Category: Autoblog

A new 130MW wind farm is being installed in Bahce, Turkey that will add to the 84MW of wind power in place in the country at the beginning of this year. General Electric Energy will be supplying 52 of their latest 2.5MW wind turbines for the project.…

Miles Electric Vehicles is continuing to beef up its executive lineup, this time naming a new Co-Chairman alongside founder Miles Rubin. Steven “Mac” Heller has been on the board since last November. Heller was formerly head of mergers and…

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Th!nk may be struggling financially but that doesn't mean they aren't trying. After announcing last week its intention to set up U.S. manufacturing next year, the Norwegian company has just inked…

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At the Detroit Auto Show today, GM is providing the first concrete details on the new Saturn Vue Green Line plug-in hybrid since the battery development contracts were announced last spring and the vehicle…

At the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, French automotive supplier Valeo will be displaying some of the components that they have developed to improve vehicle efficiency. Valeo claims that combining all of their technologies could yield efficiency…

As the AMM fleet rolls across north Texas, my co-driver Steve Ewing and I are currently on the tail of the Q7 piloted by Kevin Kelly and the legendary Jim McCraw. Jim, a veteran of four One Lap of America events, is used to these long slogs.…

The end is nigh for the internal combustion engine at General Motors…eventually. Today, GM is taking a huge step in that direction by reassigning most of its fuel cell engineers and scientists from the research and development group to various…

We've already covered the Italian-designed Kurrent built in Michigan by American Electric Vehicle. An English company is preparing to use the same design and build it in Britain. Future Vehicles will produce the Elettrica to take on the popular if…

The latest round of crash tests from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is complete and mixed results are in for six midsized SUVs. While overall performance has generally improved, being in an SUV is no guarantee that you will be safer than…

Every automaker is looking for ways to reduce petroleum-derived material use in its new vehicles. Ford has been one of the leaders in this area, using both recycled fabrics and soy-derived foam. For the new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Chrysler and its…