Category: Autoblog

On July 15th, the city of Paris will launch a city-wide twenty-four-hour-a-day bike rental service. The program will start with 750 rental stations with 10,000 bicycles. People visiting the city can get a five-day pass allowing them to pick-up from…

Recently we reported that Hyundai sees diesels as possibly a more cost effective alternative to hybrids, and now it looks like they may be bringing one to the US market as soon as 2009. Hyundai will be offering a new 3.0L V-6 turbo-diesel in the new…

Renault Wind roadster – Click above for high-res image gallery
Renault has just released information on its diminutive new roadster dubbed “Wind,” a car they will debut at next month's Geneva Motor Show. At just 150.7 inches long, the Wind is just…

Bosch is already the world's biggest automotive supplier and they intend to extend that dominance into the realm of hybrid vehicles. But, as a company that has prided itself on being on the bleeding edge when it comes to introducing new technology to…

Lyle over at the GM-Volt site managed to snag an interview Dr. Bart Riley. Dr. Riley is one of the co-founders and vice-president of R&D of Massachusetts based battery maker A123 Systems. A123 is one of the leaders in the field of designing and…

Earlier this week when Hyundai America product development VP John Krafcik revealed that the company would unveil a hybrid version of the Sonata at the LA Auto Show, some of the PR people in the room seemed to be caught by surprise. Now the Chairman…

Lexus wants to add to their US sales total by over 100,000 units a year and they are planning to trade on the environmental reputation they built with the Prius to do it. The new tag-line Lexus just introduced is “Gives more to the driver, takes less…

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Now that we've all had a few months to get accustomed to crude oil prices hanging at $100 per barrel pretty steadily it's time to look ahead. The very real possibility of oil at $200 a…

Not everyone is bailing out of the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. Toyota will be there in force with its all new third (fourth according to Toyota) generation Prius as well as the new Lexus HS250h. We haven't seen the full press conference schedule yet, but…

Honda FCX Clarity – Click above for high-res image gallery
Honda's new CEO Takanobu Ito still maintains that hydrogen fuel cells are the best long-term solution for zero-emission vehicles. This is a position that Honda has held as a corporate policy…