November 2011

Honda finally giving hints to its motorcycle future?

Ending an oddly long silence about their electric motorcycle program, Honda has announced this classic looking race machine, the RC-E, will be shown at the Tokyo Motor Show. No stats have been released, but they stated that it would be the size of a 250cc machine.

Fiskar Karma arrives in the US

I just found this old gizmag article about the Fiskar Karma from early 2009 and wondered what happened to this sexy, Finnish electric sports car.

RenaultTwizy

Autocar.co.uk does a video test of the Twizy

Feds open 'formal safety defect' probe into Chevy Volt

"Federal safety regulators announced Friday that they have opened "a formal safety defect investigation" into the Chevrolet Volt over concerns the electric car's battery may pose a significant fire risk."

Note that this is not a recall and there have been no real world incidents. It's only a hypothetical risk based on crash testing.