The other day we had a post about the need to continue doing some basic maintenance on your car even if you are driving less in this age of higher fuel prices. One of the items we mentioned was caring for your battery. If you drive your car…

If a Tesla Roadster is too rich for your blood but you enjoy speed and don't mind two wheeled travel there is now the Zero-X. The Zero-X is a lithium ion battery-powered off-road bike that can be had for about $6,900. Zero Motorcycles is claiming a…

North and South Carolina utilities SCE&G, Progress Energy and Duke Energy have formed a new group called the Plug-In Hybrid Coalition of the Carolinas to promote plug-in hybrid vehicles. The cities of Raleigh and Charlotte NC each have a plug-in…

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In keeping with the ongoing efforts to eliminate gender harassment and discrimination in the workplace in Corporate America, auto shows here have become…

2011 Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery
Volkswagen is apparently content to sell lots and lots of diesel Touaregs and sees no need to market the new hybrid model as a loss leader to get market share. While U.S. pricing…

The only thing surprising about Martin Eberhard's latest move is that it took so long to happen. Eberhard was co-founder of Tesla Motors along with Mark Tarpenning, and he was ousted from the company in November 2007 by then-chairman Elon Musk. Musk…

Evidently, Chrysler has decided to move ahead with production of the Rolls-Royce Phantom wannabe, the Imperial. Chrysler had been planning to add the luxury sedan to the lineup at the Brampton Assembly plant along with all of its LX platform mates,…

2010 Lotus Evora – click above for high res image gallery
Lotus has managed to snag two car of the year honors from EVO magazine for two different machines. The new Evora came out on the top of the heap among the new road going cars, while the Evora…

The last generation was always one of our favorite high-performance SUVs and its 6.1-liter Hemi V8 lunacy never failed to delight. Thankfully, with the brand-new Grand Cherokee now entering showrooms, a new SRT8 is apparently on the way as well.
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Tesla Model S – Click above for high-res image gallery
Building a one-off or even very low volume car can be pulled off by a fairly small team if necessary. However, designing, developing and building a modern mass produced vehicle is a very…