Category: Autoblog

By now we are all aware of the sad saga of Tesla Motors and their quest for a reliable two-speed transmission for the battery powered Roadster. After failing to get the necessary durability from the original gearbox supplied by X-Trac, Tesla turned…

Porsche Tequipment – Click above for high-res image gallery
For those Porsche fans who were unable to acquire a 911 Sport Classic, of which only 250 were built, Stuttgart is now offering some of the bits that make up the Sport Classic car on an à la…

It looks like European automakers are winning their battle against the proposed European Union limits on automotive CO 2 emissions. While the European Commission had proposed a limit of 120 g/km for the vehicle fleet by 2012, manufacturers where…

In 2005 Amanda Congdon became an internet superstar when she and her erstwhile former partner started up a daily video blog called Rocketboom. Their daily five “news” show quickly got enormously popular in large part due to Amanda's attractive looks…

Rick Wagoner checks out the Challenge-X competitors, click the image for more photos
As the year three competition for Challenge-X continued on Friday at the GM Proving Ground, GM Chairman Rick Wagoner stopped by to check out the activity. Wagoner…

A research team at Imperial College London is working on a new series hybrid drivetrain based on the ZEBRA sodium nickel-chloride battery and a solid oxide fuel cell. While pretty much all of the fuel cell-powered vehicles currently being developed…

Following in the path formed by just about every other European automaker, Renault is expanding its eco 2 branding to its low-end Dacia brand. The eco 2 branding refers to special low-CO 2 emissions variants. In this case, Dacia will offer special…

Ford has opened up their newest paint shop at their Avon Lake Ohio assembly plant. The plant near Cleveland builds the big Econoline vans and the new paint shop coincides with the start of production for the updated 2008 version of the big vans. The…

Over at EcoGeek, Hank Green has a response to the recent MSNBC/Newsweek article about liquefied coal. Coal-to-liquid fuel is very controversial topic because the United States has huge quantities of coal in the ground, and it's relatively cheap to…

Chrysler has just announced a plan to offer discounts on new vehicles to members of the National Biodiesel Board and is working with the group to establish biodiesel fuel standards. One of the stumbling blocks to the increased use of biodiesel is the…