Auto parts are in the limelight these days and this again points towards the growing practice of making do with your old vehicles by maintaining and fine-tuning them. Apparently this covers most motorists today, even the off-roaders who are prone to more repairs and need for replacement parts due to their nature of motoring. This also includes other accessories such as warn winches which will certainly come in handy when off-roaders are outdoors.

And to make sure that these off-roaders can locate their parts easier, TransAmerican Auto Parts adds another distribution point of sale with the acquisition of GoWarn.com which caters to warn winches.

Warn has made its mark in the off-road industry time and again by focusing on what the everyday off-roader needs and will use in his or her adventures. Warn really began to showcase their dedication to the everyday off-roader in 1959 when they produced the first recreational winch. With this tool, off-roaders discovered they could do the jobs they’d been paying tow trucks to do for years.

(Source) Press

Tags: acquisition, dedication, distribution point, jobs, limelight, motorists, point of sale, replacement parts, showcase, tow trucks, transamerican auto parts, winch, winches

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Earlier this week I had posted an entry regarding the clamor for OriginOil since it carries the fuss about how algae is the next best thing in vehicle oil alternatives. Apparently, the Associated Press found their story worth covering as well, placing OriginOil in the limelight today.

During a visit to OriginOil’s Los Angeles headquarters earlier this month, a film crew interviewed both CEO Riggs Eckelberry and Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Vikram Pattarkine, regarding the company’s recent technology breakthrough to extract oil from algae in an efficient single-step process. A time-lapse video of the extraction process was then sent out to the Associated Press’ newspaper affiliates, which encompass more than half of the world’s population on any given day.

The recent AP Television segment, entitled “Could Algae Be Oil’s Next Competitor,” features commentary from Riggs Eckelberry on OriginOil’s “single pass, cost-effective process” to inexpensively crack algae’s tough exterior and release the oil inside, which can be viewed here.

“Oil, for the first time, is going to have a competitor,” said Eckelberry. “It’s not going to be the OPEC cartel against the rest of the world – it’s going to be local fuel production in all these countries, including the U.S.”

(Source) Press

Tags: algae, fuel production, limelight, OPEC, opec cartel, riggs

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Green cars are hogging the limelight these days and British sports-car company Lotus is taking its cue in incorporating eco-friendly considerations alongside usual sports car efficiency. And one vehicle that has been trying to carry the green awareness flag is the Lotus Eco Elise.

The Eco Elise features an interior made from wool, instead of more traditional materials such as alcantara or leather, while some of the exterior body panels are made from hemp.

On the roof there are solar panels that provide the electricity to run the stereo and air conditioning, and the rest of the body is coated in a new water-based paint developed with DuPont that is not only more environment friendly, but also cheaper to produce.

The Eco Elise, which is based on the standard Elise sports car costing £24,000, is part of a company-wide drive by Lotus to green up its image: “It came from a staff initiative to improve our environmental credentials,” said Alastair Florance at Lotus.

(Source) Times Online

Tags: alcantara, british sports car, florance, green cars, hemp, limelight, Lotus, solar panels, sports car company, traditional materials

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