Ford’s Microsoft-powered Sync system has been a huge hit with car buyers and t he one bit of sunshine in the Blue Oval’s gloomy outlook. But with the automaker’s exclusive...
The greenest car in all the land is, according to the folks at Green Car Journal , the Honda Civic Natural Gas, that CNG-burning staple of municipal fleets. The gassy...
When you step on the gas in an ordinary car, most of us have a pretty good idea what happens, having driven them since we were teenagers. But what happens when you depress...
Federal authorities are investigating the safety and proper handling of lithium-ion automotive batteries after a Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid caught fire three weeks...
Toyota unveiling new hydrogen fuel cell concept vehicle indicative of 2015 production model at Tokyo Motor Show; Aqua hybrid and FT-EV III Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC...
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., will debut the subcompact Prius c ( earlier post ) next January at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The subcompact...
Yet another catastrophic wobble in the Saab survival tightrope act. Following the agreement for Saab to be sold to two Chinese companies , GM has now chucked a spanner...
Gordon Murray’s itty-bitty EV cleaned house at the Future Car Challenge, achieving the equivalent of 350 mpg and trouncing cars like the Nissan Leaf, BMW Active-E and...
Toyota is pushing ahead with plans to offer a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle to consumers in 2015, but it looks like you’ll have to be among the 1 percent to buy one. For...
The KIIRA EV is an eco-friendly car prototype made it by 20 engineering students from the Makerere University. Reaching 40 mph in the first test, this automobile is designed...
Human beings can be a fickle bunch, especially Americans. Case in point: The five-door hatchback is unarguably one of the best arrangements for an automobile, providing...
The equipment’s been purchased, the drivers have been trained and AAA is about to roll out the nation’s first fleet of mobile electric-vehicle quick chargers. The company...
Motorists in Roanoke, Virginia got the chance to test a novel kinetic energy recovery device just by driving over a big speed bump. As part of a real-world test of its...
Cummins is one year into a four year program (ATLAS, Advanced Technology Light Automotive Systems) to develop, in partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE),...
EcoMotors, the developer of a new opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine family ( earlier post ) has published an animation of a dual-module opoc on its website...
Speaking at the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Orlando, Florida, last weekend, General Motors Vice President of Global Research and Development, Alan...
Audi A6 3.0 TDI SE Road Test Test date 12 October 2011 Price as tested £36,200 For Terrific quality l Strong, effortless pace l Intuitive multimedia system Against Spongy...
