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Nutson Auto News Wrap-up Week Ending August 7, 2021

Nutson Auto News Wrap-up Week Ending August 7, 2021

Links to full versions of today's news nuggets along with a million pages of the past 25 year's automotive news, articles, reviews and archived stories residing in <a href= ... Continue reading

Turning Car Makers Into Earth Lovers - Powering Cars With Sustainable Pee

Turning Car Makers Into Earth Lovers - Powering Cars With Sustainable Pee

A scientist at Ohio University has developed a catalyst capable of extracting hydrogen from urine. That’s right. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap Up July 25-31, 2021

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap Up July 25-31, 2021

The past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-digest news nuggets. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors to Launch the All-New Outlander PHEV Model with a New-Generation PHEV System

Mitsubishi Motors to Launch the All-New Outlander PHEV Model with a New-Generation PHEV System

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will launch a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) model of the all-new Outlander1, a crossover SUV, fully evolved with a new-generation PHEV system. ... Continue reading

NHTSA Car and Truck Recall Summary July 26, 2021 (Official)

NHTSA Car and Truck Recall Summary July 26, 2021 (Official)

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

NHTSA Consumer Alert: 2017-2019 Chevrolet Bolt Recall for Fire Risk

NHTSA Consumer Alert: 2017-2019 Chevrolet Bolt Recall for Fire Risk

NHTSA Consumer Alert: Important Chevrolet Bolt Recall for Fire Risk Owners should park their vehicles outside until further notice WASHINGTON July 14, 2021; The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is urging owners of select Model Year 2017-2019 Chevrolet Bolt vehicles to park their cars outside and away from ... Continue reading

Nutson Weekly Auto News Wrap-up July 18-24, 2021

Nutson Weekly Auto News Wrap-up July 18-24, 2021

Chicago Car Guy Larry Nutson's Take On Last Weeks Automotive News ... Continue reading

Toyota Launches Aqua New Hybrid Model

Toyota Launches Aqua New Hybrid Model

The all-new Aqua is a hybrid electric-only compact car redesigned to realize Toyota's mission to ... Continue reading

The new Mercedes-Benz Citan: compact outside dimensions with generous space and high functionality

The new Mercedes-Benz Citan: compact outside dimensions with generous space and high functionality

Stuttgart. The new Mercedes-Benz Citan and its fully electric model variant – the eCitan – will celebrate their premiere on Wednesday, 25 August 2021. ... Continue reading

Form Energy Unveils Chemistry of Multi-day Storage Battery Technology

Form Energy Unveils Chemistry of Multi-day Storage Battery Technology

ArcelorMittal’s XCarb™ innovation fund. Solar and wind resources are the lowest marginal cost sources of electricity in most of the world. ... Continue reading

EV Motoring Scorecard

EV Motoring Scorecard

In the second quarter, total new-vehicle sales jumped by 49.5%, growing notably from the small base of Q2 2020 Pandemic Edition, but electrified vehicle growth was 201.1%, reaching beyond 375,000 combined EVs and hybrids. As we’ve said before, that’s a lot of batteries. <img loading= ... Continue reading

Forget EV's, The Zero Carbon Future Will Be Driven By Green Ammonia and Green Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Forget EV's, The Zero Carbon Future Will Be Driven By Green Ammonia and Green Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Pursuing electrification and zero-carbon through fuels like hydrogen and ammonia, is imperative to maximizing the probability of success, and that clean fuel standards can play a critical role in driving the carbon intensity of transportation energy down to zero. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap Up - July 18, 2021

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap Up - July 18, 2021

The Auto Channel Journalist Larry Nutson "The Chicago Car Guy" Take On Last Weeks Important Auto News, Published Here In Readable Nuggets ... Continue reading

HOT CAR Topics From Carla

HOT CAR Topics From Carla

Automaker EV Announcements Stellantis has an ambitious EV plan, but is America ready for it? Volkswagen wants half of its vehicle sales to be electric by 2030 GM turns to supplier to build initial EV vans while it readies plant in Canada Electric Dodge muscle car and Ram pickup part of Stellantis’ $35.5 billion EV pl ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Announces Palm Beach Dealership

Mitsubishi Motors Announces Palm Beach Dealership

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) will officially welcome its newest dealership location with a July 16 grand opening celebration in Palm Beach, showcasing Palm Beach Mitsubishi’s brand-new 14,700 square-foot facility, which has brought more than 35 new jobs to the local area. ... Continue reading

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