Category: Autoblog

Chery Motors first came to the worlds attention a few years ago when one of the first products, the QQ mini-car turned out to have a rather startling resemblance to the Daewoo Matiz which was being sold in China as the Chevy Spark. It turned out on…

In 2006, the American LeMans Series saw a dominating performance in their top LMP1 class from the diesel powered Audi R10s. For 2007 they have announced a partnership with the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC), to use ethanol blended…

Tesla Model S – c lick above for high-res image gallery
In the months leading up to the recent announcement that Tesla Motors would receive $465 million in low cost loans from the Department of Energy, we expressed some skepticism that the company…

Earlier this week some shots of a new long-bed HUMMER H2 pickup truck turned up online. It's not known if this truck is being planned for civilian sales or strictly for military use as the color scheme suggests. Whatever the case may be, our friend…

As was speculated several weeks ago, General Motors announced this morning that it will build a factory to manufacture lithium ion battery packs in Brownstown Township south of Detroit. The plant will produce the packs for the Chevrolet Volt and…

Audi Metroproject quattro concept – click above for high-res image gallery
A report out of Belgium is saying that Audi will begin series production of its new A1 mini-car in October following a public debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in October.…

Click above image to view AutoBlogGreen's coverage of the Smart US launch and a gallery of high-res images
AutoBlogGreen has information on the impending US market launch of the Smart ForTwo. Here's the gist: sub-$15,000 base price, three trim…

Click the Focus EV “mule” for a high res gallery
As Ford was getting ready to make its big announcement this week in Detroit that it would build and sell a battery electric car beginning in 2011, I got a call asking if I'd like to come down and drive…

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 – Click above for high-res image gallery
The full-on competition version of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is now officially available to order for race teams in preparation for the 2011 season. Mercedes-Benz will start…

In recent weeks there have been several safety related incidents during the development and testing of the new kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) that will be rolled out in Formula 1 in 2009. Teams are working along two different development…