Category: Autoblog

With oil prices hovering around $130/barrel this week, the obvious question is how high can the price go. There are plenty of factors that affect the price of oil including possibly waning supplies, increasing demand and, of course, speculation.…

2011/2012 Hyundai Sonata wagon – Click above for high-res image gallery
We recently published some renderings of what a station wagon variant of the new Hyundai Sonata might look like, and we now have our first actual photos of the real thing…

2011 Honda Performance Development 2.8-liter turbo V6 – Click above to enlarge
Earlier this week, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest announced revised technical regulations that will go into effect for the 2011 season. Much like the current American Le…

Click the Smart for a high-res gallery from the Ann Arbor stop of the roadshow
Smart USA has officially announced the pricing and on sale date for the new ForTwo. The car will be available in three trim levels with the entry level pure coupe starting…

(Editor's Note: don't miss Parts One, Two and Three of this review)
In the time that the Focus FCV was in the AutoBlogGreen garage, it was exposed to a number of people who have never seen it up close before. Several friends and neighbors were shown…

At the New York Auto Show last week we had our first opportunity to actually go for a drive in one of Ford's new plug-in hybrid Escapes. Last year Ford announced a partnership with Southern California Edison to build and test twenty plug-in hybrid…

When the subject of algae comes up in relation to biofuels, it's usually concerning biodiesel. That's because algae are very high in oil content. However, one of the main reasons for interest in algae is that it grows fast and consumes a significant…

At the coming out party for the new ZR1 Corvette last week at Milford Proving Grounds, General Motors decided to bring out a handful of ZR-1s (note the dash to distinguish it from the new model) from the first go around in the early '90s to remind us…

Tesla Motors Chairman Elon Musk has a new post up on the company blog about the thinking behind the new Tesla stores. Martin Eberhard touched on the retail plans when we talked recently, and Elon goes more in depth. He describes the goal as a cross…

The US Defense Department has a number of initiatives in progress to try and reduce the armed forces' dependence on oil. This is for both political and tactical reasons. When many of the primary sources of your supplies cannot be counted among your…