Events

Lexus LF-CC concept The Toyota luxury brand used the 2012 Paris Motor Show to debut a new D-segment-sized coupe featuring a hybrid-electric drivetrain with a 2.5-L I4 gas engine mated to a high-output, water-cooled permanent magnet electric motor of unspecified output. Read full story

Nissan Terra fuel-cell urban SUV At the 2012 Paris Motor Show, Nissan explores urban crossover SUV styling with a "realistic" fuel-cell electric drivetrain. Read full story

Audi Crosslane coupe The upscale Volkswagen brand pledges authenticity of materials in its carbon/aluminum hybrid-electric concept SUV shown at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. Read full story

Seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf The new car, shown at the 2012 Paris Motor Show, trims mass with lighter engines and a new stamping process. Read full story

Aston Martin Vanquish The company's new flagship sports tourer, shown to the public at the 2012 Paris Motor Show, delivers punch and refinement thanks to increased use of carbon fiber. Read full story

Land speed record for biofueled Utah State racecar A biofueled racecar built in 10 weeks by Utah State University students established a land speed record during the World of Speed event at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. Read full story

Rolling tires power self-inflation pumps Goodyear is developing an internal mechanically driven pump that keeps commercial truck tires topped off. Read full story

Countering the counterfeiters Counterfeit electronic parts affect safety and national security, pose long-term reliability risks, and drive up sustainment costs.Those and related issues will be discussed at the SAE 2012 Counterfeit Parts Avoidance Symposium, co-located with the SAE 2012 Aerospace Electronics and Avionics Systems and Power Systems Conferences slated for Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 in Phoenix. Read full story

Cars converse in largest-ever on-road ITS test project The U.S. government, via several of its transportation-related agencies, is sponsoring the project, which it claims is the largest-ever road test of connected-vehicle crash-avoidance technologies. Read full story