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Another hybrid-fever victim: Acura

Future seems pretty predictable: we WILL drive electric and hybrid cars and WILL stay in line at street corners with a point in our hands to charge our little zero-emissions friend like a cell phone.

Big brands have lined up with this trend and have thrown into this cruel world various proppeling combinations with tiny batteries that can develop up to 600hp. (more…)

Driver talking on the cell phone misses the red light and…BAAAM!

This can happen if you talk on your cell phone while you are driving

A driver that was talking to his cell phone didn’t see the red light and crashed into an Acura that was running on green.Acura’s driver was seriously injuried.

Here are some images of the accident :

Acura don’t do hybrids

Honda’s upmarket brand, the Acura isn’t interested in making less fuel consuming vehicles and considers hybrid engines more suitable for small cars.

Despite increased public interest regarding hybrid technology and competitor Lexus; success in that area, Acura isn’t even considering developing such engines for the time being or the near future. Dick Coliver, vice-president of Acura says: “when you go into the bigger vehicles, it’s going to be very difficult. Our position is it’s better-suited for smaller cars.”

However Acura plans to introduce a diesel powered model sometime in the future, a 2.2litre 4-cilinder I-DTEC, produced by Honda. This may prove to be a bad idea, as recent studies show Americans are less enthused by diesel technology than they are by hybrids.

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