With some form of mandatory limits on carbon dioxide sure to come to the European Union in the not too distant future, relations between car makers and suppliers may actually benefit. Over the past two decades, many car-makers have strained…

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is taking place this weekend in the UK and electric vehicles will again be represented. Last year, a Tesla Roadster made its debut in the hillclimb race and this year there will be 13 electrics on hand. Elektromotive…

With the various tax incentives available, there is an increasing interest among homeowners in incorporating some sort of renewable energy system to help get partially or completely off the grid. The problem is that unless you live adjacent to a hot…

Today at the Washington DC Auto Show, Chrysler finally announced the pricing and availability of the new Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD. Their first “full sized” diesel will go on sale in March and range from $38,475 for the 4×2 Limited model to $45,395 for…

South Korean battery maker LG Chem is getting prepared to supply lithium ion cells General Motors for production of the Chevrolet Volt by building a new cell manufacturing facility. The company broke ground for the new plant in Cheongwon earlier this…

UPS and its competitors at FedEx and DHL have all been testing a variety of hybrid drive delivery vans for several years now. Recently, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory completed a twelve-month evaluation of six hybrid vans being used by UPS…

The Sierra Club has set up a mileage calculator on their website that purports to tell users how much their mileage would improve if fuel economy requirements were updated and carmakers put all the technology that's currently available on their cars.…

Greek scientists have come up with new possible mechanism for storing hydrogen for use in fuel cells. They have developed a way to produce rolled up sheets of carbon, referred to as carbon nanoscrolls. The team led by George Froudakis has been…

For at least the last seven or eight years one of the features of the Volkswagen stand at the Detroit Auto Show, has been a plastic injection molding machine. The machine takes in lumps of plastic resin and turns them in to translucent plastic shells…

Toyota has picked the finalists in its contest find a host for the Prius' tenth birthday party; now it's your turn to pick the winner. Interested people have until next Friday to head over to facebook.com/prius to check out the entries and cast votes…