Archive for March, 2010

My Battery is Dead. How Do I Jumpstart A Car?

Portable Battery powered Jump Starting device

You hop into your car, turn the key in the ignition and nothing happens. How many of us have had this happen? A dead battery.

How do you jump start a car?

Once you determine the battery is dead, the car needs a jump start. Now there are several reasons why the battery may have gone dead e.g. light left on overnight or an old battery that needs to be replaced. Anyway, it is easy to jump start a car using jumper cables or a portable jump starter.

Hummer Brand to Fade Away? No Buyer for Hummer Yet.

2009 Hummer H2

General Motors announced last week that it will terminate its Hummer brand after a planned sale fell through. General Motors had been working on selling their Hummer operations for over a year. The long drawn out deal with private Chinese manufacturer Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery dematerialized when no approval for the sale was forthcoming from the Chinese government.

Hummer sales declined over 80% in just two years. In 2007 close to 56,000 Hummers were sold. In 2009 the sales barely topped 9,000. In December of 2009 only 300 some Hummers were sold nationwide.

Toyota’s U.S.- Toyota Japan Disconnect Americans have Little Power

James Lentz President of Toyota USA

Toyota Motor Corp. has spent 20 years telling the U.S. consumers how deeply it has sunk it's roots into America.

The disconnect between Toyoat U.S.A. and Toyota Japan, as well as Toyota sales and manufacturing in the U.S.  partly accounts for the giant's current problem, recalls,lawsuits and public scoldings according to the testimony of congress last week.

Jim Lentz, president of Toyota Motor Sale U.S.A. and Toyota's highest ranking U.S. sales executive, admitted under Capitol Hill questioning last week that decisions about whether to recall U.S. products for safety issues are all made in Japan.