Auto giant Chrysler has teamed up with network provider Sprint to offer embedded wireless services for its Uconnect system that will enable users to reap the benefits of hands-free communication, telematics, navigation and entertainment connectivity.

At a briefing about its electric RAV4 EV sport-utility vehicle (SUV) in Newport Beach, California, this week, Toyota Motor said that the small SUV - equipped with a Tesla Motors' motor - will set pace for mileage per charge.

With the presidential campaign getting hot by the day, General Motors' (GM) buyers are reportedly snubbing the `Obamamobile' Chevrolet Volt, especially since the conservatives have been associating the plug-in hybrid car with things like government bailouts and drastic left-wing environmentalism.

Republican politicians began their tirade against the Volt soon after the vehicle was reported to have performed poorly in the government's crash tests, when its batteries burst into flames and were deemed a potential fire risk for the car.