Dodge Circuit – click above for a high res image gallery
Ever since the latest “new” Chrysler emerged from the ashes of chapter 11 bankruptcy court last spring, it has been ominously quiet on the product front. In late June, the company scheduled and…

2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery
If you are going to write a negative commentary about something, it's probably not a good idea to have a fundamentally incorrect statement in your opening sentence. IDC Energy Insights…

One of the many issues associated with livestock is the waste products. Every creature that consumes food, produces some kind of waste, and when you have large quantities of animals being raised in the confined space of many farms you get a lot of…

As the next generation Global Compact Car platform from GM debuts over the next couple of years, one of the variants that's coming is a compact MPV. Currently, Opel has a Delta-based MPV called the Zafira which will be joined by a Chevrolet version…

Fiat 500 – click above for high-res image gallery
For the first time in living memory, Chrysler/ Fiat won't be holding a press conference at the Detroit Auto Show, which starts next week, and hasn't given any confirmation of what it will be showing.…

General Motors and Carnegie Mellon University have decided to continue the work that resulted in victory in the DARPA Urban Challenge last year. The school and the automaker are establishing a collaborative research lab to continue the work they have…

2010 Nissan Leaf – Click above for high-res image gallery
It seems like cities all over America want to participate in the upcoming Nissan electric vehicle party. The latest locale to plug in to the program is Orlando, FL, home of more theme parks…

You might make a case that a car company that only sells a few hundred or even a few thousand vehicles in a 16-million-vehicle-a-year market doesn't really make much of a dent in emissions or fuel consumption. This is particularly true if the cars…

The city of London, like all big cities, generates a lot of waste. Finding somewhere to put all that trash has become an increasing problem in recent years as dumps fill up. Trash usually contains a lot of organic material (according to the organic…

Click above for high-res gallery of the Jeep Patriot EV
Chrysler has added a fourth member to its family of prospective electric and extended range electric vehicles. The Jeep Patriot EV may be actually be the most viable member based on its…