Category: Autoblog

Ford has been pretty consistent in saying that it doesn't expect plug-in vehicles to reach mass-market volumes until at least 2012-13. That doesn't necessarily mean they won't have any plug-in vehicles until then. It only means that they don't expect…

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Jeep first unveiled the Wrangler JT earlier this year at the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah, and we got our first up-close look in June at Chrysler's proving ground. Jeep created the JT…

The Oryx gas-to-liquid (GTL) plant in Qatar started exporting its output about a month ago but the Energy Minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah says the tiny Persian Gulf state has no intention of using the fuel locally. The GTL fuel needs to be…

It looks like the Volt won't be the only alternative-power variant of GM's next generation Global Compact Car or Delta platform. While Delta is the source of a lot the hardware for E-Flex, it is also the basis of the Opel/ Saturn Astra and the Chevy…

Development of the Chevrolet Volt may be continuing full-speed for now at GM but that program is the exception rather than the rule at the General. Everywhere else in the company, programs and introductions have been delayed. The combination of…

Diesel power is the hot ticket at Le Mans right now after the dominant win by Audi's R10 this year and Peugeot coming next year. But technology always moves on in racing (unless you're talking Nascar, but that's a whole other story). By the middle of…

Every year automotive trade publication Ward's Auto World publishes a list of what they consider the top ten engines of the year. This year's list of the best engines includes some perennial winners like the Ford 4.6L V-8 and Nissan's VQ V-6 this…

In order for electric vehicles to make any actual impact on greenhouse gas emissions, a great deal of progress will need to be made on renewable sources of power generation. Wind power generation has been expanding rapidly, and solar is growing in…

It looks like consumers are starting to come to the realization that although hybrid vehicles have the potential to provide big increases in fuel efficiency, that improvement is not universal especially if you're not prepared to modify your driving…

The other day New York Times columnist Tom Friedman put himself squarely in the cross-hairs of Toyota and the rest of the auto industry. Friedman took aim at Toyota for riding the “green wave” with the Prius while at the same time producing ever…