A team led by Dr. Sean McGrady at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick in Canada is claiming to have made a breakthrough in developing solid state hydrogen storage. One of the biggest stumbling blocks to the use of hydrogen…

Curve Control on the 2011 Ford Explorer – Click above for high-res image gallery
When the new 2011 Explorer goes on sale later this year, Ford plans to highlight the new unibody 'ute's safety and fuel efficiency. The Explorer will be exclusively…

2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery
As of this morning, Chevrolet is moving into the final stage of its Volt color naming contest. The company has picked three finalists from among the names submitted by 13,000 people over…

Next week at the New York Auto Show, we'll be getting our first up close look at a German production vehicle with the two-mode hybrid system. Among the vehicles that Mercedes Benz will publicly show for the first time is the production ML450 hybrid.…

When you think of the early days of NASCAR, brands like Oldsmobile, Hudson and Chrysler come to mind. What you don't usually think of is Tucker. In fact Tucker usually isn't associated with motorsports at all. With only 51 examples of the Tucker…

Here in the U.S. market, the name Electra was used on big Buick sedans for more than four decades but it hasn't appeared in a new car showroom since 1990. It looks like the Electra could be be making a comeback soon, but not in America. It turns out…

Click above to see A5 Sportback teaser in high-res
We've been seeing spy photos of the upcoming Audi A5 Sportback for what seems like ages. However, thanks to the above teaser shot and a new video from Audi featuring designer Wolfgang Egger, we now…

Bosch has been a pioneer in many of the technologies that make modern cars as capable as they are today, and the company has just recently produced its 150 millionth electronic brake control system. In 1978, the very first electronically controlled…

Recently my friend Jonny got a message from a mysterious Czech car collector who had a line on a “vintage” Corvette located in the San Francisco area. The collector was looking for someone to deliver the “mint” 1981 C3 Corvette to the port of Los…

Yesterday, we reported on the fact that General Motors' global sales summary for 2008 included a mention that both the Saab 9-5 and 9-3X would be launching in 2009. We also took note of the fact that the 9-4X was not mentioned anywhere. Saab…