The Poland Springs unit of the Nestle company has announced that they are switching over their entire water tanker fleet to running on B5 biodiesel. The company expects the change to yield reductions in carbon dioxide emissions of 1.8 million pounds…

2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery
While government tax incentives will no doubt help to make plug-in vehicles like the Chevrolet Volt more affordable, the total cost of ownership will also be influenced heavily by residual…

Boulder, Colorado based Solix Biofuels is teaming up with Colorado State University to commercialize the production of biodiesel fuels from algae. Algae are capable of producing 100 times more oil per acre than current oil crops like canola and soy,…

One of the big stories today over on our sister site Autoblog is the new Corvette ZR1. The ZR1 is propelled by a new LS9 version of the classic small block V-8 that's been heavily beefed up and supercharged to yield at least 620hp. On several…

Over at Auto Fiends they have some new camera phone pics of the Volvo XC60 crossover out on a test drive in the Los Angeles area. While in and of itself, that is no big deal, the photographer noticed something unusual about this particular vehicle.…

A new bio-oil production facility is taking shape in Guelph, Ontario about 50 miles west of Toronto. Dynamotive Energy Systems is building the plant to produce 200 metric tonnes per day of oil from waste biomass. The first of eight production modules…

Smart ForTwos outside Cobo Hall. Click the image for a high res gallery
Smart USA is here at the Detroit Auto Show with the new second Generation ForTwo and they will be making an announcement this afternoon during the Mercedes-Benz press conference.…

Green Star Products has finished the first phase of testing of an algae biodiesel pond in Montana. The first pond contains 40,000 liters of water but doesn't contain any algae yet. This phase involved controlling the water temperature, pH,…

All car sales in the UK have tanked in recent months just as they have here in the US market. Perhaps more surprisingly, sales of electric cars – which had been doing relatively well, especially in London – took a nosedive. Aside from the general…

Audi R15 TDI – click above for high-res gallery
Given the current economic difficulties, automakers are finding it increasingly difficult to justify participation in motorsports. Series such as NASCAR and Formula 1, in particular, are finding their…