Over the years Motoring Weekly has discussed conglomerates of marques such as British Leyland Motor Company and American Motors Corporation where the parent company swallows several manufacturers to find cost savings by sharing parts and designs. Another way to do this is to have an alliance where the ownership of each entity is still open and where there is no true … [Read more...]
Toyota Century GRMN
Here at Motoring Weekly we like to keep an eye on unusual or one-off vehicles that appear out of the blue. Late last year there was a flurry of reports about the Toyota Century GRMN. The Toyota Century is the ultra limousine built exclusively for the Japanese Domestic Market (JDM). It has had only three generations in over fifty years and is a true low volume vehicle - only … [Read more...]
Koenigsegg and NEVS Technical Tie-up
Koenigsegg and NEVS announced a new technical partnership recently that also includes some swapping of cash for stock in various entities. Both companies are Swedish although NEVS (the National Electric Vehicle Sweden Company) is now owned by a Chinese parent. You may remember an article Motoring Weekly published recently about Koenigsegg’s camless engine and we have written … [Read more...]
Battery Metals
Modern humans in the developed world today are used to using some form of rechargeable battery, whether it is in a mobile phone, a laptop or an electric vehicle. Most of us don’t think about the contents of the battery other than the amount of charge it holds! However, the internal guts of these batteries may well become the foundation of new wars as the need and therefore … [Read more...]
SAFE CAFE Chaos
Motoring Weekly has written a number of articles about the CAFE regulations:CAFE - Corporate Average Fuel Economy from September 2017CAFE Rules Adjusted from October 2017Update on CAFE Standards from May 2018 Now the current Administration is set to cause chaos with this set of rules. The idea of the standards was to ensure that cars got progressively more fuel efficient … [Read more...]
