The 2-day JSK Motor Show held in Angeles City, in the Pampanga province of the Philippines, on 15 and 16 November 2013 was attended by 7000 visitors from all across Central Luzon (encompassing 5 provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac, Bulacan, Bataan and Zambales).
Cars are burning, buses are burning;
Fetch the engine, fetch the engine;
Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
Pour on water, pour on water!
Yes, we’re plagiarising a (already morbid) children’s song, but it is apt for times like this. We’ve been seeing news on Tesla’s car batteries bursting into flames, in 3 separate incidents within a short 5-week span. Luckily, in each case, the cars warned the drivers about the imminent disaster and they escaped before anyone was hurt.
Automology’s favourite alternative businessman has been named Fortune magazine’s Businessperson Of The Year for 2013, and will feature on the front cover of the prestigious magazine (pictured above).
In the middle of the investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) into the safety of the Tesla Model S, the vehicle has come out top of the latest owner satisfaction charts by Consumer Reports Magazine.
For what seems like an eternity, the debate has waged over what should replace the internal combustion engine (ICE), which powers most of our cars and that we all know, but have come to believe has now outlived its usefulness and needs to be replaced before the CO2 content of our atmosphere reaches a critical point.
Every auto manufacturer is researching into the future of transportation.