Category: Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the Fisker Karma S
Developing and building cars costs money, a lot of it. The only people who think otherwise have never actually tried to do it. Any startup business is tough to get going, but one as capital…

Volkswagen Milano Taxi concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
Volkswagen is unveiling a new compact battery-powered taxi concept called the Milano at the Hanover Trade Show in Germany this week. The styling draws heavily on the Space Up!…

Chrysler had three of their trademark show-biz press conferences at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week. Following the final one AutoblogGreen spoke to Chrysler Advanced Technology Communication spokesman Nick Cappa about…

It looks the the Jeep Wrangler Ultimate won't be the only Pentastar vehicle powered by a Chrysler 392 HEMI crate engine at SEMA this year. Although Chrysler had a preview early last week of most of the vehicles they will be displaying at SEMA, they…

Hyundai's mid-size Sonata is due for a refresh in about a year, and a sharp-eyed observer with a camera has captured a shot of the new interior. The design looks considerably more upscale than the present setup, which is great considering how bland…

With the first occupants set to move into Toyota's new Technical Center just south of Ann Arbor, MI just a few weeks from now, the company is hoping to get it certified as a “green” building. Toyota constructed the facility on the site of the former…

Plug-in electric vehicles obviously aren't very common right now but if they do become widespread the stability of the electrical grid could become a major issue. Although analysts expect most EVs to be plugged in at night when electrical demand is…

IC Corporation is the largest manufacturer of commercial and school buses in North America. If you live anywhere that has schools and school buses you have almost undoubtedly seen their products. At the BusCon Expo in Chicago, IC is launching their…

A Tesla Roadster has spotted on the road in the vicinity of Hethel, England, which should come as no surprise to anyone. Hethel is the home of Lotus Cars, who are going to be building the Roadsters for Tesla, and are assisting with a lot of the…

In a move sure to cause consternation among the tinfoil hat/black helicopter types, Fiat and Microsoft are teaming up for a new feature called EcoDrive. The Italian carmaker and the software company already have an electronic communication system…