First Impressions: It's roomier than it looks and crammed with safety technology, but the Smart's sluggish automated manual transmission won't win it many friends. That runty runabout from Daimler that's so good at plying the narrow, crowded streets ...

Gas prices fuel small car sales - Owen Sound Sun Times

Bryan Crutcher has bought a tiny car that runs on french fry fat and margarine, a snub at the high fuel prices plaguing most motorists. The Wiarton-area man traded in a Subaru Legacy for a new Mercedes- Benz Smart car last September. He said his ...

Daimler Lowers Its Profit Forecast - Wall Street Journal

FRANKFURT -- Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, issued a full-year profit warning as falling demand, rising raw-material costs and currency headwinds ensnare the premium-auto sector. Daimler's profit-forecast revision was "mostly related to ...

Boom times ahead for mobile web - BBC Technology

Alongside an explosion in mobile web-using devices, Intel estimated that 100 million households will also be watching IPTV by 2011. "The fact that people want to be on the internet all the time means they will be looking for the ability they have ...

Internet Collaboration Drives Electric Car Conversion Crusade - TechNewsWorld

Can a collaborative online community turn into a juggernaut for the development of electric cars? Finnish forum eCars - Now! wants to start a global open source movement to convert used cars into electric vehicles that can go fast and far enough to ...