In New York City the Metropolitan Transit Authority has started testing a new hybrid bus, but this one is different from existing models. Rather than using a conventional diesel engine and parallel hybrid setup, this one is a series hybrid. The bus…

We told you a few days ago that the city of Vancouver, British Columbia was considering mandating the installation of electrical vehicle charging ports in new parking garages. The city council has now voted unanimously to approve the plan. Going…

Nissan Leaf EV – Click above for high-res image gallery
The Nissan Leaf is the first of the new batch of electric vehicles to reveal its new sound meant that alerts pedestrians to its presence. However, while advocates for the blind are pleased with…

AutoblogGreen got a call from Ford this afternoon to let us know about a special new project they are working on. The team behind the HySeries Drive Edge is teaming up with Ohio State University to create a special fuel cell powered Fusion. This fall…

2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery
General Motors has provided another of its regular updates on the development of the Chevrolet Volt, focusing on its battery and powertrain. With a little over six months to go until the…

By comparison, the power in the WRX comes on almost instantly. As soon as you tickle the right pedal and ease out the clutch, the WRX leaps off the line. Driving around in any gear, as long as you're not lugging the engine, the WRX just feels much…

As Frankfurt is the biggest auto show in the world, it seems only fitting that with only three weeks to go before show time the press embargoes should start breaking. Actual photographs of the new Ford Fiesta concept scanned from a German magazine…

In this era of automakers on the brink of extinction, it's worth recalling that car companies going belly up is not a new phenomenon. Henry Ford himself started up two other brands that failed before Ford Motor Co. finally caught on. Start-up…

Speculation about Ferrari building a sedan has repeatedly cropped up over the past couple decades, and Ferrari denies it every time it does. As Aston Martin, Porsche and now Lamborghini have been working on four-door cars lately, the idea that…

The crew at British magazine CAR have more details on the configuration of the new Porsche Cayenne hybrid that's due in 2009 and even got a chance to drive it. Porsche has some lofty targets for the fuel efficiency improvement with their hybrid setup…