One of the biggest problem areas that a military force faces in a time of conflict is maintaining supply lines to the troops. Keeping troops fed and fueled is critical. To that end, being able to maximize fuel efficiency, and also getting fuel…
Category: Autoblog
IIHS finds sub-compacts fare poorly against mid-size sedans
One of the biggest concerns people have with buying smal cars is crash safety. More specifically, there are concerns about what happens when a small car meets a larger one in an accident. Regardless of size, all cars are required to meet the same…
Is it a Nissan? or a Toyota FT-HS mule?
Click the photo for the NAIAS gallery of the Toyota FT-HS
There have now been two sets of spy photos that have turned up showing a development mule wearing a hacked up Nissan 350Z body. At first everyone assumed it was a Nissan vehicle. However, in…
FIA president Max Mosley wants electric hybrids banned in favor of mechanical KERS
Starting with the 2009 season. Formula One teams are allowed to use kinetic energy recovery systems ( KERS) to boost performance. Over the course of the 2008 season, most of the teams started testing a few different systems with varying degrees of…
GM quells Corvette rumors: No mid-engine, maybe a hybrid [w/poll]
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept – Click above for a new high-res image gallery
Karl Stracke, General Motors VP of global engineering, has unequivocally denied the recent rumors about a mid-engine version of the next-generation Corvette with a…
Joan Claybrook claims flex-fuel Taurus can't run E85
Former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief and current head of Public Citizen Joan Claybrook has long been a thorn in the side of the auto-makers. Now in a follow-on to this earlier story about problems with flex-fuel Ford Tauruses…
BREAKING: Toyota and Tesla to partner on EV production in California
Tesla Model S – Click above for high-res image
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda held a joint press in Palo Alto, California to announce that the two companies would be collaborating on electric…
Audi provides some details on the Q7 hybrid
At the 2007 TechDay this week, Audi's Jörg Kerner provided some details on their upcoming Q7 Hybrid. The Q7 shares a platform with the VW Touareg and the Porsche Cayenne. Both of those will offer hybrid versions but it's not clear if those vehicles…
Report: Spyker last bidder GM considering for Saab… or is it?
To paraphrase the once great weekend update anchor Chevy Chase, “Generalissimo Saab is still dead” and appears likely to stay that way. Bloomberg reports that Spyker is the last bidder standing to pick up the Swedish brand from General Motors,…
Will the Escape loose out to the Tahoe hybrid among the candidates?
This past week Ford has been running ads touting the fact that their Escape Hybrids have been particularly popular among pandering presidential candidates in this extended campaign season. A big part of the allure of the Escape is surely due to the…