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On display at the Petersen museum, the best of the worst!

They're so bad they're good, these cars, good enough to warrant a museum exhibit. Starting Feb. 28 and running through the end of September, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles celebrates all that is good about bad car ideas in an exhibit titled "What Were They Thinking?" Sure, there are Edsels and Amphicars.

New BMW 3-Series, Mazda CX-5 and Peugeot 208 5 Star Euro NCAP Ratings

BMW 3-Series Euro NCAP Test In the latest round of Euro NCAP tests the new BMW 3-Series, Mazda CX-5 and Peugeot 208 have all achieved a five star rating. Yesterday we jumped in early with the news that the new Hyundai i30 had achieved a 5 Star Euro NCAP Rating in the latest round of NCAP test. But it wasn’t alone.

Toyota begins testing wireless recharging for electric cars

Toyota has announced that it will begin actual verification testing of its new wireless battery charging system for electric vehicles, one which charges the battery of a plug-in hybrid or a pure-electric car by having the car park over it. Toyota's charging system uses magnetic-resonance technology, which operates by transmitting electricity by using the magnetic resonance resulting from changes in magnentic field intensity between a coil positioned under the car, and a receiving coil built into the underside of the vehicle. This system eliminates the need for physically plugging in an electric car or a hybrid to an actual plug, and also has the potential to solve the problem of multiple types of actual plugs.