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Nissan Too Join The Hydrid Run

Associated Press reported,Yesterday Nissan Motor Corp. tested their yet to be named hybrid child in their test track. The car contains 360 Kg of lithium-ion battery.
The good news is the acceleration of the car is good in comparison to the gas powered pals.

The commercialisation of the vehicles will happen in US by 2010.The global market will see this car two years later. The reporter says that car is very quiet in absence of the engine noise.

We should agree that the association with Reanualt working well for Nissan too.

[Source:-AP,Via Forbes]

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Nissan Can Stop A Irresponsible Driver

If everything going well, Nissan may be able to stop the irresponsible driver by their Eco-Pedal system.Last week Nissan Motors Corp. displayed their latest edition to their invention.

The Eco-Pedal can stop the driver from accelerating the vehicle wastefully,thus reducing the chance of accidents by over speeding.Please see the snap from Reuters for ready understanding.

But the term 'wasteful acceleration' is a tricky term, isn't?
[Source&Picture:-Reuters]

Reducing Traffic - The Paris way

Paris is known for its history in war,fine arts and fashion.The authorities of Paris came out with a unique solution for its burning issue - excessive road traffic.There was no long debates or summits behind the solution.

Paris authorities provided thousundads of low cost cycles in each and every nukes and corners.Anyone who holds a membership can pick this cycles and leave them in the city limits.

The aim behind this project is to reduce the road traffic thus less polluting environment and a calm,clean surrounding.The citizens of Paris responded well to this concept as they get a mode of fast transport with physical exercise. Whats more all this come for less than $50 per year.
[Source:-ndtv,PictureChris73,Wikepedia]

Hummer In No Takers Land?

The Gas guzzler 'Hummer' is in no takers land? We believe so. The owner General Motors looking for takers for this dream machines. Hummer was once famous in rich drivers circle. But steep increase in fuel price hike,Hummer lost it's charm.
The initial interested parties were Tata and Mahindra.Now Tata is not in race,to worsen the situation Mahindra's specifically says that they have only 'mild interest' and they are interested in Hummer only if its worth to have in their kitty.
But the only good news for Hummer is two new contestants joined the race, one Chinese player and one Russian player each.No one would have thought of this state of the Muscular Hummer!!!

Creat A Bird House From Scrap Fuel Tank

Mike Werner of Motorbiker.org suggests a very innovotive usage of motor bike fuel tanks once you decided to scrap it. The fuel tanks plays a major role in deciding the looks of the bike when it intact.Spend some time on this project once you make the bike in operation.
Take the scrap fuel tank,Clean it properly,If your time permits place some waste papers,dry grass,fur etc for your expecting guests.Make the external bit attractive coat with low glossy paint.Now your basic is finished.Look for a place where you see birds normally chill out.

Place the tank on a pole as shown in the image. That's it you finished the Bird House building exercise.[Thanks Mike Werner,Image :- Motorbiker.org]

Ferrari Cell Phone is ready and you?

You may be bit cautious while you see a Chinese product. How about this? they are not only make cost effective products ranges from pencils to four wheelers. As per Ferrarifaqs.com one Chinese company is in the process making a 'Ferrari Mobile Phone' Model Code :F430.

The phone comes with a attractive price tag of less than $200. This phone equipped with all basic multimedia features like touch screen,camera,USB interface,music player and video player. Ferrari fans get another must to have gadget.Am I right? [Source Ferrarifaqs.com ]

Google Powered Car In Lab

Google always prefer to do things differently. The Google.com had launched a social initiative wing called Google.org. The Google.org is taking ahead philanthropic activities in the same passion like their parent company Google.com. Google.org has devised many plans like usage of solar energy, non conventional fuel sources etc.

As part of their non-conventional fuel source development program (RechargeIT) Google.org recently distributed $2.75Million to various companies dealing in this field. The Aptera Motors was one of the beneficiary, received $2.75million for their revolutionary car project. Aptera in association with ActaCell ? a battery manufacturer is developing a all new concept car as shown in the picture.

So we can expect a futuristic car which powered by Google very soon.

Mahindra's much awaited Two Wheeler (Kinetic) Ride

Today Mr.Anand Mahindra,Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra Group made a much awaited announcement, the acquisition of Pune based Kinetic Motors Company Ltd.It was an end of much spread rumors and unofficial talks in industry circle.Mahindra spends a sum of 110Cr ores for this acquisition.

This acquisition will be a win-win situation for all parties. Kinetic's recent years performance was not that commendable. The ailing firm couldn't succeed in launching a good model after Kinetic Honda.Meanwhile their old pals HMSI making good success in same field.

Mahindras were watching two wheeler segment carefully and looking for a entry into this lucrative market. By this acquisition Mahindra gets access to the supplier and distribution of two wheeler segment. Mahindras had taken over an engine design house in Italy recently, definitely they can make many technological improvement in existing Kinetic Motors product ranges. We can expect many more in pipe line,just wait and watch [Source Mahindra.com]

Tata Nano Booking Started?

Those who read this title will be curious enough to read the full story. Even we were also eager to rush to the website www.tatanano1.com. If you Google ?Tata Nano?, in the first page itself above website will catch your attention. Once you enter the website you can see it is flooded with the details available in the media.

