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It is being specced against LMP2 cars

Nissan has revealed its ZEOD RC, which stands for Zero Emission On Demand Racing Car, that will take the experimental Garage 56 spot in the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans. The design comes from Ben Bowlby, the man behind the Deltawing, and in many ways ...

Built Riley Technologies, Same at the GTE Car

Just days before the SRT Viper makes its return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, SRT and Riley Technologies have unveiled the SRT Viper GT3-R that will be ready to race in December 2013. Its competition debut is expected early in the 2014 racing season...

Its verdict is expected for Friday, June 21.

The FIA International Tribunal held its hearing into Mercedes and Pirelli’s tire test between the Spanish Grand Prix and Monaco Grand Prix on Thursday, June 20. It verdict on the case is expected on Friday. It began with the FIA outlinin...

It will take until 2020 to be released worldwide

Renault-Nissan has revealed its new modular vehicle platform that it calls the Common Module Family (CMF). It claims that the platform will reduce production costs by 30%-40% per car and parts will cost 20%-30% less than they do currently. It says...

Jaguar is developing an entry-level luxury sedan

Jaguar Land Rover has set a goal of selling 1 million cars annually, but it knows that it may take a decade to get there. Its shorter-term goal is to sell 750,000 cars a year by 2020. In 2012, Jaguar Land Rover sold 357,773 cars worldwide. It has ...

It requires sensors in the cars and parking spot

Volvo is showing technology that allows cars to park themselves without drivers even being present, but the technology is still some ways away from being implemented because it involves specific sensors in the car and parking spot. The technology ...

It gets a new bumper and grill

Renault and Nissan have no plans on leaving the compact crossover market anytime soon. The Juke is the best selling compact crossover in Europe, and the Qashqai is quite a success as well. Renault is showing the new Koleos compact crossover at the...

There are still two sessions to go

Audi is poised to have another very successful year at Le Mans. The #2 Audi R18 e-tron Quattro driven by Loïc Duval, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish set a qualifying time of 3:22.349 with Duval behind the wheel. That is nearly 1.5 second...

The program investigates the feasibility of building electric cars in Rio

The State Government of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nissan, Petrobras and local businesses to study the possibility of building electric vehicles in the state and creating an electric automotive infra...

US automakers against Japan joining because it could harm sales

Earlier this summer, the Japanese Yen traded at over 100 to the US dollar for the first time in about a decade. It is just one example of Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s attempts to end 15 years of deflation in the Japanese market....