Archive for November, 2008
Mahindra to launch green SUVs in US by 2009
Mumbai, October 9: Cashing in on the growing fad for green vehicles, Mahindra & Mahindra plans to launch its fuel-efficient SUVs in the United States by early 2009. “We are planning to launch our commercial vehicles in the United States but we are not ready yet to share the exact date of launch,” Mahindra Group Vice-Chairman Anand Mahindra said in Mumbai. The Mahindra diesel SUVs have already cleared the tests and fulfilled the stringent emission norms in the US, he said, adding the announcement of the launch would be made shortly. M&M already sells tractors in the US. To a [...]

2009 Technology of the Year: Direct Fuel Injection
Delivering fuel to the fire was every early engine designer’s worst headache. In the 1890s, Rudolf Diesel proved the merits of his engine during four years of research. But it was Robert Bosch who made diesels practical by developing the first fuel-injection system, a fifteen-year effort. On the gasoline side, when Henry Ford was anxious to get an experimental engine running on Christmas Eve in 1893, he assigned his wife carburetion duty. While Henry whirled the flywheel, Clara dripped gas into the intake pipe. Their collaboration worked: Ford’s single-cylinder engine shot flames from its exhaust and shook the kitchen sink [...]

Smart Fortwo - an alternative to a big SUV?
Americans’ affection for monstrous SUVs might be withering in the face of rising gas prices, but no one’s really sure whether they’ll readily accept the little Smart ForTwo as a remedy for fuel-pump woes. More than 750,000 ForTwo units have been sold throughout Europe over the past eight years, DaimlerChrysler says. The car is also available in Canada. The ForTwo isn’t a hybrid, nor is it actually “smart” in the high-tech sense–i.e., it doesn’t contain any fancy chips that let it talk or fly or automatically know where its driver wants to go–but the pod-shaped car certainly gets impressive gas [...]

SUV News - Jennifer Hudson’s nephew was found dead
The nephew of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson was found dead in the back of an SUV on Monday. Hudson’s mother and brother were found shot to death 3 days earlier. (Oct. 27) Source: youtube

Gm contest - SUV Tahoe video
An online contest to promote Chevy trucks and the TV show “The Apprentice” has instead been used by environmentalists to condemn General Motors for building vehicles they believe contribute to global warming. Last month, General Motors launched a contest to see which member of the public could craft the best commercial for the Chevy Tahoe, a sports utility vehicle. At ChevyApprentice.com, visitors could choose from a range of soundtracks and video clips of the Tahoe traveling through different terrains. They also had the option of writing their own text to accompany the video and music. Click here to Play Video: Chevy gets trashed in commercial contest Chevrolet [...]

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