It's looking like all auto shows are going to be feeling the pinch of a shrinking auto market including the mighty Frankfurt Motor Show. Honda has joined Nissan by pulling out of this fall's event in Germany in order to save money. Earlier this year,…
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Study: UK demand for electric vehicles to surpass hybrids by 2020, hit 21% market share
2011 Nissan Leaf – Click above for high-res image gallery
A new British study by Glass's Information Services Ltd. (GIS) is predicting that battery electric vehicles will overtake hybrids in UK market share and will reach a combined total of 21…
Families now have fleets of vehicles – with teens in SUVs
One of the many unfortunate side-effects of the ever-increasing suburban sprawl in America, is that fact that it's almost impossible to get anywhere without a vehicle. As more families have busy, conflicting schedules and teenagers grow up, they want…
Bad economy prompts Smith Electric vehicles to curtail expansion
Even though the British Tanfield Group that manufactures Smith electric trucks has a product that should be seeing growing demand in a time of record oil prices, the overall economic malaise is hitting the bottom line. Battery powered Smith trucks…
Aston Martin Rapide production goes to Austria
Click above for high-res gallery of the Aston Martin Rapide
One of the first decisions that David Richards and his partners made after buying Aston Martin from Ford last year was to produce the four-door Rapide. The platform architecture of the DB9…
Audi R10 lowers track record at Sebring by a second
Click on the photo for a gallery of high-res shots from Sebring
The updated 2007 Audi R10 TDi is continuing to dominate in qualifying for the Twelve Hours of Sebring. Marco Werner driving the # 2 R10 shaved almost almost a full second off the lap…
The new business cycle: comfy bikes aimed at commuters
In the past couple of decades the bicycle industry in the North America has focused mainly on fancy mountain bikes with full suspension and fast road bikes. While both of these styles of bikes are fairly well suited to their intended applications,…
Aston Martin launches E85-ready GT2 race Vantage
Aston Martin is not a brand that's ever been associated with fuel efficiency or alternative fuels. However, at the Autosport International Show in Birmingham England next week, they will unveil their latest race car based on their “entry level”…
Roll out the red carpet, the GM Style show is coming to Dubai!
Cheryl Hines with the Chevy Sequel at the 2007 Detroit GM Style show
For the past couple of years, General Motors has held a series of GM Style events at various major auto shows around the world. The shows bring together an assortment of GM concept…
Foster's again shows that beer is good for the world
The brewmasters down under have hooked up with scientists from the University of Queensland in Australia to produce electricity. They have created a fuel cell powered by waste water from the brewing process that contains sugar starch and alcohol.…