Volkswagen AG (VOW)’s Audi is poised to purchase Italian motorcycle maker Ducati Motor Holding SpA from owner Investindustrial SpA for about 860 million euros ($1.1 billion) including debt, a person familiar with the matter said.
Audi has reached an agreement with Investindustrial to buy the Bologna, Italy-based maker of luxury motorbikes, with VW’s supervisory board set to approve the deal tomorrow, said the person, who declined to be identified  … More
Electric cars are only as green as the power plants that fuel them.
As a result, they are far greener in some parts of the country than in others, according to a report issued Monday by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
In California – which derives most of its electricity from natural gas plants, nuclear reactors, renewable power sources and hydroelectric dams – an electric car produces the same amount of global warming emissions as … More
How to escape a $400 traffic ticket with the power of physics
A UCSD physicist was able to argue his way out of a traffic ticket with a bit of audacity and four pages worth of complex mathematics.
Dmitri Krioukov, a senior research scientist at the University of California, San Diego, was issued a ticket for failing to completely stop at a stop sign. Rather than eat the $400 charge, Krioukov decided to fight  … More
Michael Marsal and Eric Lux will make their Dyson debut in the #20 car this weekend at Long Beach. Their impressions of the Lola B11/86 Mazda that will be their steed in six American Le Mans Series races this year.