Thanks to Ford's poor financial health, there has been all kinds of speculation about alliances it could make with other carmakers. Toyota has been at the top of that list ever since CEO Alan Mulally paid the automaker a visit in Japan shortly after…

Over the past year, Americans have significantly scaled back the number of miles they drive as gas prices have hit record levels. Cutting back the miles and parking the car, does not however mean that you should completely ignore some simple…

In many parts of the world cities are filled rickshaws of multiple varieties taking passengers from one place to another. Traditionally rickshaws were pulled by young lads trying to earn a buck. But with the advent of the motor scooter, many…

Click the Civic hybrid for a high-res gallery
Toyota may have been the first automaker to bring a mass produced gas-electric hybrid to market overall, but Honda was the first to hit the road in the US with the Insight in late 1999. The insight wasn't…

The Spallino family along with FCX Chief Engineers Yozo Kami and Sachito Fujimoto.
During the recent Honda FCX event at Laguna Seca, Honda invited the Spallino family of Redondo Beach, California along as special guests. Jon Spallino is the world's…

Grafitti has long been the scourge of building owners and municipal officials everywhere. Sometimes graffiti is actually really great urban art. But often it is just vandalism. Now there is a third category. English artist Paul “Moose” Curtis devised…

Chief Scientist and Technologist of Energy Conversion Devices Stanford Ovshinsky is retiring from the company he started with his wife Iris in 1960. As of August 31, Ovshinsky will no longer be an active employee for the first time in forty-seven…

Aston Martin finally took the wraps off the first completed One-77 this past weekend at the Concorso d'Eleganza on the shores of Lake Como and came away with the top design prize at the event. Aston Martin CEO Dr Ulrich Bez was on hand to show off…

It looks like New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to reduce the congestion in Manhattan by introducing a congestion charge has hit a pothole in the state capitol. The state Senate didn't vote on the proposal once it became clear there wasn't…

2011 Ford Mondeo – Click above for high-res image gallery
Ford of Europe has dropped the first official photos of the refreshed 2011 Mondeo, along with some details on the mechanical updates. The only substantive visual change is a reshaped front…