We’ve been happy to have a hand in promoting the circuit and the event as much as we have this year – it’s really an honor, and we’re excited to roll out of the truck and get to racing.”
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Aschenbach Kicks Off TruSpeed’s World Challenge Season With a Win.
Sunday’s race was a much more straightforward affair for Lawson, as he turned his pole position into the race lead heading into turn one, commanded every restart with authority and led every lap of the event.
Read moreCosta Mesa’s TruSpeed Motorsports, puts cars in the top.
The team encountered slight gearbox problems on Urry’s #20 TruSpeed Porsche 911 GT3 Cup during race one, and swapped two of the ratios out in time for race two, the Porsche performing with trademark reliability in both races. Friday’s race went more closely to plan for the team with several caution periods shaking up the running order
Read moreAschenbach Kicks Off TruSpeed’s World Challenge Season In Style
March 25 – St. Petersburg, FL Lawson Aschenbach helped TruSpeed Motorsports start its Pirelli World Challenge championship in style this weekend in St. Petersburg, FL,
Read moreThe Clean Vehicle Rebate Program (CVRP) Road Tour in Orange County
Debbie and I took the Tesla Roadster to this event and answered many questions about electric cars and how they can be powered from solar
Read moreFord’s First-Ever All-Electric Passenger Car, Focus Electric, Takes to The Road at 2012 Geneva Motor Show
GENEVA, March 05, 2012 – Ford is offering visitors to the 2012 Geneva Motor Show an early opportunity to try its first-ever all-electric passenger car,
Read moreTesla’s Model X, The First All Electric Car With Available All Wheel Drive (AWD)
The compelling nature of the product created massive media attention and resulted in the Model X being the third most searched term on Google. On Thursday evening, the night of the reveal, traffic to teslamotors.com increased 2800 percent. Two-thirds of all visitors were new to the website.
Read moreTruSpeed Motorsports And City Of Long Beach Launch Grand Prix Magic
It takes two months to prepare this part of the City of Long Beach for the 175,000 fans expected during race weekend. All businesses along the race circuit, which includes Shoreline Drive, Aquarium Way and Pine Ave., will remain open during construction of the racetrack.
Read more500 Mile Electric Cars? Lithium-Air Battery Might Do The Trick
So what is the answer? Randy Jackson of SunPoweredEVs.com thinks it is the new batteries. The Tesla Roadster has a claimed range of 244 miles but many owners report 150 or so being the realistic limit. Still that is double the Nissan Leaf.
Read moreTesla Shows Off The New Four Door “Model S’ At Fashion Island
Visitors to Tesla’s Newport Fashion Island showroom can see and touch the building blocks of Model S while learning about them through interactive touchscreen experiences.
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