Category: Autoblog

During the debate last fall over the new energy bill one of the amendments that some members of the Congress unsuccessfully tried to get into the final bill was wording that federal CO 2 limits would take precedence over state rules. California and…

Not content with a major flex-fuel push, Saab is joining in on the two-mode hybrid party at General Motors. At the Geneva Motor Show today, Saab Managing Director Jan Ake Jonsson indicated that future Saabs will be even more closely based on other GM…

Automotive Energy Supply Corporation has kicked off pilot production of lithium ion batteries. For those who have not been paying enough attention, AESC is the joint venture between Nissan and NEC that is developing batteries for electric and hybrid…

Click on the Smart for a high-res gallery of the little car
SmartUSA, the American distributor for the Smart ForTwo, is currently doing a summer roadshow to give most of the country their first up close look at the diminutive city car. They actually…

Click for a high-res gallery of the fuel cell Equinox
At the Los Angeles Auto Show, General Motors and Disney have announced that the entertainment company will be participating in the Project Driveway program. Ten of the Chevy Equinox fuel cell…

Shai Agassi wants to address the infrastructure side of the electric car problem. While electric cars can nominally be “fueled” by any electrical outlet, the fact is accessible outlets don't necessarily exist where most electric cars will be used in…

We all know that there is a hardcore group of consumers out there chanting the mantra of “No plug, no sale!” Okay, well, at least a few of you. The problem is that, like commenters on the internet, the loud fringe makes most of the noise, but often…

California gas station operators have known since 2000 that they would have to install new nozzles on their gas pumps by tomorrow. And yet, at least 2,000 of the 3,900 stations in the Southern California region and 60 percent of stations statewide…

2011 Nissan Leaf – Click above for high-res image gallery
You might think that Greenpeace would love the idea of electric cars, but you'd be sadly mistaken. Greenpeace Germany's Wolfgang Lohbeck spoke at last week's “The New Automobile” conference…

Indian car-maker Mahindra & Mahindra had previously announced plans to enter the U.S. market in 2009 with its Scorpio SUV and Appalachian pickup truck with diesel power. Our pal Mike over at PickupTruck.com has been in contact with John Perez, CEO of…