(April 26, 2013) LOMMEL, Belgium — Ford Motor Company and Schaeffler today demonstrated the Fiesta-based eWheelDrive car, a drivable research vehicle that could lead to improvements in urban mobility and parking by making possible smaller, more agile cars.

Powered by independent electric motors in each of the rear wheels, eWheelDrive technology offers space under the hood that in conventional cars is occupied by the engine and transmission, and in electric cars by a central motor.

(April 25, 2013) WITTMANN, Ariz. — Toyota Arizona Proving Ground (TAPG), Toyota’s largest vehicle evaluation investment in the U.S., today celebrated its 20th anniversary with team members and executives. TAPG is located about 40 miles outside Phoenix.

(April 25, 2013) Volvo has completed extensive testing of kinetic flywheel technology on public roads — and the results confirm that this is a light, cheap and very eco-efficient solution.

"The testing of this complete experimental system for kinetic energy recovery was carried out during 2012. The results show that this technology combined with a four-cylinder turbo engine has the potential to reduce fuel consumption by up to 25 per cent compared with a six-cylinder turbo engine at a comparable performance level," says Derek Crabb, vice president Powertrain Engineering at Volvo Car Group.

(April 24, 2013) WASHINGTON — In a new report released today, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) is projecting that motorcyclist deaths increased approximately 9 percent in 2012, to more than 5,000 lives lost. This is greater than the overall traffic fatality increase projected by the federal government and would be the 14th out of the last 15 years in which motorcyclist deaths increased.