All the Bass, But less Space? Audiomobile’s GTS “21″ Series Subwoofers
One audio ‘trick’ for reducing the size of a subwoofer enclosure is known as Isobaric loading. It is when you take a woofer and mount it clamshell-style, face-to-face with an identical woofer. The drawbacks: The enclosures can be complex to build, servicing the buried woofer can be difficult, and the biggest deterrent is cost. You gotta more »
The Fishman Still Has it…Ford F250 iPad Install
A few months ago Fishman did an iPad install on a Ford F250 Harley Davidson edition. Lyndon was impressed with a Nissan Cube install he saw, but he never met everyone’s favorite Puerto Rican car audio customizer. The video isn’t shot great, but check out how the iPad motorizes out of the dashboard just enough more »
Escort Introduces New “StickyCup” Windshield Mount Detector Accessory
WEST CHESTER, OH – ESCORT, Inc. has announced the release of its new windshield mount detector accessory fittingly named “StickyCup.” The new StickyCup is a full-featured bracket mount that includes a semi-sticky gel ring on the cup surface that improves cohesion and detector support on the windshield. StickyCup works with ESCORT’s category leading products including more »
Smart Electric Fortwo Starts Arriving At Dealerships With Batteries For Rent
MONTVALE, NJ – Mercedes-Benz USA has started rolling out the Smart Electric fortwo, the most affordable electric vehicle in the U.S. market (based on Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price), to smart dealers across the country. The smart electric drive has the smallest footprint of any car on U.S. roads and its cabriolet sibling is the only more »
Tire Recall Exposes Need For Tire Destruction
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ – Kumho Tire’s recent scramble to find thousands of recalled tires that were resold to used tire dealers, instead of being scrapped, underscores the need for a total destruction system for unsafe tires, says the inventor of CompacTire. Last week, the Korean tire company and Liberty Tire Recycling, one of the nation’s largest more »
Nissan LEAF Hits 25,000 Total Sales in U.S.
The Nissan LEAF electric vehicle (EV), now on the market for three years, recently hit 25,000 total sales in the United States, according to the automaker.
Fun In a Forester: 2014 Subaru Forester Head Unit Pretty Solid
Define “no shame:” Rolling down every window and opening the enormous sunroof in our 2014 Subaru Forester XT and blasting the ’70s best of KISS at full volume on the first warm, sunny day I’d seen in a while. Gene and the boys pulled the trigger on the Love Gun, and the Scoob’s head unit more »
Maximum Maxi Scooter. BMW C600 Sport.
I love me a Maxi Scooter. It kind of blends the practicality of a cruiser, the sportiness of a rice rocket, and the awkwardness of a moped. Sometimes with the awkwardness outweighing the other two. Sometimes not. With the practicality of storage space and being able to ‘step through’ the bike. I have a Honda more »
ANSI Electric Vehicles Standards Panel Publishes New Recommendations for EVs and Charging Infrastructure
NEW YORK – The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has announced the publication of the Standardization Roadmap for Electric Vehicles – Version 2.0, developed by the Institute’s Electric Vehicles Standards Panel (EVSP). Available as a free download, the document tracks progress to implement recommendations made in the roadmap version 1.0, released in April 2012, and more »
GM To Source Small Cargo Vehicle From Nissan For US & Canada
DETROIT – General Motors Co. and Nissan have announced the companies have signed an agreement for Nissan to produce a small cargo vehicle that GM will sell in the United States and Canada. GM will procure the vehicle from Nissan and distribute it through the Chevrolet dealer network. GM expects the Chevrolet City Express, based more »
