Over the past week, Bob Boniface has been doing a lot of talking about the Chevy Volt and Tuesday afternoon he'll be at it again. For those who may not recognize the name, Boniface is the director of the E-Flex Design Studio at GM which includes…

For those Americans who are still employed and have to drive to work every day, the continuing low pump prices for gasoline have been a boon. The current national average of $2.68 a gallon for regular is equivalent to an inflation-adjusted $1.01 per…

While non-GM hybrids are selling as fast as companies can build them here in the U.S., buyers in India have yet to be able to sample the dual drive vehicles. That's all about to change as Honda's Indian venture, Honda Siel Cars India, is about to…

Last October, Honda opened a new Environmental Learning Center (ELC) at their Rider Education Center (REC), near Atlanta, GA. Honda's first ERC opened in Colton, CA in 2001. The two centers are designed to provide off-road riding instruction and…

At a technical briefing on the new Porsche Panamera this week in Germany, Wolfgang Dürheimer, EVP of Research and Development at Porsche talked about additional powertrains and CO 2 reductions. On the question of downsizing engines for its cars,…

On Tuesday a new joint Hybrid Development Center officially opened in Troy, MI. General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, and BMW have contributed more than 500 engineers, technicians and other support staff to the facility that will work on developing the…

Marathon Petroleum wants to expand capacity at its Detroit refinery and is prepared to spend $ 1 billion to do it. The project would create 135 permanent jobs in the city of Detroit (which desperately needs them) along with 1,200 temporary…

Click on the CERV III Corvette for a high-res gallery of the Heritage Center Corvettes
In a nondescript looking building on a side street somewhere north of the General Motors Technical Center, there is a facility that few people outside of GM know…

Many European cities, including most prominently Paris and Copenhagen, have large bicycle sharing programs. The programs offer bicycles that are parked at stations all over the city that people can use either for free or a small charge whenever they…

A Toledo, Ohio-area mechanic is claiming to have a miracle breakthrough originally conceived by his grandfather more than 60 years ago. The development has supposedly been installed on Doug Pelmear's 1987 Ford Mustang and allows it to achieve…