Click the Renegade for a high-res gallery
Of the three new Chrysler concepts on revealed at the Detroit Auto Show, the Jeep Renegade was certainly the best received as far as its design. The compact off-roader is immediately recognizable as a Jeep,…
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Buick Regal five-door possible, wagon unlikely [w/poll]
When the new Buick Regal goes on sale in the U.S. later this month, it will only be available as a four-door sedan. However, the Regal's German twin, the Opel Insignia, is available as either a five-door hatchback or a station wagon, dubbed the…
Chevron and Weyerhaeuser to team up on biofuel development
Chevron and Weyerhaeuser are teaming up to try and commercialize cellulosic biofuel production. They will be investigating a variety of non-food cellulosic feedstocks such as wood chips for conversion to fuels. Weyerhaeuser is a forest products…
Ssangyong goes into receivership; Phoenix doomed?
Just after SAIC provided some cash to keep Ssangyong operating a while longer, the company's board decided to go ahead and file for court receivership in South Korea. Under the rules there, the court has thirty days to decide if the company has what…
New Technology Turns Food Leftovers Into Electricity, Vehicle Fuels
The University of California – Davis has started up a new renewable energy demonstration facility. They will be trying to capture the energy that diners leave behind on their plates when they eat out at restaurants in the Bay area. The new Biogas…
LG Chem/CPI reportedly chosen to power the first production Volt
According to a Reuters report, General Motors has chosen Troy, MI-based Compact Power Inc. as the supplier of battery packs for the initial production run of Chevrolet Volts. Compact Power is a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate LG Chem and was…
Surprise: Edmunds analysis indicates correlation between gas prices and hybrid shopping
Edmunds.com is one of the go-to sites on the net when people are shopping for a car and they want to compare specs and prices without having to visit a dozen different car dealers. With all visits they get, Edmunds has a lot of data on what people…
Dodge offering a Journey to kick off a couple's journey!
While Chrysler typically puts on a big song and dance for their auto show press conferences, at next February's Chicago shindig they are giving someone else a chance to be the star. As a promotion for the new Dodge Journey crossover they are looking…
ECD Ovonics licenses NiMH battery tech to G4 Synergetics
ECD Ovonics, a pioneer in nickel metal hydride battery technology has agreed to license some of their patents to G4 Synergetics. G4 will pay royalties to Ovonics in order to build NiMH batteries consumer applications and potentially also Chinese…
New York Auto Show: Lexus LX570
Click the photo for a gallery of the new Lexus LX570
Lexus introduced its redesigned LX570 full-size luxury at the Javits Center in New York today and the operative word is MORE! The new LX has more of everything. More power, torque, toys, cameras,…