Category: Autoblog

China has been moving aggressively to wean itself from reliance on petroleum both because of terrible pollution problems in the big cities like Beijing an Shanghai and because it has few domestic petroleum reserves. Recently the Chinese government…

A couple of weeks ago during Ford's 2008 model preview, product development chief Derrick Kuzak informed us that the twin-force technology that debuted on the Lincoln MKR concept would be rolled out to a whole range of four- and six-cylinder engines…

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Honda's S2000 developed a reception as a great handling sports car over the past decade. Unfortunately for fans of torque, its high-revving four cylinder was found severely lacking. One S2000 owner has…

In a new survey conducted by Opinion Research Corporation, 78 percent of Americans from across the political spectrum favor raising fuel economy standards to 40 mpg. The results range from 70 percent of Republicans to 84 percent of Democrats in…

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Several months ago word started circulating that Saab was working on a new crossover that would share a platform with a similar vehicle from Cadillac. We still haven't seen the Cadillac but spy photos of a mule…

The promised fourth variant of the MINI is coming soon, likely at the 50th anniversary celebration this August. This new, larger crossover is getting closer to production and that means it needs to go through the now de rigueur prove out on that…

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Daimler AG and German utility RWE are teaming up for what they are calling the largest electric car field test in the world. The “e-mobility Berlin” project will see Daimler deploy a fleet of over 100…

Come 2013, we know that BMW will launch a sub-brand called Megacity that will consist of battery electric vehicles aimed at urban use. We have no real idea what the first Megacity car will look like, but someone has taken a crack at trying to figure…

It's been a few months since Darryl Siry walked away from the top sales and marketing job at Tesla Motors. In the interim he's been working on some new projects which have just been revealed. Late last week, he announced that he is joining Peppercom…

Things are looking up for Azure Dynamics these days. After inking a deal to help Ford with the development and production of the Transit Connect BEV next year, the company has a new order for its hybrid delivery vans. FedEx has signed up to take on…