The first images of the Joule from Optimal Energy have now turned up on the interwebs. The Joule will be officially unveiled this week in Paris at the Motor Show. The six-seat hatchback stores energy in a lithium ion battery pack that can nominally…
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Review: 2009 MINI Clubman John Cooper Works
The names MINI and John Cooper have been intertwined for more than 40 years and now they are closer than ever. When British race car and engine builder Cooper prepped the original MINIs for the Monte Carlo rally back in the 1960s, he helped cement…
Jetta TDI buyers to get $1,300 back from the IRS
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Rumormill: Ford working on four-door Mondeo coupe
It seems most car buyers today have decided that the aesthetic advantages of the two-door coupe body style are not worth the ergonomic hassles of getting in and out of the back seat. To remedy that issue, most every automaker has or very soon will…
Renault adds flex-fuel options to Modus and Kangoo
Renault has now added two more flex-fuel models to its lineup with E85-capable variations of the Kangoo and Modus models. These are part of Renault's eco² lineup of more environmentally friendly models. Renault already offers flex-fuel versions of…
Frankfurt 2009: Ford Focus ECOnetic gets down to 99 g/km of CO2
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Ford has been offering a low CO 2 ECOnetic version of the European Focus for over a year now, but a newly-refreshed version is being unveiled in Frankfurt this week. The main upgrade…
Deal expected on new fuel economy regulations
It looks like Michigan's senior senator has won a reprieve for his biggest corporate constituents in the new fuel economy bill that's working it's way through the US Senate right now. Following hearings this week where the Senate Commerce, Science…
Several 2010 GM models likely to get new direct injected 3.0L V6 and 2.3L I4
General Motors appears set to introduce two new direct injected engines to its lineup for the 2010 model year. A newly downsized 3.0L version of the 3.6L “high feature” V6 used across much of GM's lineup is set to launch in the redesigned Buick…
What is a series hybrid/extended range electric vehicle?
Ever since the debut of the Chevrolet Volt concept in January 2007, the arguments have come fast and furious abut whether it is a hybrid or an electric vehicle. Technically, its actually both. There are those who insist on calling the Volt and…
Drivers can remember when cars got high mileage without fancy technology
With gas prices staying well above $3 a gallon in the United States this year more drivers are remembering a time when there were quite a few cars that regularly got higher mileage than some of the high-tech cars available today. In the 1980s, Honda…