Hyundai's home office in Korea has dropped the first frontal image of the new concept that will be shown next week in Geneva along with some technical details. The i-Flow is a D-segment sedan meant to go up against cars like the Ford Mondeo in…
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Mercedes introducing Euro-5 compliant E300 Bluetec diesel
Mercedes Benz has announced the introduction of the E300 Bluetec sedan to the European market for the first time. The Bluetec version of the E-class has been available in the US market since fall of 2006 but the addition to the European lineup means…
Using only the sun to split water and make hydrogen
As cool as the promise of quick refueling and emitting only water is, fuel cells still have that sticky issue of needing hydrogen before they can really catch on. In spite of hydrogen being the most common element in the universe it almost never…
Who should get carbon credits, automakers or utilities?
Toyota Prius PHEV – click above for high-res image gallery
Governments everywhere are trying to use a carrot and stick approach to get reductions in emissions, particularly when it comes to greenhouse gases. The stick is well-known approach: fail to…
New images of the X-Prize entry from Motive Industries
Aspiring Automotive X-Prize competitor Motive Industries has released new images of their car. The original images were design sketches and the new shots are computer generated images. No word yet on when a prototype will actually be running, but…
Edmunds spends a few days with the Honda FCX Clarity
Honda FCX Clarity – Click above for high-res gallery
When we first had the opportunity to drive the Honda FCX Clarity way back in November 2007 we only had about a couple of hours with the fuel cell sedan. John O'Dell, a senior editor at Edmunds,…
A Life Bus in Pictures: The Volkswagen Bus turns 60 *Updated
Volkswagen Bus turns 60 – Click above for high-res image gallery
Many automakers will build cars for decades and never create a product that can truly be considered a cultural icon. Few that do produce multiple such models. One of those is…
Lotus appoints Ferrari designer Donato Coco as new design director
The upper echelon at Lotus continues to evolve, with today's announcement that Donato Coco has been appointed as the new director of design at the UK sports car maker and engineering consultancy. The Italian designer is moving to Hethel from Ferrari…
A123 Systems' struggles highlight how hard it is to go green in America
Massachusetts-based A123 Systems has been one of the rising stars of the lithium battery field in the last several years. In spite of that, the company that was started by a team of MIT researchers has struggled to raise cash to manufacture…
Land Rovers to have stop-start tech by 2008
Hopefully the start/stop can be disabled for stuff like this
Automatic start-stop capability is continuing it's inexorable march through the European automotive fleet with a stop at Land-Rover. Beginning late in 2008 Land-Rover vehicles will get a…