Over on General Motors' Europe “Driving Conversations” blog, VP John Smith has posted an update on the company's negotiations to sell a majority stake in Opel and Vauxhall. Although no final decision has been made yet, it's looking increasingly…

According to a Reuters report from Tokyo, Nissan will finally enter the hybrid market with a completely self-developed vehicle in 2010. Currently Nissan isn't selling any hybrids although they have a hybrid Altima coming in 2007. The Altima will be…

Lexus CT 200h aerodynamics – Click above for high-res image gallery
Aerodynamic performance is getting increasingly important for every new vehicle as automakers strive to improve fuel efficiency and reduce noise. That's especially true for hybrid…

As usual when the status quo changes, there are those who lose out during the transition. When the self-propelled automobile took hold in the early twentieth century, the buggy whip and saddle manufacturers felt the pain. However, where you find…

Ricardo Bazzarella and his partner Akos Toth founded Hymotion only two years ago. In that time they have developed a conversion kit for retrofitting Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes to plug-in hybrid capability and were bought by A123 Systems last…

The Swedish oil company Statoil is currently selling E85 ethanol at 170 of their gas stations throughout Sweden, a number which should increase to 260 by the end of 2007. Last year they sold 5.2 million gallons of E85, an increase of 270 percent…

Gale Banks has been building outrageously powerful engines for almost half a century now and in the past two decades he has turned most of his efforts toward diesels. Back in the late eighties, Banks Engineering actually built and supplied the…

USCAR, the United States Council for Automotive Research – a consortium of GM, Ford and Chrysler, has just issued a new standard for high voltage wiring and connectors in hybrid and electric cars. The existing standards only covered conventional…

Lotus Evora S – Click above for high-res image gallery
The Paris Motor Show in just over a month is shaping up to the be one of the biggest shows for Lotus in many decades. While the highlight is expected to be a new supercar successor to the…

2011 BMW 5 Series – Click above for high-res image gallery
Late last month, BMW officially revealed its next generation 5 series sedan in Munich and the opening salvo of powertrains includes the usual array of gas and diesel six- and eight-cylinder…