Miles Automotive is getting some attention again with their effort to beat everybody from Tesla to GM to market with an affordable plug-in electric car. They have been showing the Javlon XS500 for a while now and Sebastian saw it and talked to Miles…

It looks the new 3.0L V-6 clean diesel that Nissan is working up with corporate partner Renault for 2010 will find it's way into a wide variety of vehicles from the company, including the upscale Infiniti brand. Back in mid-August Nissan filed…

Chevrolet Volt battery pack – Click above for high-res image gallery
During a media briefing at its Brownstown Township, MI battery plant this afternoon, General Motors Vice Chairman Tom Stephens announced that the lithium ion battery pack for the…

NextEnergy is a non-profit organization established to promote alternative energy development and use and development in Michigan. After recently opening a hydrogen filling station, they are now distributing financial incentives to expand the…

MINI Roadster Concept – Click above for a high-res image gallery
Just because a company starts out Mini it doesn't necessarily mean it can't get even smaller. Such seems to be the case with BMW's more affordable UK outpost. Mini USA VP Jim McDowell…

Once Burt Rutan won the first X-Prize for successfully getting his SpaceShip 1 out the earth's atmosphere the X-Prize foundation turned their attention to a more earthly pursuit. They established the Automotive X-Prize to inspire the development of…

In markets outside of North America, drivers have long had a great selection of high-performance Hondas that we don't get. One case in point is the Civic Type-R. Now it looks like our overseas friends will go even one better when Honda adds a diesel…

Thanks to an alert reader perusing the Ford Racing online parts catalog, we now know that both the new 5.0-liter “Coyote” V8 and the aluminum-block supercharged 5.4-liter V8 that power the 2011 Mustang GT and GT500 can be purchased in boxes.
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It looks like BMW will be looking for their third different engine partner for the next generation of the Mini. The engines for the first Mini were co-developed and built in a joint venture with Chrysler while the current second-generation models…

Audi is now offering a TDI e version of its large A6 sedan with the same 2.0L diesel engine that is being installed in the Jetta TDI here in the US market. In the A6, the engine is rated at 134 hp, slightly less than 140 hp available in the Jetta.…