Category: Autoblog

Late last month we wrote a lengthy post about problems with an ABC News report that purported to show a Toyota Avalon racing out of control without setting a diagnostic fault code. While we primarily focused on the technical side and analyzed whether…

In his latest post on the Tesla blog, Martin Eberhard poses the question how big a charging circuit can you install in your house? To help readers determine the answer to this question, Martin sat down with a copy of the National Electrical Code to…

Starting August 20th, Marine Current Turbines will install the worlds largest tidal current turbine in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough. The 1.2MW turbine will be the first commercial scale underwater turbine powered by tidal currents. The system…

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At this year's Detroit Auto Show, the U.S. public will get their first up close look at Kinetic design. The Ford Verve sedan concept is making its debut in its latest form. Ford first showed off a three-door…

We're from the government and we're here to help. Those words strike fear into the hearts of conservatives anywhere. Right now those words probably should be terrorizing those hoping for a loan deal for the Detroit automakers as well. Before and…

We still have a bit over a week until Audi officially pulls the wraps off its next-generation A8 flagship sedan in Miami. As a holdover, however, they have released a teaser video, and we've got it for you. The operative word here is tease. As usual,…

American Honda Motor Co., Inc., posted record November sales of 111,431 Honda and Acura vehicles, up 4.7 percent*, surpassing the previous November 2006 record of 106,446, the company announced today.
American Honda year-to-date sales increased 2.7…

No, it's not St. Patrick's day yet. It's just the seemingly inexorable march of biodiesel continuing as Couch Distributing of Santa Cruz, County, California moves to fry oil. Couch has a fleet of 57 trucks that deliver bear and liquor in the Santa…

Over at the GM Fastlane Blog, Jon Laukner, VP of Global Program management has piped up with another Volt update. In spite of the news this week that construction work at a new Flint, MI engine plant had been temporarily halted, Laukner claims it…

Hitachi and Airbiquity have announced a partnership to develop new telematics systems aimed at plug-in vehicles. In all likelihood, you've never heard of Airbiquity, but there is a decent chance you've used some its technology. Airbiquity provides…