Bosch Ceramic Brake Pad Set Rbp333 1986-04 Frontier D21 Pathfinder Pickup on 2040-parts.com

Why carmakers say no to battery swapping

There's a strange disconnect surrounding Better Place, the company best known for its plan to extend the range of electric vehicles by relying on speedy battery swaps. Automotive executives are nearly unanimous in dismissing the idea. With the conspicuous exception of Nissan-Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn, rarely does an executive express interest.

Exclusive: Derek Jenkins to become Design Director at Mazda

Derek Jenkins, former chief designer at the Volkswagen Group design studio in Santa Monica, will become the new Director of Design at Mazda's R&D Design Center in Irvine, CA. Jenkins, who resigned from Volkswagen on March 17th, will be filling the position previously held by Franz von Holzhausen, who left Mazda in August last year to become Design Director at Tesla Motors. "I'm excited to take on something new," Jenkins told CDN.

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010: live news, photo galleries, reviews

CAR is at the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed, and will update this page with news and snippets, photos and video beamed straight from the Earl of March's hillclimb. NB we'll update the latest news at the top of the page in blog format, so if you're reading for the first time start at the foot of the page and work your way up!SUNDAY 4 JULY 20102.45pm: Home timeIt might seem like too soon to leave, but I have been here since 6.30am, and the sad excuse of wanting to beat the traffic means it's time to leave Goodwood once again. Still a great show, even if it is getting too big.