Andrew Simpson is a Vehicle Systems Engineer at Tesla Motors and he is charged with squeezing every last mile of range out of the new Roadster. Andrew just put up a post on the Tesla blog where he talks about the challenge of creating the longest…

Toyota created its new iQ with the intention that it be smarter than a Smart ForTwo. Unlike the Daimler-made micro car, the iQ has room for more than two passengers. The crew at the British car show that doesn't feature Jeremy Clarkson sampled the iQ…

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The only thing surprising to us about the 2010 Kia Forte is the name. The Forte debuted in South Korea last summer as a replacement for the compact Spectra sedan, but recently the automaker has indicated that the old name would…

Another carbon sequestration project is being undertaken by a team from the University of Leicester in England and the British Geological Society. This project is working on a means of storing CO2 in a solid form as a gas hydrate and also in liquid…

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A little more than a year ago, the Porsche tuning specialist at Ruf unveiled their first electric car, the 911-based eRuf. That first iteration was definitely not ready for production, but…

A tipster dropped us a note to let us know that XtremeGreenProducts is lining up dealers to start selling its electric two-wheelers in the near future. In spite of the name, there doesn't appear to be anything particularly “extreme” about these…

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Volkswagen has extended their demonstration of the performance and efficiency capabilities of their diesel engines from the race track to the Baja Peninsula. A pair of Race Touaregs…

Ward's Auto World has published its 15th annual ten best engines list and several fuel efficient powertrains have been honored. Two new diesel engines were joined by Ford's Escape hybrid on the list. The dual turbocharged 3.0L inline 6 cylinder…

For the last couple of months there has been an ongoing discussion on various sites (including our own) about the status of Martin Eberhard's Tesla Roadster. For those just now tuning in to this little saga, Eberhard was the co-Founder of Tesla…

As the number of hybrid vehicles on the market continues to grow, so does the number that will be leased. In order for banks and automaker financing units to determine lease payments they have to estimate what the car will be worth at the end of the…