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Several months ago, Volvo revealed a demonstration prototype of a plug-in hybrid car based on the current V70 wagon. Today, the Swedish brand announced that it would start…

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Since the mid-1970s, Ford's entry-level model in Europe has been sold bearing the Fiesta badge, but that will likely soon change. The new next generation car will be coming to the U.S. market in 2009 and…

Ford is expanding their flex-fuel E-85 activities to the Escape hybrid by delivering twenty examples to fleet users. The flex-fuel Escape is the first hybrid vehicle to have E85 capability. The first three E85 Escapes are going to the Department of…

California Attorney General Jerry Brown has decided to pursue a lawsuit started last fall by his predecessor Bill Lockyer. The lawsuit accuses automakers of creating a public nuisance by emitting excessive amounts of greenhouse gases. Brown wants to…

We reported the other day that Audi was planning to introduce a hybrid version of the Q7 SUV next year. The hybrid power-train was co-developed with corporate partners Volkswagen and Porsche. The Q7s platform mates the Touareg, and Cayenne will both…

General Motors still hasn't announced whether the factory GT1 Corvette C6Rs will be return to the American Le Mans Series in 2008, but there will be 'Vettes on the grid next year. Riley Technologies is building a pair of GT2 C6 Corvettes that will be…

While Suzuki no longer sells two-door versions of the Grand Vitara SUV in the North American market they are still available overseas. The UK market is now getting a new diesel engine for the two door variant supplied by Renault. The 1.9L four…

At the Paris Motor Show, General Motors Product guru Bob Lutz, confirmed to reporters that the next generation Opel Corsa will in fact come to the US market. Unfortunately since Opel just introduced a redesigned Corsa in Europe that is not designed…

The San Jose Mercury News did an interview last week with Tesla Motors chairman Elon Musk. Musk made his fortune by founding PayPal and Zip2 and now he wants to change the world. He has personally kicked in $30 million of his own money to the Tesla…

Toyota may be on top of the world right now having the brought the first practical modern hybrid cars to production and selling more hybrids than anyone else, but that doesn't mean they are in the lead on everything green car related. They just…