The first impression of the website itself gave us a red signal. When went into the other pages our doubt got more strong. There is a page ?book now? will give you impression that Tata Motors has officially started the booking of Nano. The form asks for personal contact details.

Please enquire about the genuineness of the website before you furnish the details. Here you can view the official Tata Nano website.
And if you need further details please drop your queries here.
We Think Tata Motors should definitely look into such issues.

Nano?s local rivals booting up ?

?Nano? the ace from Tata Motors was the big buzz of world automobiles industry in 2008. Amidst of speculations nano launched in Jan-2008 at ninth auto expo, New Delhi. Barely three months two Indian business houses unveiled their low cost car business plans.

The first to announce low cost electric car was Gujrat based Ajanta Industries. Ajanta group is banking upon their strong R&D set up and supplier base. Ajanta is planning to launch a car with cost tag well below 1lakh.

Another Gujarat based firm Field Marshal Group announced their small car plan. Field Marshal is in talks with their counterpart for technology.
Not only Tata will be concerned by these plans other players like Maini group, Hero group may also be eagerly watching the developments.

Beat The Fuel Price With Koolpool

Majority of us will blame government for for repeated fuel price hike.There may be many external factors which force government to hike the price.Here we are explaining you how a team of responsible citizens in Mumbai beats the fuel price. The Koolpool - A Ride sharing concept - was set up by Mr.Joshua D’Souza in 2003 and since then it became a success.

The concept of Koolpool was brain child of Mr.Joshua D’Souza and got a complete form when entrepreneurs Ashok Datar and Chetan Temkar joined him.Koolpool definitely attacking the most serious problem - vehicle population in the city.

Here you can read how the Koolpool works.

But the home page of their website says right now only 764 members have been enrolled.While comparing the traffic figures in Mumbai city it is not even the tip of iceberg. We hope the travellers will definitely look into this alternative and take benefit of this pool service.[Source:-Koolpool]

Fiat Blue&MeTM = Music + Mobile on Move?

The Italian automobile major Fiat is lining up its products to re-enter Indian market. The second innings partner of Fiat SPA in no other than Tata. Both Tata and Fiat leveraging on other?s capability. Tatas have a very strong infrastructure support and Fiat is posses great designing capabilities.

Fiat already finalized two models for India, Fiat 500 and Bravo. Both the models expecting to hit Indian market within few months. One different design feature in both above model is ?Blue&MeTM?, which is a combination of mobile and music application. Fiat developed this technology with the help of one and one only Microsoft. With Blue&MeTM one can play music in different digital format including MP3/WMA/WAV and plug in a USB drive too.

Next you can interface up to five mobile phone with this music system, but at a time you can use only one mobile(which was used last). To add the glamour the owner can feed mobile phone book and dial/receive call by just saying the name without taking your hand from steering. This is a one time activity . Making/receiving a call is possible through a Bluetooth device. Blue&MeTM capable of reading SMSs for you .What else you need?

Heard lot about innovation from Fiat and Microsoft, but we believe a doubt might have born in your mind. The Motor Vehicle Rule says mobiles even with hands free will attract bitter fine. If you are a music freak and ready to pay some extra bucks(only if police stops you) be ready to enjoy Blue&MeTM.So how to come out of this jungle? Only Fiat can say Source
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Unclutter Your Car

Have you ever felt that your car is filled with unwanted things?. Here is your solution. Blogger Sue Brenner of unclutterer.com gives you excellent solution for this problem. We are summarizing the tips into a ?three bags system?.

She suggests keep three bags, name one as "Does Not Belong Here." Second as "Give Away/Return," and label the third one, "Storage." I am sure that you will see all items in your car falling in these three bags. Now you can decide the place of first bag either dust bin or your home.

The benefits of keeping your car is explained by she very well. The blogger Gina Trapani of lifehacker adds one more advantage of keeping unwanted things away from your car. She recalls that her bottle opener become a sludge hammer when she met with an accident.

unclutterer.com [Via lifehacker,Image motortrend ]

Tata Nano Kins In Pipe Line

Ratan Tata's Yesterday's annual general body address was quiet interesting.He gave a much awaited official update about Nano.The launch strategy and further game plan. The key parameter of Indian driver - fuel efficiency - of Nano is 23 Km/ltr as per Ratan. He laughed off the claims that Nano will worsten the traffic chaos in Indian road.

He hinted about a all new plan, the electric variant of Nano being developed in association with a Norwegian firm. We believe that firm may be Think who introduced electric cars in North American markets.The electric variant of Nano has been named 'Echo'. Here we have displayed a concept car (OX) displayed by Th!nk this year.

Further Mr.Tata talked about the development of highly fuel efficient Nano being developed in Thailand.Seems Tata Motors is now a became a very happening place!! [Picture Courtsey think]

It's End Of General Motors Era?

Today Newyork Times reported the growth story of Toyota, Japan in worldwide vehicle sales. It outperformed arch rival General Motors by a margin of nearly eight lakhs.The 77 Year old General Motors record found shaking in first quarter too.

The U.S major facing serious troubles in its home turf as well as abroad. The american domestic market doesnot shows the hint of recovery. Hope you remember General Motors recently announced the closure of its four SUV plants in U.S. and plans of Hummer sell off.

Read the full story here [Picture Courtesy caradvice.com.au ]

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