Toyota is expected to debut the final production version of its iQ super-min next month at the Paris Motor Show, one year after showing the original concept at Frankfurt. The production iQ is expected to get a 1.0L gas engine to move it along but the…

In the early to mid-nineties, Australia's Orbital Engine Corp was very popular in the auto industry. They had developed an innovative pneumatic direct fuel injection system that was paired up with two-stroke engines. Several of the big automakers (…

Converted Saturn SC1 EV – click above for high-res image gallery
Is the mass retrofitting of older vehicles the solution to a rapid transformation to an electrified vehicle fleet? Felix Kramer, founder of Cal Cars, certainly thinks so. The problem…

Tuesday night the PBS science program NOVA will feature an Earth Day look at “the Car of the Future.” WGBH, the Boston PBS station that produces NOVA sent us an advance copy of the show to take a look at. Tom and Ray Magliozzi, who are perhaps better…

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If you're in the market for a truly off-road capable, mid-sized SUV with great towing capability that gets better-than-expected fuel economy, Chrysler has just made it a little easier on your wallet. They have…

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As suspected from some recent spy photos Chrysler's ENVI group has continued to work on the car that first appeared last fall as the DodgeEV. The car that was nothing more than a Lotus Europa with an…

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SmartUSA is hitting the road starting this month to introduce America to the Smart ForTwo in advance of the sales launch early next year. The US distributor will have three teams trekking to fifty…

Toyota Prius PHEV – Click above for high-res image gallery
With all the bad news about Toyota recently, it's about time for something a bit more positive. Toyota is in the process of deploying a fleet of several hundred plug-in Priuses in Japan,…

It looks like General Motors is going to move forward with production of new turbocharged 1.4L four cylinder engines next year and best of all we'll get them in some U.S. models. Last summer at GM's annual powertrain technology showcase, the company…

Ford has seen the writing on the wall for sales of the Expedition and Lincoln Navigator full-size SUVs. Both vehicles are built at the Michigan Truck Plant in Wayne, MI and sales of both have tanked this year. With gas at $4/gallon 37 percent fewer…