Category: Autoblog

German testing and certification company TÜV NORD Group has recognized Volkswagen for its development of the TSI engine family. The TSI engines were one of the first widespread applications of engine downsizing through direct injection and…

Siry and the Tesla Roadster
The executive churn at Tesla Motors continues today as SVP of Marketing and Sales, Darryl Siry has resigned. In a posting on his personal blog, Siry cited “disagreements in strategy” as his reason for leaving. When…

Click the image to see a gallery of high-res live and studio shots of the new Magnum
With some assistance from NASCAR driver Elliot Sadler, Dodge unveiled the facelifted 2008 Magnum SRT-8 at the Detroit Auto Show today. Externally, the main…

Click the Panamera interior for a high res gallery
Porsche will publicly show its new Panamera four door for the first time at the Shanghai Motor Show in April and put it on sale in the U.S. in October. When it launches, it will be the first Porsche…

AutoblogGreen has been following the history of North Carolina-based Hybrid Technologies for several years now, and we've been dubious of the company's status for some time. When we talked to company representatives at the 2008 New York Auto Show, we…

Click on the photo for a gallery of high-res images of the Hybrid-X Concept
Today at the Geneva Motor Show Toyota unveiled the Hybrid-X concept, which is supposed to give the world a hint at the new design language for future Toyota hybrid vehicles.…

As part of the recent battery technology briefing at the General Motors Technical Center, the attendees were taken on a tour of the hybrid battery test lab. Our group was taken through by lab manager Doug Drauch, who gave us an overview of the…

When it comes to using hydrogen as a fuel, one of the big issues is on-board storage. Most companies working on hydrogen application for cars are using compressed hydrogen gas because they don't have to deal with the issue of keeping the gas at cold…

Mercedes-Benz BlueEfficiency Sprinter – click above for high res image gallery
Over the past year, Mercedes-Benz has been rolling out high mileage BlueEfficiency versions of several passenger car models and has now expanded the eco-tweaks to their…

At last week's Automotive News Green Car Conference, Brian Carolin, senior vice president for sales and marketing at Nissan acknowledged that extended range electric vehicles ( EVs) could eventually join the pure battery electric Leaf in the marque's…