F-150 Raptor Gets Upgrades, BMW 5-Series Hybrid, Tesla: Car News Headlines

2012 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor

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Hyundai is working on a 10-speed automatic and is bringing a rally-ready Veloster to SEMA. A camera-based collision detection system debuts on the 2012 GMC Terrain, and GM introduces the first front center air bag. All this and more in today's car news, right here on TheCarConnection.

Hyundai, the little automaker that could, is upping the ante with 10-speed automatic transmissions.

Ford introduces new features and upgrades for the 2012 F-150 SVT Raptor.

What do you want to know about the 2012 Tesla Model S electric sedan?

IBM and Streetline have inked a deal that will attempt to ease America's parking woes.

BMW is preparing a hybrid version of its 5-Series.

The 2012 GMC Terrain will offer a camera-based collision alert system.

Do you think Tesla will be the next Apple or Altair?

Are tire-tread scanners coming to a road near you?

General Motors introduces the front center airbag to keep you safer.

Hyundai is bringing a rally-ready 2012 Veloster to SEMA.

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F-150 Raptor Gets Upgrades, BMW 5-Series Hybrid, Tesla: Car News Headlines

2012 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor

Newsletter Stay up to date on car reviews, buying guides, articles and more

Hyundai is working on a 10-speed automatic and is bringing a rally-ready Veloster to SEMA. A camera-based collision detection system debuts on the 2012 GMC Terrain, and GM introduces the first front center air bag. All this and more in today's car news, right here on TheCarConnection.

Hyundai, the little automaker that could, is upping the ante with 10-speed automatic transmissions.

Ford introduces new features and upgrades for the 2012 F-150 SVT Raptor.

What do you want to know about the 2012 Tesla Model S electric sedan?

IBM and Streetline have inked a deal that will attempt to ease America's parking woes.

BMW is preparing a hybrid version of its 5-Series.

The 2012 GMC Terrain will offer a camera-based collision alert system.

Do you think Tesla will be the next Apple or Altair?

Are tire-tread scanners coming to a road near you?

General Motors introduces the front center airbag to keep you safer.

Hyundai is bringing a rally-ready 2012 Veloster to SEMA.

View the original article here

F-150 Raptor Gets Upgrades, BMW 5-Series Hybrid, Tesla: Car News Headlines

2012 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor

Newsletter Stay up to date on car reviews, buying guides, articles and more

Hyundai is working on a 10-speed automatic and is bringing a rally-ready Veloster to SEMA. A camera-based collision detection system debuts on the 2012 GMC Terrain, and GM introduces the first front center air bag. All this and more in today's car news, right here on TheCarConnection.

Hyundai, the little automaker that could, is upping the ante with 10-speed automatic transmissions.

Ford introduces new features and upgrades for the 2012 F-150 SVT Raptor.

What do you want to know about the 2012 Tesla Model S electric sedan?

IBM and Streetline have inked a deal that will attempt to ease America's parking woes.

BMW is preparing a hybrid version of its 5-Series.

The 2012 GMC Terrain will offer a camera-based collision alert system.

Do you think Tesla will be the next Apple or Altair?

Are tire-tread scanners coming to a road near you?

General Motors introduces the front center airbag to keep you safer.

Hyundai is bringing a rally-ready 2012 Veloster to SEMA.

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BMW CEO Reithofer Teases 5-Series New Energy Vehicle For China

Source: MotorAuthority.com

Next month's Shanghai Motor Show will host the debut of a new BMW: the 5-Series "New Energy Vehicle," a plug-in hybrid that BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer is "from China for China."

Early word of the New Energy Vehicle first emerged from unofficial channels in January, but Reithofer confirmed the car in a speech this week. We don't expect the car, built around the long-wheelbase version of the 5-Series, and featuring a plug-in hybrid powertrain, to be sold in the U.S., but a variant of the technology might be. We've already spotted the ActiveHybrid 5 in testing, and BMW has plans for a hybrid 3-Series as well, so it's likely that all of these cars will be related in technology, if not in name.

Reithofer was otherwise cryptic about the New Energy Vehicle, adding only a corporate-speak line that it will "benefit from the strength and excellent reputation of the BMW brand."

With the New York Auto Show set to kick off around the same time as the Shanghai show (they actually overlap) there's a chance we'll see the production 5-Series ActiveHybrid we expected at Geneva at the same time the Chinese get their New Energy Vehicle.

The ActiveHybrid 5 Concept (pictured) was first shown at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, equipped with a six-cylinder gasoline engine and a mild hybrid solution aiming for 10 percent reductions in fuel consumption and emissions.

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