JEEP TO CHOOSE?
May 19, 2021
'Jeeping' is an actual verb used to describe the action and effect of a Jeep (use that in your next English paper), and you're referred to as a 'Jeeper' if you own one. (Wow –you'll get a new name if you join this clan!!!) But not everyone who loves Jeeps knows how to use 4-wheel drive or take the car on a trail ... Continue reading
Missing Link Review: 2003 Toyota Alphard Electric-and-gasoline Hybrid Mini Van
Apr 26, 2021
Although they are not particularly inefficient engines, thanks to their BEAMS technology, they are, in fact, far more environmentally friendly than standard units. When coupled to a two-ton vehicle with all the aerodynamic grace of a barn, they became gas guzzlers, returning around 9 kilometers/liter, according to Toyo ... Continue reading
First Look 2016 Lamborghini Huracán LP580-2 By Henny Hemmes FIA Champion
Jan 23, 2021
2016 Lamborghini Huracán LP580-2 Review ... Continue reading
Keystone Pipeline Rationale - China Needs To Buy More Gasoline
Jan 22, 2021
China promoting both fuel efficiency and alternative-fuel vehicles to curb growing oil use Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Washington DC May 13, 2014; Unprecedented motorization in China has led to significant increases in oil demand and oil imports. In response to growing oil imports, the Chinese govern ... Continue reading
The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession and the Struggle for A Rubber Monopoly
Dec 4, 2020
Prologue The Great Exhibition of 1851 triggered a wave of tourism, talk, worry, wonder, jealousy and exultation. Its London opening on May 1 drew twenty-five thousand guests to the great greenhouse-like exhibition hall. Women in bell-shaped dresses of silk and satin, shoulders covered by shawls, lined the edges of the ... Continue reading
Complete Movie: Who Killed GM's EV1 Electric Car? +VIDEO
Dec 1, 2020
A Provocative Question With Half an Answer By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau I felt like a privileged fellow a few weeks ago at a suburban Detroit cinema when I was invited to attend the preview of a new car movie starring Phyllis Diller, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks and Martin Sheen. Not an adventure, not a co ... Continue reading
EV Motoring: 2022 GMC Hummer EV 1000 Horsepower, 350 Mile Range, 35" Tires Debuts
Oct 23, 2020
Edition 1 trim. “The GMC HUMMER EV is revolutionary, defying what the industry thinks of as a pickup truck,” said Duncan Aldred, vice president of Global Buick and GMC. ... Continue reading
Oct 20, 2020
Your first glimpse of a Dodge Power Wagon tells you it is designed specifically for industrial strength off road prowess. Riding on massive LT285/70R17 <html> <head> tires on 17x8” forged aluminum wheels, the chassis is jacked up 50 mm front and 37.5 mm rear. Atop the cab, running lights intimate Power Wagon̵ ... Continue reading
Aug 6, 2020
By Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The Auto Channel Mark Twain was right. The coldest Winter is July in San Francisco. ... Continue reading
Details of Ford's New Shelby Cobra
Jul 26, 2020
By: Brad Nevin | Ford Communications Network DETROIT – Huge engine, tiny car. Those are the two founding principles of the Ford Shelby Cobra concept on display in Detroit at the 2004 North American International Auto Show. It's the foundation motor racing legend Carroll Shelby used when he built the legendary Cob ... Continue reading
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