Category: Autoblog

VPSI is a company that's been providing third party van pooling services since 1977 and now they are expanding into Atlanta and Houston. Groups who start new van-pool groups in those cities in January 2007 will be getting a discount of up to $500 on…

We all know that few people ever achieve the mileage displayed on their window sticker particularly if they drive a hybrid. The Toyota Prius is rated at 55mpg but a group of Japanese drivers have managed to get more, much more, than that. A Japanese…

Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid prototype – click above for high-res image gallery
We had a chance for a quick drive of a development prototype for Buick's upcoming plug-in hybrid crossover this week at the GM proving ground. The prototype was still…

BMW is certainly no fan of the new corporate average fuel economy regulations and for the most part the new fifth generation 7-series debuting this fall is a big middle finger salute to the whole premise. Nonetheless, BMW is incorporating some…

Nissan Leaf – Click above for high-res image gallery
Many car buyers refuse to purchase new cars for one important reason: With a few very rare exceptions, new cars will lose a significant chunk of their initial value the moment you drive them off…

2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 Sedan – Click above for high-res image gallery
After a decade at the top of the U.S. luxury vehicle sales charts, Lexus may soon be unseated by the previous leader, Mercedes-Benz, as well as BMW. While Lexus sales have been…

GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has just up a new blog post describing his first drive in the first functional Chevy Volt mule. The official terminology is “engineering development vehicle” but the engineers all refer to them as mules. That's because like…

Click on the image to go check out the gallery of high-res photos of the interior and exterior of the Volt concept
Wade Bryant is the manager of the team that was responsible for the interior design of the Chevy Volt concept at GM. Bryant spoke to…

When Zap announced plans for a new high performance electric three wheeler called the Alias earlier this summer, they indicated that it would arrive before the even more vaporous Zap-X, sometime in 2008. If you were saving your pennies for this…

After recent speculation that Tesla Motors would be launching European sales earlier than planned, VP Darryl Siry confirmed the news today. Apparently the combination of the declining dollar and a change in European homologation rules has prompted…