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.

Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 760,000 RAV4 SUVs and at least 18,000 Lexus HS 250h models cars in the U. S. to fix rear suspension problems.

The affected RAV4 SUVs belong to model year 2006 through 2011, while the affected HS 250h models cars were made in the model year of only 2010.

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.

Honda Motor Co.'s initiative to lease the Fit EV hatchback to retail customers is widely expected to trigger demand for fuel-cell cars and move more and more EVs off showrooms.

The auto giant will start leasing the Fit EV car on 20th of July, for $389 per month, in Oregon and California.

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.