Category: Autoblog

The reality of hydrogen as an energy carrier for transportation remains a painfully slow development, particularly the distribution of H 2. The total number of publicly-accessible hydrogen stations in the United States remains in the few dozen range.…

Apparently, some people think that $83,000 just isn't enough money to spend on a new Escalade. That's the sticker on the Platinum edition of the big Caddy SUV. The marketing department has decided the truck needed to move closer to 6 figures to be…

Following last week's announcement by Toyota that it would recall several hundred thousand units of the 2010 Prius and Lexus HS250h to update the brake control software, there have been numerous questions about how these systems work. Vehicles with…

Channel 4 in Britain is reporting that one of the vehicles that Volkswagen will be showing in Geneva in a couple of weeks is a diesel hybrid version of the Golf. Although VW has been experimenting with various hybrid powertrains since at least the…

2010 Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery
Mercedes-Benz has confirmed that the S400 hybrid won't remain the only efficiency minded member of the S-Class family for long. The S350 Bluetec will be coming to the U.S. market…

Everyone knows that commuting around Los Angeles can be largely a matter of hurry up and wait thanks to the insane number of vehicles on the road. So you might think that the man responsible for mass transit and traffic in LA would set an example by…

In Paris today, Citroën revealed a new concept called the GTbyCITROEN. Reportedly inspired by a car in the Gran Turismo 5 racing game, the GT lives up to the peculiar standards of a brand that is considered an oddball even by French standards.…

This September at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Mercedes' baby roadster, the SLK, is expected to receive a mid-cycle refresh. Judging by these spy shots, reportedly taken in Stuttgart, the exterior changes will be pretty subtle, with the nose area around…

2010 Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery
When pondering the idea of any near-$100,000 hybrid luxury sedan, one has to wonder, “What's the point?” The only hybrids that sell in any significant numbers are the Toyota…

While General Motors recently announced plans to shutter four factories that had been building pickup trucks and SUVs, Ford may announce as soon as this week plans to shift some of its own truck plants to building smaller cars. Ford already decided…