Category: Autoblog

The folks are UK magazine CAR got the opportunity to spend some quality time with the Mitsubishi i-EV recently and they came away preferring it to the conventional gas-powered version. The electric car that looks somewhat like a four-door Smart has…

When the American Le Mans Series held their annual winter open test session at Sebring last week a newcomer showed up for the party. Peugeot brought over one of the 908 HDi diesel race cars that dominated the Le Mans racing series in Europe in 2007.…

The other day Mike wrote a bout Global Green offering a fleet of environmentally friendlier vehicles to shuttle the glitterati to the red-carpet shooting gauntlet, at the Oscars. Reader Tormod wrote in to tell us of a regular car service known as…

One week into the big Mercedes-Benz diesel marathon from Paris to Beijing, the fleet of 36 E320s have completed the first leg by arriving in St. Petersburg, Russia. The team of drivers will be replaced by a whole new group for the second leg going on…

The International Panel on Climate Change has reached consensus on a report that gives a very dire warning on climate change. Over 2,500 scientists have converged for the conference to approve a report that will provide guidance to governments on how…

It's Monday afternoon and you know what that means. It's time to submit your questions for this week's podcast. We've got a list of topics to discuss below, starting with a supercar question to get our resident curmudgeon warmed up. Got a question…

Click above for high-res gallery of the Audi Q7 V12 TDI
Audi may not have any current plans to offer the monster R8 V12 TDI it showed in Detroit to consumers, but that doesn't mean the 12-cylinder oil burner is going to waste. We first saw Audi's 6L…

GMC Denali XT concept – click above for high-res image gallery
General Motors has reportedly cancel plans for a new unibody mid-sized pickup truck after finding it wouldn't get much better fuel economy than existing body-on-frame designs. In early…

Click the i-Blue for a high-res gallery
Hyundai is showing off their first dedicated fuel cell design concept this week at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The i-Blue features Hyundai's latest in-house developed fuel cell stack, sending electricity to a…

Over the next few years, Renault is planning a complete revamp of its powertrain lineup in an effort to cut CO 2 emissions. The updates will affect both gas and diesel engines, transmissions as well as advancing electric drive systems. Renault wants…