Nissan Dual Injector System – Click above for high-res image gallery
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – the internal combustion engine has a lot of life left in it. While we fully expect electric cars to make an impact in time, the reality is that the ICE’s reign as sales leader won’t [...]
Bamboo Taxi – Click above for a high-res image gallery
Increasing powertrain efficiency is just one area in which vehicles’ environmental impact can be lessened. A significant portion of the total energy used to operate the vehicle over its lifetime comes from sourcing and processing raw materials into individual vehicle components, as well as transporting finished [...]
2010 Chevy Spark – Click above for high-res image gallery
General Motors has certainly been pumping out a greener message for the last few years, but, on the eve of its likely emergence from bankruptcy, it looks like it might be ridiculously difficult to miss the company’s shift to a new and very public eco-mindset: The [...]
DuraCar Quicc! Diva – Click above for high-res image gallery
Volkswagen has struck a deal worth “at least 10 million euros” with Wilhelm Karmann GmbH to keep the insolvent coachworks and specialty builder alive so it can reorganize a new company and “focus on building electric-powered cars.” That’s according to an unsourced report in the Neue [...]
2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery
In a recent op-ed piece published in The Wall Street Journal, Alan Reynolds of the Cato Institute starts by making a few decent points about fuel taxation and fuel economy rules. Unfortunately, he undermines himself with some blatant errors and misinformation. In discussing how Detroit [...]
While things have been quiet on the Tesla legal front in the battle for recognition between Martin Eberhard and Elon Musk, some of the bystanders in the saga are continuing to come forward with their takes of the story. Earlier this week, we heard from Tesla’s former senior vice president of marketing, Darryl Siry, in [...]
Like the idea of car-free streets? Bicycle riders the world over can probably see the appeal, but in the town of Vauban, German, the car-free lifestyle is being taken up by pretty much everyone. Since the early 1990s, residents have been moving away from cars and into alternatives such as public transportation and bikes. As [...]
2010 Hyundai Sonata being evaluated on a Detroit area freeway
Hyundai’s Montgomery, AL factory added production of four-cylinder engines last year, but recently the engine line has been getting some upgrades. Evidently, Hyundai is getting ready to add direct injection to its 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine. Like other DI engines, the revised version gets increased power along [...]
What qualities are required for an engine to be considered the best-of-the-best in today’s world? Naturally, any given engine needs to make enough power for its intended application, but fuel efficiency is just as important in modern society. This being the case, it’s not terribly surprising that Volkswagen’s innovative 1.4-liter Twincharger engine has taken home [...]
Wondering how much Tesla Motors might be worth on the open market? It would seem the actual figure would depend you who you ask. Based on the assumption that Daimler paid $50 million for nine-percent of Tesla, the Silicon Valley automaker would theoretically be worth $550 million.
According to SharesPost, a firm that bills itself as [...]
In the grand scheme of things, the facilities and products of Lamborghini don’t really amount to a hill of beans. After all, the company only has one main factory that produces a few thousand cars a year. While those cars are high-powered and consume a lot of fuel per mile driven, Lamborghini owners tend to [...]
2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for a high-res image gallery
The Toyota Prius has long been a love-it-or-hate-it design. The sweeping roofline of the hybrid hatch may have been penned to maximize the car’s ability to cut through the wind, but its shape is now instantly recognizable to the masses – so much so that [...]
Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel – Click above for a high-res image gallery
Could the Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel enter production? According to a post on Lotus Enthusiast, that’s an entirely real possibility due to interest from Youngman Auto, which is the British automaker’s Chinese partner. It seems that the Tri-Fuel was a big hit at the [...]
Ford has found a way to turn a lemon into lemonade. Its Michigan Truck Plant that formerly built the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator will be building something else entirely in the future: small cars and electric vehicles. Ford announced today it’s investing $550 million in the plant to create a modern, efficient and flexible [...]
Rental car companies literally can’t give away SUVs to their customers. Perhaps that’s because, as Newsweek found, the greening of America is a serious business this time around. And someone put $55,000 where their mouth is for a Toyota RAV4 EV on eBay over the weekend. Read more at AutoMK.
One man dies in biodiesel [...]
