Petro-Canada and their partners in Fort Hills Energy L.P. are moving ahead with engineering and design work on a new oil-sands development in northern Alberta that could ultimately cost $25 billion. If construction of the new facility is approved…

Volvo C30 BEV prototype – click above for high res image gallery
We were already aware that Volvo has been working on a plug-in hybrid version of its compact C30 for some time with the intent of introducing a production model in 2012. In Frankfurt…

Carbon dioxide and other emissions resulting from combustion are hardly the only problems associated with the use of petroleum in engines. The moving metal parts on the inside of an engine need lubrication to prevent them from grinding to a halt.…

Fairfax County, Virginia is joining in with other municipalities like the city of Berkeley, California and adding plug-in hybrids to their vehicle fleet. Fairfax already has some conventional hybrids in use and last week, they took delivery of their…

On their third try the US Senate finally passed the new energy bill this evening. After stripping out all the tax provisions the bill easily passed 86-8 in the Senate. Following the vote the White House announced that President Bush would sign the…

Earlier this week, after the groundbreaking for Chrysler's new axle plant near Marysville, Michigan, company spokesman David Elshoff spoke to the Worldwide Automotive Report. The new axles to be built at the plant are designed to help improve the…

During his keynote speech to the Society of Automotive Analysts Outlook conference in Detroit this morning, Tesla CEO Elon Musk also dropped a few hints about the Model S. Most of the work on the Model S is on hold until Tesla gets its house in…

2011 Audi Q7 – Click above for high-res image gallery
When the refreshed 2011 Audi Q7 arrives in the U.S. market this fall, it will feature some powertrain updates for better efficiency. While the American-market Q7s won't get the reworked 3.0-liter…

Most of the focus on cleaning up emissions from cars has been on cleaning up the stuff coming from the tail pipe. However, one thing that is common to all cars is that ” new car smell”. One of the sources of that smell is the volatile organic…

2011 Nissan Leaf – Click above for high-res image gallery
Like Chevrolet's limited roll out plans for the Volt, Nissan will be making the Leaf electric car available on a gradual basis in the markets where it thinks it will best fit. On of the first…