Despite the Obama administration gutting funding for hydrogen and fuel cells, Daimler is not yet ready to quit the game. Next month at the UITP Congress in Vienna (the World Congress of the International Association of Public Transport) Mercedes-Benz…

Click the photo for a gallery of the Chevy Trax
Like the Groove, the Blaze Orange Chevy Trax concept that GM revealed at the Javits Center in New York was devoid of an interior, but the exterior was very well finished. Details like the hood clamps at…

For a long time, gas prices in the United States were literally cheaper than dirt. Seriousl – check out the price of a bag of top soil at your local home improvement store. With such low fuel prices, the cost of operating a motor vehicle was really…

Chevrolet Voltec CUV design patent – Click above for high-res image gallery
The media previews for the 2010 Beijing Motor Show are happening at the end of this week and, assuming a certain Icelandic volcano doesn't upset the atmosphere further, we…

At last week's Automotive News Green Car Conference, Brian Carolin, senior vice president for sales and marketing at Nissan acknowledged that extended range electric vehicles ( EVs) could eventually join the pure battery electric Leaf in the marque's…

When it comes to using hydrogen as a fuel, one of the big issues is on-board storage. Most companies working on hydrogen application for cars are using compressed hydrogen gas because they don't have to deal with the issue of keeping the gas at cold…

Click on the photo for a gallery of high-res images of the Hybrid-X Concept
Today at the Geneva Motor Show Toyota unveiled the Hybrid-X concept, which is supposed to give the world a hint at the new design language for future Toyota hybrid vehicles.…

Ford unveiled the Verve Concept at this years Frankfurt Motor Show to give the world a preview of the replacement for their little Fiesta. The production version is expected to debut at the Geneva Motor Show next spring before going in sale in Europe…

During yesterday's preview of what GM will be showing at the Paris Motor Show, Ed Welburn showed off a new Saab concept. The 9X Air is an open-top variant of the 9X BioHybrid concept that debuted at Geneva last spring. The 9X Air adds a new…

By now plenty of people have seen concept vehicles like the Chevy Volt and Ford HySeries Drive Edge. One of the biggest advantage of the series hybrid drivetrains in these machines is the flexibility they provide in choosing an auxiliary power unit.…