2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery
It's long been presumed that the Chevrolet Volt (and its Opel/Vauxhall Ampera twin) would not be the only car rolling out of General Motors' Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant after late…
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2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Street edition arrives in January
2010 VW Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition – Click above for high-res image gallery
When we were in Germany last month for the launch of the 2010 Golf, VW product planner Andres Valbuena told us that a special street replica of the Jetta TDI Cup race car…
Union contract reveals dates and locations of Volt and Alpha production
The Holden Torana concept might provide a hint of the Alpha platform
After the UAW leadership sat down with regional and local leaders in Detroit on Friday to review the tentative agreement with GM, a list of future plant assignments was leaked. Part…
Audi begins deliveries of R8 LMS evolution to Euro race teams
2010 Audi R8 LMS evolution – Click above for high-res image gallery
2009 proved to be a very successful opening campaign for Audi's new customer race car, the R8 LMS. Eight cars were sold to a variety of teams and between them, the cars won 23 races…
Consumer Reports rightly ponders specific fuel consumption
I've written in this space on previous occasions about the reality of specific fuel consumption (the amount of fuel needed to produce a given amount of power) in modern cars. While the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards have remained static for…
BREAKING: General Motors to work more closely with A123 on LiIon batteries
Bob Lutz and A123 CEO Dave Vieau
General Motors Vice Chairman is announcing this morning that the company will now start working directly with A123 Systems on lithium ion battery technology. Up until now A123 has been what is known as a tier 2…
Mazda MX-5 to celebrate 20th birthday at Le Mans
Mazda MX-5's 20th Anniversary at LeMans – Click above for a high-res image gallery
It's hard to believe it's been two decades since Mazda first showed the world how to build a classic British sports car right. The roadster known as the Miata and MX-5…
Ask Autoblog: Why doesn't my guzzler qualify as a clunker?
We've been hearing plenty of horror stories this past week about people trying and failing to trade in their vehicles under the Cash for Clunkers program. We recently received an e-mail from a reader named Rex asking about his particular case.…
Study: algae biofuels not the easy, green biofuel answer – yet
Over the last several years, algae has been seen as the great green hope to make biofuels a truly viable option that wouldn't affect food supplies. In part, this is because algae has the potential to yield up to 100 times as much fuel per acre as soy…
Ze'ev Drori offers up another Tesla production update
Over on the Tesla blog, company CEO Ze'ev Drori has posted another production update for all you fans of the Roadster. Some time back, Tesla made the decision that the Roadsters would be shipped from the Lotus factory in England as gliders –…