Breaking: Toyota Opens 5,680 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Patents

If you want to create a new market, the best way to accelerate the process is inviting more players to join. Obviously Toyota is going to use the same trick as Tesla has done before.

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Today at the 2015 Las Vegas CES, Toyota announced that it is going to open almost all of its patents internationally. According to the press conference, there are a total of approx. 5,680 related patents to be made free by Toyota, which the auto maker has used to build the Toyota Mirai.

Enjoy the below live photos we have taken at the scene, and get more details in the following press release.

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Mercedes-Benz Is Planning the G63 AMG 4X4 Truck

Maybe you have heard of the Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6X6 (image shown below), which by its name basically means a 6-wheel-drive truck.

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Now Mercedes is planning to produce a 4-wheel version of the G63 AMG 6X6.

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If you think the G63 AMG 6X6 is just simply adding two more wheels to the standard G63 AMG SUV, and the G63 AMG 4X4 is just an upgrade version of the standard G63 AMG, then you are totally wrong. In fact you can consider both of the 6X6 and 4X4 as a totally different car than the G63 AMG.

Let’s take the G63 AMG 6X6 as an example...

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What to Expect in the 2015 Detroit Auto Show

The 2015 Detroit auto show to be held in next month is going to be a historical event for the automobile history. Several cars to be debuted there will definitely be proven to be legends in the automobile history. To name a few: the long-waited second generation NSX; the successor of the glory Ford GT; the first Lexus high-performance mid-size sedan, M5/E63AMG fighter: GS-F.

Below is a brief preview of what we’ll see in two weeks.

2016 Acura NSX

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25 years earlier when Acura debuted its first generation NSX, it was a milestone in the automobile industry. The 1st-gen NSX has many new stuffs and technologies that people had never seen before at that time...

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Audi Putting Big Money in New Technology, New Models

We all know that if you want your product to be successful on the market, you need to make it better than your competitors. This means you need to invest in new things.

Obviously Audi firmly believes this, and they’re taking action now. In an announcement made on last Saturday, Audi said it has planned to invest EUR 24 billion (approx. USD 29.3 billion) in research, engineering and production sites, over the next 5 years.

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This budget represents a 2 billion increase over the past planning period. This is not a solo plan by Audi itself, it is actually part of a bigger initiative from Volkswagen, which plans to invest a total of EUR 85.6 billion from 2015 to 2019...

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2016 Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang May Have 540HP

2016 Ford Shelby GT350 Update:

We have already been following the 2016 Ford Shelby GT350 for a while, and our last update one month ago can be seen here.

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One number that Mustang fans really want to know is the actual horsepower output of its 5.2L naturally aspirated, flat-plane V8 engine.

How Much HP Will The GT350 Have?

Today our source told us that this number will be around 540. Yes, Ford is able to make 540hp out of the 5.2-liter displacement. Other new information including:

– Hood and front fenders are made with aluminum, height is lowered by 2-inch;
– Front track widened by 35mm

We will closely follow the development of the GT350 Mustang and report back any news...

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