Category: Autoblog

Mitsubishi has added a new corporate tag-line, but unfortunately it doesn't really roll of the tongue the way Mazda's Zoom-Zoom does. According to Mitsubishi, the Drive@earth line is meant to represent two things. The first is the company's heritage…

Click on the Gallardo SuperLegerra for a high-res gallery of exotics at the NY Auto Show
One of the highlights of any auto show are the cars that most people rarely get to see on the road in real life, unless you happen to live someplace like Newport…

Click above for a high-res shot of Active Park Assist in action
Admit it, you've embarrassed yourself at some point trying to parallel park. It's like they say about drivers at Indianapolis: There are those who have hit the wall, and those who will.…

We've never heard of EcoloCap before, but the company is claiming a major breakthrough in battery technology. The Barrington, IL battery maker claims to have developed a carbon-nanotube lithium battery that uses much smaller quantities of lithium in…

Electric Utility Florida Power and Light (FPL) has signed a deal with Azure Dynamics to test one of Azure's hybrid shuttle buses. The parallel hybrid vehicle will be used by FPL to evaluate the potential savings and environmental benefits of the…

Police detectives in Indianapolis will soon be tooling around to crime scenes using considerably less fuel. The city has purchased 85 Toyota Camry Hybrids for use by the department. The cars won't be used for pursuit purposes since, frankly, any…

With the EURO-V emissions regulations coming into full effect this year, Mercedes Benz has updated the engine lineup for its big Sprinter vans. The Sprinter uses a range of four cylinder and V6 diesel engines all with common rail injection systems…

Click the new Vue Green Line for high-res images
When GM introduced the previous generation Saturn Vue Green Line in 2006, it was the General's first crack at a production hybrid. While the old Vue was nothing to write home about, the mild hybrid…

2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery
Would you like to be one of the lucky few to drive a Chevrolet Volt before its on-sale date late this year? Would you like to drive it amongst the engineers working to make it a reality at…

One of the hot battery companies in the electric vehicle space right now is A123 systems. They just announced another round of venture funding of $40 million, bringing their total so far to $102 million.
The main investor this time was General…