Filed under: Car Buying, Ford, GM, Honda, Jeep, Kia, Toyota, Earnings/Financials
Most days, California must seem like Kazakhstan for the Big Three. Domestic products aren’t so popular out West, where Toyota and Honda have long stood atop the sales charts. But not in 2011.
According to a report in Automotive News, both General Motors and Ford managed [...]
Filed under: Hybrid, Government/Legal, Electric
Less than a year after everyone with any sort of say in the matter seemed to agree that 54.5 miles per gallon by the year 2025 was a properly attainable goal, the California Air Resources Board has decided to change things up a bit.
In addition to CAFE requirements of a 54.5-mpg [...]
Filed under: Government/Legal
In California, if an undocumented citizen finds themselves in a sobriety checkpoint, their vehicle will be impounded for up to 30 days. The reason? Illegal aliens aren’t permitted to have driver’s licenses. And if the driver cannot afford fines that crest the $1,000 mark, in many cases the towing company will become the [...]
Filed under: Etc., Hyundai, Design/Style
While Rhys Millen’s been having smoking-rubber fun at Hyundai’s old headquarters, plans continue apace on the new building that will replace it. The $150-million cost is the largest Hyundai has ever spent on an office building in the U.S., and for that money, the LEED-certified, Gensler-designed structure will be 419,000 square [...]
Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal
Federal judge Lawrence J. O’Neill of the U.S. District Court in Fresno has stopped implementation of a California law that favors fuel producers with lower greenhouse gas emissions as part of the production process. The New York Times reports the judge has ruled that the regulation is an over-reach on California’s part, [...]
