After the unveiling of the Chevy Volt Concept GM Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz took some time out of his schedule of continuous interviews to talk with a group of about a dozen bloggers.
Jeremy Gutsche (Trendhunter.com): I'll kick it off with something…
Category: Autoblog
Where's our Focus diesel?
The British publication AutoExpress has a first look at the new Ford Focus CC-3 TDCi. It's bad enough that Ford chose not to give the North American Market access to the latest Focus from Ford dealers. You can buy cars off the platform from Volvo or…
Geneva Motor Show Preview: Subaru to unveil diesel boxer engine
Last fall Subaru announced plans to introduce a diesel engine with their classic boxer configuration. At next month's Geneva Motor Show, Subaru will be displaying the new oil-burning horizontally opposed four cylinder engine. Subaru plans to install…
Continental gets innovation prize for its new production lithium battery
Continental Automotive has won an Intelligence for Traffic and Logistics prize from the Center for Transportation & Logistics Neuer Adler e.V. (CNA) in Nüremberg,Germany for its new lithium ion battery. The council decided to give Continental the…
2011 Chevy Volt appears in order schedule, Job 1 set for November 1
2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery
Up until now, General Motors has remained deliberately vague in public about the scheduled Job 1 date for Chevrolet Volt production. Given the complexity and new technology involved in the…
Pennsylvania to conduct seatbelt checks… from aircraft?
Rule number one of the Internet should be to always read past the headline before hitting the keyboard to comment. A prime example comes from the latest press release from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The statement's headline implies that PA…
Eight seat, eight cylinder shopping cart, get your big screen TV home fast
The Jalops spent the weekend at the California Hot Rod Reunion and stumbled upon just the thing for hauling home your new plasma television or Internet-connected refrigerator from Best Buy. It might not be quite so welcome at Whole Foods, though.…
Report: GM builds 100,000th Chevrolet Camaro
2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS – Click above for high-res image gallery
No matter which side of the Mustang/ Camaro divide you fall on there's no arguing that Chevrolet's reborn entrant in the pony car wars has been a hit. It's been less than a year since…
EPA says coal to liquid could cause 119% INCREASE in greenhouse gases
Even if you disregard the environmental catastrophe that is mountaintop removal, the reasons not to increase the use of coal are numerous. The current popular idea for using coal is convert it to liquid fuel via the Fischer-Tropsch process for use in…
Mercedes still planning to launch ML450 hybrid in 2009
Following the report earlier this week about Mercedes-Benz filing a lawsuit against Cobasys regarding its battery contract for the upcoming ML450 Two-Mode hybrid we contact Mercedes for a comment. Mercedes indicated in the suit that lack of funding…