Volvo S60 Concept – Click above for a high-res image gallery
Volvo's plan to debut the production version of its all new S60 sedan next month at the Frankfurt Motor Show have apparently been canceled. According to a report out of the Netherlands from…
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Look out, Lexus! Audi and BMW bringing ZF 8-speed to market
Last year, Lexus became the first automaker to introduce a production eight-speed automatic transmission in the latest LS460. Recently, German transmission manufacturer ZF announced a new eight-speed of its own which is claimed to provide a…
Detroit Preview: BMW to unveil faster Z4 sDrive35is, almost an M
2011 BMW Z4 sDrive35is – Click above for high-res image gallery
When BMW launched the new Z4 early this year, they made it clear that, unlike the last Z4 and the Z3 before it, there were no plans to create an M version this time around. Of course,…
LA 2007: Toyota Fuel Cell Highlander runs 2300 miles from Fairbanks to Vancouver
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At the Los Angeles Auto Show today Toyota General Manager Bob Carter reiterated the recent story about a fuel-cell powered Highlander running 347 miles on a single tank of hydrogen. Then to reinforce the…
Ford Transit Connect Family One Concept
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What better place to take the wraps off a new family transportation vehicle than a kids' science museum? That's exactly what Ford did this afternoon at Ann Arbor's Hands On Museum, and we were on hand to…
9,500 people sign up to lease MINI E, will cost over $500/month
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Since MINI USA opened up the MINIspace.com site a couple of weeks ago to allow people to register their interest in leasing the new MINI E next year, over 9,500 people have signed up. Unfortunately most of…
ENVI boss Lou Rhodes talks about Chrysler's EV programs
Lou Rhodes and the Dodge Circuit prototype
When Chrysler announced the creation of its ENVI division to spearhead the development of electric vehicles back in September 2007, it was seen by most as a knee-jerk response to the introduction of the…
$10,000 for a Pinto? The cost of going electric in 1976
2008 marked the first time in history that lots of people started thinking seriously about converting cars to electric drive. But it certainly wasn't the first time such conversions were offered. In the wake of the first Middle East oil embargo in…
Geneva 2008: No diesel hybrids for Toyota says Watanabe
The Geneva Motor Show this week was riddled with diesel hybrid concepts from several manufacturers including Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen. All of those systems seem destined for production in the next couple of years, particularly the VW Golf…
First Look: Stanford's 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge entrant, “Junior”
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA) is part of the US Defense Department, and it provides funding to all kinds of researchers for projects that might at some point have a useful military application. Over the last several decades…