Now that the September vehicle sales numbers are out, some more detailed analysis has been done and the results for hybrid vehicles are decidedly mixed. Overall sales dipped 1.9 percent compared to September 2005, while hybrid vehicles climbed 21.5…

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BMW has just release the 2008 versions of their mid-sized 5-series lineup in both sedan and sport wagon body styles. The most noticeable difference is the face-lifted…

In 2006, Fiat and Microsoft announced a system called Blue&Me which seems very similar to the Ford/Microsoft Sync system for Bluetooth and USB connectivity to various entertainment and communication devices. At the Frankfurt Motor show this week,…

Apparently, in addition to the new hybrid car that Nissan is developing, they will also be building a fully battery-powered electric car. The Japanese paper Nihon Keizai Shimbun is reporting that a subcompact electric equipped with lithium-ion…

While all of the world's major automakers are continuing to develop alternative fuels and drivetrains, the current economic situation very likely means that a massive move toward non-liquid fueled cars is likely a lot further out that many of you…

The first publicly-accessible hydrogen filling station in the German state of Baden-Württemberg opened this week at Stuttgart Airport. The station is being operated by OMV and was built in cooperation with Daimler and chemical supplier Linde. The new…

Madison, Wisconsin is a fairly typical college town, a place with a fairly substantial population of people with progressive attitudes on many issues. That means it has more people who ride bikes, take the bus, walk and drive hybrids than some other…

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Revision 3 of the Volkswagen up! concept family makes it debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show today. Taking the larger four-door version that bowed in Tokyo last month as starting point, the space up!…