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BMW i8 In The Wild

Although the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car was released in 2014, it’s already sold out through 2015. I saw this one in West LA. The MSRP is $135,925 but because it’s so hard to get, it has been sold at auction ...

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Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Car Arrives in October

In October 2015, the Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Cell car, will roll into select Toyota dealerships. In Northern California, they are San Francisco Toyota, Roseville Toyota, Stevens Creek Toyota and Toyota of Sunnyvale. In Southern California, Longo Toyota, Toyota Santa Monica, Toyota ...

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Nissan Starts Testing Advanced Driver Assisted LEAF on Public Roads

Nissan is taking another small step closer to having cars that drive themselves by 2020 by getting approval from the Japanese Government to test their Advanced Driver Assisted LEAF on public roads for real testing. This would make commuting so ...

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Lexus LF-NX Concept Revealed

Lexus revealed their latest SUV hybrid concept at the Frankfurt Auto Show. As you can see, it is visually stunning and certainly stands out in the crowd. However, in most cases, concept vehicles turn into boring final manufacturing designs in ...

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Smart Electric Drive 2013

Back in 2008 when the first Smart Fortwo came out, I assumed it was an electric car. When I found out that it wasn’t electric, I lost interest in it, even with it’s very low price. Well, 5 years later, ...

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Tesla Model S in the Wild

In the process of walking around Little Tokyo looking for a new sushi place to checkout, I came across a Tesla Model S in the wild. Since I already saw it in the Century City mall, I knew immediately what ...

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BMW i3 Electric Car Revealed

As more companies come out with Hybrid cars and Tesla comes out with their sexy all electric vehicle, BMW is next in line. BMW has now revealed their all electric “car” for $41k, and will go about 100 miles per ...

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Matte Black Lamborghini Aventador in the Wild

In LA, Lambos are not that rare to see. However, when they are the special matte black edition, they do stand out of the usual crowd. This one was parked near FIDM in downtown. These beauties cost around $450k so ...

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Tesla Fast Battery Pack Swap Event

Tesla recently had an event where they showed off their 90 second automated battery pack swap system. Using the service will cost the owner extra, but they also will have free “Superchargers” that will give the car 50% charge in ...

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Volvo Autonomous Parking Concept Car

Volvo recently announced their autonomous parking concept car, which is their first step to their autonomous driving car they plan on having by 2020. Ford already has their parking assist cars in production, but this takes it one step further ...

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