Chrysler was the first Western automaker to set up shop in China a quarter century ago and now they may well be the first to bring Chinese made cars to the US market. As expected, today in Beijing Chrysler CEO Tom LaSorda and Chery Automobile Co.…

Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery
General Motors' recently hired vice-president for sales and marketing Joel Ewanick took the stage at the Plug-In 2010 conference in San Jose, CA today and finally revealed that the 2011…

On Wednesday June 13 Chrysler will be announcing a third plant to build its new generation Phoenix V-6 engines. In recent weeks, Chrysler has already broken ground on a new plant in Trenton, MI and announced plans to build a second plant in Saltillo…

With the new Lexus HS250h beginning to hit the streets in the coming months, Toyota's ever-expanding hybrid lineup will need parts. Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc. is stepping up to supply bits that include the motor/generators and transmissions. The new…

Swedish company AutoAdapt has rolled out its first battery-powered Fiat 500 at its factory near Gothenberg this week. Autoadapt is working with Alelion Batteries and Fiat to do series production of several Fiat models with electric drive. The company…

It's no secret that BMW, like many other automakers, is working on smaller three cylinder engines for its future products to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Some of those engines will go into the next generation of Mini products and the…

Daimler AG is setting up an electric drive research program with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) dubbed the e-drive Project House. The university and the automaker will combine work on all the elements of electric drive systems into the…

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It remains to be seen how serious Cerberus is about keeping Chrysler LLC going or if anyone else will step forward to take control of the Auburn Hills-based company. While the gang in the…

It looks like Mercedes won't be the only car-maker using urea injection to help their diesel engines meet tough new US emissions standards. The problem that all car-makers have with diesels is nitrogen oxide emissions. In order to minimize unburned…

2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid – Click above for high-res gallery
At the LA Auto Show in November, Ford unveiled the updated 2010 Fusion and its hybrid stablemate to considerable fanfare. When we got the chance to drive the Fusion a month later we came…