Tesla is now on its fourth CEO in just 12 months as the fledgling all-electric automaker has announced today that chief fund-raiser, architect and Chairman Elon Musk will take up the mantle from current CEO Ze'ev Drori. Early this morning Valleywag…

Alfa Romeo Giulietta – Click above for high-res image gallery
A strong C-segment (aka compact) vehicle platform has long been critical to the success of any automaker doing business outside of the United States. Increasingly, the same is becoming…

Rinspeed UC? – Click above for high-res image gallery
Swiss design studio Rinspeed has released the details on its annual Geneva Motor Show concept and it is once again electrically driven. Unlike the Lotus Elise-based amphibious Squba from two years…

Ballard fuel cell forklift – Click above for a high-res image gallery
Ballard Material Products has received the bulk of $6.2 million in Department of Energy funding for research work into fuel cell materials aimed at cutting the cost and improving…

Malibu Barbie VW New Beetle Convertible – click above for high-res gallery
We're in Wolfsburg, Germany right now for the launch drive of the 2010 Volkswagen Golf and we've just returned from a presentation at the company's design center with Walter…

2010 Volkswagen Golf – click above for high res image gallery
Several weeks ago someone stumbled across the web site for the 2010 Golf buried in the VW consumer site and we got a preview of the some of the details of the U.S.-spec MK VI model. VW has…

Prospective Chrysler partner Chery Automobile has unveiled their first hybrid model at the Beijing International Auto Exhibition. Based on the Google translation of the press release, the A5ISG (yet another model name that rolls right off the…

click the Hako concept for a high-res gallery
Apparently Scion got the message from fans of the first generation xA and xB when the replacements grew larger and heavier. Today they debuted a new concept called the Hako Coupe at the New York Auto…

Sometimes an advertising tag-line is so right, people remember it for decades. In the automotive realm, BMW's “Ultimate Driving Machine” and Cadillac's “Standard of the World” stand out and catch on. Apparently “excellence for all” didn't. The new ad…

Last spring at the Geneva Motor Show, Audi introduced the first diesel powered version of its TT sports car, but so far has they have given no indication that they will ever bring it to the US market. Over in Europe the TT TDI is rated at a combined…