After twenty days on the road John and Helen Taylor have completed their journey around America and earned a new entry in the Guinness book of world records. After 9,419 miles through 48 states, the Taylors consumed just over 11 tanks of ultra low…

General Motors has announced that Michael Robinson will be its new vice president responsible for Environment, Energy and Safety Policy. That means Robinson will be GM's chief advocate on most of the policies determined by the federal government.…

The Saturn Aura Green Line with the mild hybrid system that will be in the Malibu
Cobasys has announced that they are expanding their supply of hybrid vehicle batteries to General Motors to include the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu hybrid. The Malibu will…

While European manufacturers like Peugeot and Fiat are not thrilled by the latest weight-based CO2 emissions limit proposals, the same cannot be said for Audi CEO Rupert Stadler. Given that Audi's lineup, much like those of fellow Germans Mercedes…

click above image for new live shots of the 2008 Cadillac CTS
While Damon was lucky enough to get an early shot at driving the brand-new 2008 Cadillac CTS on Laguna Seca last month, the rest of us had to wait until GM showed off its 2008 collection…

India's Tata Motors wants to build the Model T for the 21st century with a $2,500 “peoples” car (or, we could call it the Volks Car, or something). The problem is that even with a nascent private auto market, Indian cities already have major traffic…

The National Hydrogen Association Meeting is coming up this week in San Antonio, Texas and QuantumSphere will be making a presentation about a new breakthrough in hydrogen electrolysis. QSI makes nano metals and will be a announcing a new…

Since it began in the late nineties, the American Le Mans Series has made an effort to reach out to fans. One of the more popular activities during ALMS weekends is the grid walkthrough. They bring the cars out to the grid one hour before the green…

While Toyota CEO Katsuaki Watanabe was in Tokyo talking up plans to start production of lithium ion batteries at the Panasonic EV Energy joint venture late next year, an American Toyota Exec was dampening expectations for the PHEVs in Washington.…

Battery developer Altairnano has teamed up with Aerovironment, Micro-Vett SPA and Go Green Holding AS to demonstrate an electrified Fiat Doblo in Oslo, Norway. The Fiat is powered by of Altairnano's 18 kWh lithium titanate battery packs and is…