Click the Fiesta for a high-res gallery
We got our first look at the production version of the 2009 Ford Fiesta a couple of weeks ago and most of you were overwhelmingly positive about it. The new Fiesta is coming to America in at least four-door…
Category: Autoblog
Audi CEO wants to bring the A1 to the US market
A production version of Audi's new A1 mini-car will be arriving in late 2009 and Audi CEO Rupert Stadler would like to see it exported to the US. The VW Golf-based A3 hasn't been a roaring success here but as gas prices continue to rise, Stadler…
Matsushita suspends LiIon battery production after fire at plant
Matsushita Battery Industrial Co has stopped production of lithium ion batteries at their plant near Osaka Japan after a fire at one of the two manufacturing lines. The line that had the fire makes batteries for laptop batteries while the adjacent…
BMW exports over one million vehicles from South Carolina factory
American automakers have long struggled to export U.S. made vehicles to overseas markets. BMW, on the other hand, has apparently had no such problem. After 15 years of building cars and SUVs in Spartanburg, South Carolina the company has now shipped…
Rendered speculation: Road&Track gives their take on Tesla Model S
The December issue of Road & Track should be turning up on magazine racks and in mailboxes momentarily including a segment on new and future cars. Parts of it have already turned up online including this rendering of what they think the Tesla Model S…
Glendale, CA and Clean Energy to build new CNG filling station
The city of Glendale, CA operates a fleet of compressed natural gas-fueled vehicles and now those vehicles will have access to a new fueling station. Clean Energy Fuels will be building a new CNG station that will also be accessible to the public…
First Formula Student Electric competition begins in Germany
The Formula SAE student design competition started by the Society of Automotive Engineers nearly 30 years ago enters a new phase this week with the start of the first Formula Student Electric competition in Germany. Like FSAE, the new contest…
eBay Find of the Day: “America, #^$% Yeah!” Edition 1996 Vector M12 has its timing all wrong
1996 Vector M12 – Click above for high-res image gallery
The definition of insanity is said to be doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Based on that description almost every person that has ever tried to start a new…
GM may be making announcements about alternative fuel programs at LA Auto show
General Motors chairman Rick Wagoner will be making a speech this Wednesday at the Los Angeles auto show and is expected to make some announcements about upcoming alternative fuel vehicles the company is working on. Apparently Wagoner isn't expected…
Woodward 2009: Google watching the watchers!
Google street view car watching the watchers – Click above for high-res image gallery
As we strolled down Woodward Ave. this morning shooting all the the wild and wacky machinery idling along, we spotted a little gray Chevy Cobalt on the opposite…