by: Zach McDonald – HybridCars.com Last month, Volkswagen invited members of the automotive press to test drive its E-Bugster electric vehicle at the Laguna Seca track in Monterey, California. Since the concept reportedly cost $2 million to build, VW didn’t give the writers free reign with the car, electronically limiting its speed to 18 mph [...]
Earlier this week, Audi achieved the distinction of ‘Highest Premium Brand’ as named by Autobytel and AutoPacific’s 2012 Ideal Vehicle Awards (IVA). Helping Audi win this award is the fact that the brand swept the Aspirational Luxury Car category with the 2012 Audi A4, A5, and A6. The 2012 Audi Q5 and Q7 also made [...]
LAcarGUY is partnering with Grades of Green, a nonprofit organization based in the South Bay with the mission to inspire and empower students and the broader school community to care for the environment, to host the “Trash Free Lunch Challenge.” The challenge will encourage schools to focus on reducing lunchtime trash while educating students about [...]
Last month, Audi put out an announcement that detailed new models and pricing for the 2013 model year lineup for North America. Based on the release, Audi is definitely serious about expanding its share of the luxury market by increasing the driver-entertainment value of models throughout its portfolio. There will be six new models and [...]
The Lexus Pre-Crash Safety System compensates for human error with vigilant always-on sensors ensuring safe journeys. With the Pre-Crash Safety system fitted, your car can optimize crucial settings, in the vital moments before a frontal collision, to minimize the risk of injury. A radar sensor, mounted on the front of the car, constantly monitors the [...]
Electric vehicle technology is moving at a very fast pace which means there may be an EV in your very near future. Auto manufacturers are working hard to meet the requirements of the California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board’s (CARB) zero-emissions vehicle program. Toyota delivers its contribution with the 2013 RAV4 EV which is [...]
by Zach McDonald – HybridCars.com Last year, a study by AutoPacific found that about 70 percent of Prius drivers have a college education, which probably comes as little surprise to anyone who’s ever listened to a hybrid owner proudly describe the inner workings of his car’s regenerative braking system. Indeed, at least in its early [...]
Porsche has managed to secure a building that dates back to the 1960s and has restored it to become the perfect location for the storage, maintenance and preservation of Porsche vehicles. The site acts as a hub as cars are rotated to and from events around the world. There are 505 vehicles at the Porsche [...]
We live in Southern California, and so, connecting the interior with the exterior is a constant goal. We tend to prefer fresh air (especially by the ocean), and we enjoy our wonderful daylight. These are things anyone can pay attention to…at home or at an office. Let’s talk about BREATHING first, which naturally brings up [...]
Go behind the scenes of this exclusive new storage facility and learn more about some of the hidden treasures contained within. In this second part of the Porsche ‘Museum Secrets’ mini series we take a look at some of the special editions contained in the collection including a prototype 928 and bullet proof 911 (type [...]
Straight from the racing-only Audi R18 to the production R8 e-tron, Audi brings its digital rearview mirror technology to the streets. Similar to its racing brethren, the lack of a rear window makes the use of a conventional rearview mirror out of the question for Audi R8 e-tron. Therefore, they now share the same solution, [...]
Explore the concept of ‘mass’ with Ben Bowlin from howstuffworks.com as he demonstrates using the Toyota Prius v.
Let’s go inside our buildings this week, shall we? It’s time for floors and ceilings, and that continues a topic we’ve mentioned a couple times, but is one of the most important, and most addressable, parts of building green: Volatile Organic Compounds, or VOCs. As noted in the last post, Volatile Organic Compounds are emitted [...]
Sure we’d all like to have an Audi R8 as our daily driver, and for a select few, they can, but for the rest of us, who live in the world of kids, life, family budgets, etc., that doesn’t mean you can’t have a car that is brilliant to drive, in fact one that is [...]
by Zach McDonald – HybridCars.com Anyone who doubts the impact that cleaner vehicles can have on air quality would be wise to take heed of Los Angeles, where a new report from the University of Colorado’s Institute for Environmental Sciences has found pollution from smog-causing chemicals to be down 98 percent since 1960, thanks in part to [...]
