Electric City Car Mitsubishi i-MiEV

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation i-MiEV managed torecord a new history in Indonesia, which becamethe first electric vehicles that get the black plate.There are two environmentally friendly citycarowned by PT Krama Yudha Three DiamondMotors and imported from Japan since 2007.Each unit has been using license plate number B1160 and B 1162 TKU TKU.

Both will run the program began this year, as well as the importance of anticipatory socialization of fuel scarcity in the future with electric vehicletechnology throughout Indonesia.

Unfortunately, Mitsubishi did not explain further howthe calculation of the electric car tax if it ismarketed in Indonesia. This certainly will beinteresting because in the future, automotivetechnology trends move toward electric vehicles, orat least be a guide other car manufacturers who want to try out electric cars in Indonesia!

• Mitsubishi Small Car

Toyota change the operation structure in Europe

Toyota's do a global structural change, the aim for make closer to the customer. So, two European Toyota plant located in England and France, will come under control of Toyota Motore Europe (TME), is no longer the responsibility of Toyota Motor Corp.(TMC). This was conveyed by the company as reported by just-auto.

By this policy, Toyota Peugeot Citroen Automobile (TPCA) and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Russia (TMMR), no longer under the responsibility of the TMC, but joined with TME are beginning from April 1, led by Didier Leroy, who served as the President and CEO of TME-based Brussels.

In addition to leading the TME, Leroy responsibilities expanded to include Toyota's design studio in Sophia Antipolis, France, and Toyota Motorsport, based in Cologne and Germany, as well as Toyota's financial services unit.

TME leadership structure, Leroy assisted Hiroyuki Ochiai, who served as Executive Vice President of TMW. He got the role of overseeing all manufacturing and operations under the TME.

Then there Masahisa Nagata as executive vice president of research, development and purchasing. Its presence strengthens the position of TME as a global planning center for the small car segment, A, B, and C.

The shift of this structure, according to Toyota's Japanese principals, to speed up the decision making and bring a company closer to customers. (Translate from Kompas.com)

Other Toyota Cars:

• Toyota Ft HS Hybrid
• Toyota Camry
• Toyota Matrix 2009
• Toyota Avanza

Warming Up Your Car Engine

Warming up of our car engine before we drive the car is actually our old habit on using car with old kind of engine. Warming up the car engine before use have two kind function, the first to make the oil can circulate to all the engine in order the engine can work easily and to check that the oil work properly, the oil circulate on the engine have function as cooler of engine. If the oil circulation on the engine not work, you car engine can be broken in few minutes. But this condition can be controlled automatically in our new car, the car engine can’t be started if the oil pump not work. The second function of warming up on car engine is to make engine and other part that directly pass by combustion heat can increase little by little so there are no sudden increase, but on new car engine this system have been design so that the metal part on the engine will not too fast increase.

On fuel injection system which eliminated carburetors and chockes, idle time to warm up car engine is not really need, while this warming up just make inefficiency on using fuel. The only reason to let the car idle at all is to get the oil circulating, but after 30 seconds that’s a done deal.

According the senior mechanics, idling forces an engine to operate in a very inefficient and gasoline rich mode that, over time, can degrade the engine’s performance and reduce mileage. Idling run can make block heater, the remote starters too easily cause people to warm up their cars for 5 to 15 minutes, which is generally unnecessary. Block heater is designed to heat the engine and can cost under $30, on a timer set to start one to two hours before driving, does the trick in very cold climates.