The editors of the German magazine Guter Rat have awarded a prize to Volkswagen in a category labeled Innovation of reason for their work on high temperature fuel cells. Professor Jürgen Leohold, Head of Volkswagen Group Research accepted the award…

The Tartan Racing “Boss” Tahoe that won the recent DARPA Urban Challenge
We've all been there. Rolling up and down the aisles at the mall or the movie theater trying to find an empty spot, or waiting anxiously for someone to finish loading their car…

Click on the photo for a high-res gallery of the Toyota Hybrid-X concept
For some time now the third generation Toyota Prius was expected to debut in the fall of 2008 carrying a lithium ion battery pack and and very possibly plug-in capability. In…

Just as a whole batch of new fifty state-legal diesel vehicles are about to hit the market in the U.S., chemical company BASF is set to take advantage of the situation. BASF has announced that they will be raising the price of AdBlue by €45 per 1,000…

Maserati only recently started selling the new automatic transmission version of the Quattroporte sedan and now it's being recalled. Apparently there is a problem with the low voltage threshold for the traction control and stability control that…

China will be getting a locally-assembled version of the new Mazda 2 that was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show last month. During the run-up to the Shanghai Motor Show, which started today, Mazda announced that its joint-venture plant in Nanjing,…

When Lexus decided to take on the top dogs from Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi they took a different path. While the Germans offer the choice of either big gasoline V-12s or turbo-diesel V-8s, Lexus wanted offer the best of both worlds. Thus the LS600h…

There's no doubt about it, speeding tickets are a drag. Your insurance premiums go up, you may have to go to court or traffic school. And these days even if you don't get nabbed by the local constabulary, it'll cost you more just because of high fuel…

The commercial division of Mexico's national oil company, Pemex PMI Comercio Internacional, has some bad news for U.S. oil consumers. Mexico will be sending America less oil this year – to the tune of 184,000 barrels per day. The cuts will continue…

Coda sedan – Click above for high res image gallery
As Coda Automotive continues its long march toward eventual production of its new EV sedan a year from now, one of things it will need is cash. Plenty of it. The company has beefed up its cash…