Over the past three decades, Gordon Murray has produced some of the most innovative and radical designs ever created in Formula One and on the road. From the Brabham BT46B “fan car” to the BT55 with a BMW four-cylinder laid flat on it's side, each…
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Saudis invest in silicon nanowires, trying to bury battery breakthrough?
All right everyone, it's time to warm up your conspiracy theories. Back in December we reported on a potential breakthrough in battery technology from Stanford University's Professor Yi Cui. Dr. Cui developed a silicon nanowire material for use in…
Tesla may get into the gas station business
When AutoblogGreen interviewed Tesla Motors CEO Martin Eberhard a couple of months ago, Martin emphasized that they were intent on creating a sustainable business out of building sustainable mobility cars. With Job 1 for the Roadster coming in a few…
LA Preview: Mercedes to show ML450 hybrid, new F-Cell
2010 Mercedes Benz ML450 hybrid – click above for high-res image gallery
The new Mercedes-Benz ML450 is available for lease starting this week here in the U.S., but it will be making its auto show debut in production form in Los Angeles the week…
Europe scales back crop biofuels requirements
Support for crop-based biofuels is falling in many parts of the world, including Europe. When the European Commission proposed that 10 percent of road transport fuel should come from renewable sources by 2020 it didn't specify what types of renewable…
Geneva '08 Preview: Toyota to show production version of iQ microcar
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Last September at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Toyota unveiled a tiny city car concept called the iQ. Next month in Geneva the iQ will be making a return engagement, only this time around in production form. The iQ heading to…
New York Times writer opposes DOE loans for Tesla
A bit of an online dust up has sprung up between the New York Times' Randall Stross and Jason Calacanis. Stross published a column the other day opposing Tesla Motors' application for low interest loans from the Department of Energy under the…
Honda Insight tops European hybrid sales chart
2010 Honda Insight – Click above for high-res image gallery
Honda's new Insight may be falling short of sales expectations so far here in the U.S., but apparently it's doing OK thus far in Europe. Honda of Europe is reporting that, during its first…
Black Pro-Stock Challenger to debut at Detroit Autorama this weekend
if you're a Mopar fan and you're in the Detroit area this weekend from March 9-11, you might want to swing by Cobo Hall and check out the Detroit Autorama. Chrysler will be debuting another special version of the Dodge Challenger, this time in a…
Hungry for a snack? How about a Prius?
Everybody needs a snack sometimes, so you might as well at least have something good for you. Eco-planet makes a line of organic cookies that come in a variety of shapes, one of which looks vaguely like a certain hybrid, a favorite of many of our…