Click the Fusion for a high-res gallery of the action from Bonneville
Retired Ford employee Rick Byrnes joined the 200 mph club at Bonneville for the third time on Wednesday as he drove the Ford Hydrogen Fusion 999 to a benchmark of 207.297 mph. This…
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Want less CO2? Pay more tax, says ACEA
EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas will release regulatory proposals next month to force European car makers to reduce CO2 emissions. He is concerned that Euro car manufacturers are not on track to meet the voluntary targets that they have in…
Challenge X teams swing by Jay Leno's garage
Last spring we provided a bunch of coverage of Year Three of GM's Challenge X program. Challenge X is a GM-sponsored student competition where teams from universities all around North America use the company's global development process to convert a…
German agency names BMW/MINI most fuel efficient premium brands
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 MINI Cooper S Convertible
The Federal Motor Transport Authority in Germany has declared BMW and MINI as the most fuel efficient premium brands available in that market. The agency has calculated fleet…
Las Vegas to the get the 1000th GM-Allison hybrid bus this month
During his keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show, GM Chairman Rick Wagoner announced that the 1,000th transit bus equipped the the GM-Allison Two-Mode system would delivered this month and it was coming to Las Vegas. Las Vegas is doubling their…
First Drive: Chevrolet Volt powertrain mule w/VIDEO
Chevy Volt powertrain mule – click above for a high res gallery
It's been 28 months since we watched Bob Lutz drive onto the stage at Cobo Hall in Detroit and step out of the Chevrolet Volt concept. In the intervening period, a corporate drama of…
Make your own ethanol at home with the MicroFueler
Flex-fuel vehicles, especially trucks and SUVs, are increasingly commonplace in the U.S. market. However, in many (actually most) parts of the country, actually finding ethanol at retail pumps is exceedingly difficult, if not impossible. E-Fuel…
LA 2007: Chrysler shows off their Two-Mode SUVs, falls short of GM
At the LA Auto Show today, Chrysler showed their upcoming Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen Hybrids for the first time at an auto show although it's not the first time we've seen them. We actually got to drive a prototype last June at the Chrysler…
An Aston Martin built outside of the UK? Rapide likely to go elsewhere
With sales of Aston Martin's existing sports and GT lineup continuing at a strong clip, the question of where to build the new Rapide four-door becomes more problematic. For a company that is still relatively low-volume (7,000 cars last year) like…
Spy Shots: Possible Chevy Beat mule sighted in U.S.
Whether the Chevy Beat mini-car makes it to the U.S. market is still an open question – although if fuel prices keep climbing it seems increasingly likely. Regardless of its ultimate fate in this market, at least mule vehicles are being tested on…