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Feds researching fire risks from EV batteries, regulator says

Federal safety regulators have begun an $8.75 million study of whether lithium ion batteries in electric vehicles pose a potential fire hazard, officials said Thursday. Kevin Vincent, chief counsel of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said researchers are looking at whether the high-voltage batteries can cause fires when they are being charged and when the vehicles are in an accident.

Build your Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG roadster with the new online visualizer

Want to know which of the five available shades of silver/gray your Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG roadster will look best in? Thanks to the new AMG online configurator, you're just a click away from discovering the answer. The site's Visualizer feature lets you choose SLS AMG roadster exterior and interior colors, wheel designs and convertible-top hues.

First Sight: Smart Fortwo and Forfour

"Dress-down Wednesday," remarked a colleague as Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche walked on stage wearing jeans and no tie. While it was a hot day in Berlin, Zetsche's excuse for his informal attire was the occasion – the new Smart is here. Its prospective owners, he explained – young, urban consumers with an active lifestyle, not the typical members of corporate Germany – adhere to a different, if similarly rigid etiquette.