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Bentley & Lamborghini SUV on hold?

Reports today say that VW is planning to put the Bentley SUV and Lamborghini Urus SUV on hold as VW fights to cut costs. Despite still strong sales, VW is now forecasting lowered sales going forward than previously expected and looking at ways to keep costs in check until the economy starts moving in the right direction again. And one of those cuts seems to be the launch of luxury SUVs by Bentley and Lamborghini.

Better Place EV Battery Swap business goes bust

It seemed like a good idea: take the cost of batteries out of the cost of buying an electric car and instead charge EV owners to use ‘Battery Swap’ stations where depleted batteries could be swapped for fully charged ones in the time it takes to fill an ICE car with petrol. But it’s all gone a bit Pete Tong. Better Place – which partnered with Renault in 2009 to make the battery swap technology viable – has failed to find anyone to add to the $750 million already involved in the project and has filed for bankruptcy.

2012 BMW 1-Series: The Marketing begins +video

Freddy and Adam and their 2012 BMW 1-Series The 2012 BMW 1-Series made its debut over the weekend, with lots of details on the thoroughly refreshed, higher quality and bigger BMW 1 Series. Not only did we get details on the new 1-Series but we got plenty of 2012 1-Series photos. And by plenty, we do mean plenty – over 100.