Category: Autoblog

Over the past couple of years, algae has been gaining a lot of attention as a potentially high-yield source of biodiesel fuel. As the controversy over food vs. fuel and water use grows for corn ethanol, researchers have been trying to find…

After a sales spike for the Chevy Cobalt last spring that saw General Motors add a third shift to its Lordstown, OH assembly plant in an attempt to keep up with demand, the plant is now set to drop to a single shift. The sales meltdown that came in…

The saga of Martin Eberhard's abrupt departure from Tesla Motors continues to unfold. A story on the Green Wombat blog at Fortune's site has more details on what happened during Eberhard's last few days with the company he helped get off the ground.…

Audi A3 TDI – Click above for high-res image gallery
Audi has added a pair of new 1.6-liter TDI diesel engines to its home market A3 lineup with fuel economy up to 57.4 mpg (U.S.) on the EU combined driving cycle. The engines are available in 90 hp…

Public transit agencies in the US will now be able to buy series hybrid shuttle buses from Azure Dynamics and get federal subsidies. One of the CitiBus Hybrid HD Senator buses successfully completed a durability test program at a facility in Altoona,…

Toyota has long been a leader in trying to make their cars less stressful on the environment. They have created plug-in electric vehicles like the RAV4-EV, fuel cell demonstrators and introduced the first mass produced hybrid-electric vehicle with…

2010 Lexus LS600h – Click above for high-res image gallery
For 2010, Lexus is doing a mid-cycle refresh on its flagship LS lineup, including the hybrid drive LS600h. The system mainly carries over hardware, but some of the controls are enhanced with…

For years car-makers have been salivating at the potential for new markets in places like China and India. In the past couple of decades the total sales volume in most of the established car markets has largely stabilized with little or no total…

On May 15, 2007 General Motors conducted what is believed to be the longest continuous drive ever with hydrogen fuel cell vehicles on public roads. We started the day off at GM's fuel cell research and development facility in Honeoye Falls New York…

Click on the photo for a high-res gallery of the new Audi A5
The team over on Autoblog already spread the news about the new Audi A5 coupe debut at the Geneva Motor Show. Now the digital paper buff book Winding Road is reporting that the new Bavarian…