Category: Autoblog

Vapor vs. vapor? That could be the case as super-secretive EEStor could potentially face competition in the ultra-capacitor space from Recapping. We've never heard of Recapping before, but the startup is backed by Khosla Ventures and recently…

The bad news just keeps on coming for General Motors and Flint, Michigan. It was reported late last night that construction contracts for the new $370 million engine plant that was going up in Flint have been canceled. GM actually stopped work on the…

Brawn Grand Prix officially announced this morning that Daimler AG and Aabar Investments PJSC has bought a 75-percent stake in the team that won the world championship in its first year of existence. The team run by ex-Ferrari technical director Ross…

Click the Lexus GS450h for a high res gallery
Since debuting the Prius just over a decade ago, Toyota has been gradually spreading its hybrid drive technology through its product lineup including the Lexus brand. Later this year, Lexus will be…

A fleet of 36 Mercedes E320 diesel powered cars left Paris today on the start of a 14,000 km (8700 miles) journey to overland Beijing, China. The group consists of 33 E320 CDi models and three E320 BlueTec variants. As this is written the cars are…

According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the eight years since the first Toyota Priuses and Honda Insights hit America's roads all the hybrids in use have saved about 230 million gallons of gasoline. That sounds like a very impressive…

2011 GM HD Truck New Technology – Click above for high-res image gallery
At first glance, the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra heavy-duty pickup trucks don't appear to have changed much compared to their 2010 counterparts. But don't let their…

Honda has been selling natural gas powered Civics In California since 1998. Now for the first time the cars are available outside of the sunshine state. This will be the only dedicated natural gas powered car offered for sale in the United States.…

RMR Hyundai Genesis PM580 – Click above for high-res image gallery
Before loading the Hyundai Genesis PM580 onto the truck for the trip to Colorado, the Rhys Millen Racing crew polished up their new race car its final photo shoot. The tube-frame…

Click on the photo for a gallery of high-res images of the new Mazda2
Mazda recently started production of the new Mazda2 that debuted at the Geneva Motor Show and one of the new engines available in the car will be a 1.3L Miller-cycle engine which…