Frank Stronach, founder of Magna International, sees electric vehicles as a key step along the route to his long-time dream of making his company a full automaker. To that end, the company has built several electric drive concepts and is now…

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Would you pay almost 60 grand for a Mini Cooper? What if it was propelled by by batteries alone? Hybrid Technologies is working on a battery powered Mini Cooper that they expect to have…

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This week, General Motors' Project Driveway Fuel Cell test program will top the 1 million total mile mark after only two years on the road. GM built over 100 of the hydrogen fueled…

Toyota is expanding their fuel cell vehicle development tests out of their own facilities into the real world. They have built some fuel cell-powered vehicles based on the previous generation Highlander and they are loaning one out to a Nagoya…

Smart has released some technical details on a plug-in electric version of the tiny ForTwo. The car will use a 41hp electric motor driving the rear wheels just as the internal combustion version does. In an unusual choice for this diminutive machine,…

There is some interesting work going at Waseda University in Japan. A few months ago there was news of a genetically engineered blood protein that could split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Now researchers there have developed a flexible,…

The French half of the Renault-Nissan Alliance has reached an agreement with two partners to develop and produce lithium ion batteries in France. Renault, the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and the French Strategic Investment Fund (FSI) will…

It might seem redundant to call a racing series that bills itself as the pinnacle of motorsports “elitist” but that's precisely what Toyota's Senior Managing Director for motorsports, Tadashi Yamashina, said during this weekend's 24 Hours of…

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Our leader Sebastian was down in Miami on Friday for international media launch of the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 and we'll have his review shortly. During the event, AutoCar's Greg Kable spoke…

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As has become the custom in recent years, Chrysler unveiled a trio of concept vehicles at last January's Detroit Auto Show. This years designs all had one thing in common: electric drive. The Jeep Renegade…