Enviroguard Technologies, via PR Newswire This Louisiana service station had locking fuel tank covers put on their equipment to protect against gasoline theft.In which we bring you motoring news from around the Web:
• The Detroit police nabbed two men in the act of stealing hundreds of gallons of gasoline from a service station Wednesday. The would-be thieves had rigged up a siphon and pump and were filling a container in the back of their van. The police said they were as concerned about the theft as they were about someone driving on public streets in a fuel-laden vehicle that was not designed to carry flammable liquids. According to a report by The Detroit News, although fuel theft was rare, another Detroit-area service station was robbed of $45,000 of gasoline in 2011. (The Detroit News)
• The racecar driver, Jason Leffler, 37, was killed in a crash Wednesday at Bridgeport Speedway in Swedesboro, N.J. His car flipped several times after leaving the ground in a turn on the dirt oval during the 25-lap Night of Wings sprint car event. Leffler has been racing since he was 12, driving in Nascar races and the Indianapolis 500, in which he finished 17th in 2000. (CNN)
• According to data released this week by Edmunds.com, this year’s car sales boom has been spurred largely by incentives. Edmunds’ analysis says that automaker subsidies reached $2,500 per vehicle in May – the highest it’s been in two years – and that Detroit’s Big Three have been the most willing to pinch profit margins in favor of higher sales volumes. Jeremy Acevedo, an Edmunds analyst, said an industrywide focus on American truck sales drove incentives higher, as trucks were typically more expensive than cars. (Bloomberg)
• Apple’s move to make iOS available in more cars and trucks seems to have raised the dander of auto industry executives. The conflict stems over who will control automotive electronics in the future: if Apple’s products become more prevalent in connected vehicle technology, automakers will lose control of the infotainment systems that have become defining features of their product lineups. Thilo Koslowski, an analyst at Gartner, a research firm, told Automotive News that vehicle manufacturers wanted to maintain that control as automobiles moved deeper into the realm of connected vehicle technology. (Automotive News)
• It’s been a while since any groundbreaking innovations have been made in windshield design. When the Ford Motor Company began requiring laminated safety glass in all of its cars in 1919, the rest of the industry followed over the years, and it has been standard practice for many decades. But Corning has a new type of glass: Gorilla Glass. Already in use in billions of electronic devices, Corning said its lightweight glass could help fuel economy by reducing a car’s weight. (M.I.T. Technology Review)
• If you have all the money in the world (relatively speaking), then you can decorate expensive cars as you see fit, right? That is apparently Justin Bieber’s mantra where cars are concerned. Already known for his chrome-wrapped Fisker Karma, the pop star has been seen cruising around Los Angeles in a Leopard print-wrapped Audi R8. Seeing how the more than $100,000 R8 is a very fast car, perhaps Mr. Bieber should have considered having it clad in a Cheetah pattern.
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