If you think the Mitsubishi iMiEV was the only vehicle Mitsubishi planned to release in the electric car market, then guess again! Today, Mitsubishi has bared that the iMiEV is only the start of their electric car revolution. The Japanese-based car company plans to unveil 5 more electric car vehicles by 2013.

Among the highlights of the next cars on Mitsubishi’s agenda include:

1. a left-hand-drive i-MiEV by the 2010 fiscal year for the European market
2. an electric commercial vehicle in the 2010 fiscal year
3. a larger electric car
4. a sportier version of the i-MiEV
5. a plug-in hybrid S.U.V. by the 2013 fiscal year

Whoa! Just when you thought that Mitsubishi was pinning its hopes on the iMiEV, this comes out. Now it seems interesting on what these additional electric cars would have to offer. While the iMiEV’s pricing was already bared ($45,600), you have to wonder how much these next cars would cost.

If you ask the motorists, they are surely counting on something cheaper. These cars really cost a fortune!

(Source) NY Times

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GoodYear has kept the ball rolling and has once again strengthened its hold as one of the admired companies in the car industry today. Among companies in Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies’ Motor Vehicle Parts category, Goodyear was the highest-ranked tire company, the No. 1 ranked U.S.-based company and ranked No. 2 overall.

In the global Motor Vehicle Parts category, Goodyear was ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in five of the nine key attributes measured. Goodyear was top-ranked in Use of Corporate Assets and Social Responsibility, and ranked second in Innovation, Quality of Products and Services and Global Competitiveness.

Among U.S. companies in the global category, Goodyear was ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in all nine attributes. The tire maker was top-ranked in Innovation, Quality of Products and Services, Use of Corporate Assets, Social Responsibility, Quality of Management, People Management and Global Competitiveness.

Goodyear led its key global tire competitors by a wide margin in the overall rankings as well as in all nine attributes measured in the survey.

The Fortune Most Admired lists are considered “the definitive report card on corporate reputations.” They use a rigorous assessment of industry executives, board directors and securities analysts to determine a company’s overall reputation.

Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire companies. It employs approximately 75,000 people and manufactures its products in more than 60 facilities in 25 countries around the world.

(Source) Press

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