The plan to require European automakers to meet new carbon dioxide emissions limits looks set to be pushed back a couple of years from 2012 to 2014. The next round of Euro6 emissions standards was already due to take effect in 2014 so it would make…
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Toyota joins Clean Energy Partnership, helps build new H2 stations
Toyota has joined the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) in Europe to help promote low- and zero-emission vehicles and related infrastructure. The automaker will be providing five of its Highlander-based FCHV-adv fuel-cell vehicles available for the CEP…
Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup heads north of the border
Volkswagen kicked off its Jetta TDI Cup race series a couple of weeks ago at VIRginia International Raceway with a close fought and exciting battle to the finish. This weekend they are heading north to another of the toughest tracks in North America…
Camaro5 provides 68-point checklist when picking up your new Camaro
2010 Chevrolet Camaro – Click above for high-res image gallery
It's not unusual for a new car model to have a few glitches early in its production run and the new Chevy Camaro is certainly no exception. With that in mind, the helpful folks at Camaro5…
Ford delivers more flex-fuel Escape hybrids to Illinois
Ford turned over five of the twenty experimental flex-fuel Escape Hybrids they have built to the State of Illinois and the Illinois Corn Growers at the Farm Progress show in Decatur yesterday. Two more of the E85-capable hybrid crossovers will go…
Dennis Berube breaks his own electric drag racing record again
Just two weeks after setting an NHRA record for electric dragsters in Whittman, AZ Dennis “Kilowatt ” Berube moved on to Tucson, AZ, and did it again. Berube ran 153.6 mph in the quarter mile in Whittman and then turned around and ran 159.65 mph with…
Ireland goes electric with Renault-Nissan Alliance
Ireland has decided to go the plug-in route for its future transportation needs courtesy of the Renault Nissan Alliance. The Irish government, the Franco-Japanese automakers and electric utility ESB have signed an agreement that is expected to see…
Review: 2010 Audi A5 is a personal luxury coupe for the modern age
2010 Audi A5 – click above for high-res image gallery
With the introduction of the A5 for 2008, Audi launched itself into a vehicle segment it had never competed in – one which has waned significantly over the past two decades. Not so long ago, the…
Increase in aluminum use saves 1 billion liters of fuel per year in Europe
Aluminum use in Europe has grown from 100 to 290 lbs per car since 1990 and is expected to add another 55 lbs by 2010. The weight reductions from replacing steel and other materials with the lighter metal have contributed to annual fuel consumption…
Survey says… nearly half of Americans want to buy something like the Volt, but do they want to pay?
2011 Chevrolet Volt – click above for high-res image gallery
The Chevrolet Volt is a data driven design in many ways. The shape is driven by aerodynamic data. Its conception was in part driven by public perception data. Its powertrain architecture…