German transmission supplier ZF has just started building production samples of a new electric motor that will be part of Mercedes-Benz new mild hybrid system. Mercedes co-developed the system with BMW and displayed it in several different vehicles…

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty unveiled a new budget in parliament this week, and it includes incentives for Canadians to drive greener vehicles. The Vehicle Efficiency Incentive will provide a tax break of up to $2,000 to people who buy more…

Last week, PickupTrucks.com held one of its periodic load lugger shootouts where it brings together the heavy haulers from General Motors, Ford and Chrysler to see which pickup truck is the top dog. After running acceleration tests at Milan dragway,…

Most of the talk of ammonia in the car industry these days is related to diesel after-treatment systems. Shawn Grannell of Ann Arbor MI has a different idea. Grannell is working on his doctoral thesis in applied physics at the University of Michigan…

They won't look like the second-generation Prius plug-in pictured above, but Toyota has announced the first of its non-European leasing programs for its new PHEV (see here). Starting late this year Toyota will start leasing 200 plug-capable Priuses…

If you've been eying that gorgeous new Maserati Quattroporte but the current economic malaise has you thinking twice before signing on the dotted line, now is the time to act. Maserati of Palm Beach, Florida is offering a Black Friday blowout this…

We all know that there is a hardcore group of consumers out there chanting the mantra of “No plug, no sale!” Okay, well, at least a few of you. The problem is that, like commenters on the internet, the loud fringe makes most of the noise, but often…

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At the Los Angeles Auto Show, General Motors and Disney have announced that the entertainment company will be participating in the Project Driveway program. Ten of the Chevy Equinox fuel cell…

Automotive Energy Supply Corporation has kicked off pilot production of lithium ion batteries. For those who have not been paying enough attention, AESC is the joint venture between Nissan and NEC that is developing batteries for electric and hybrid…

During the debate last fall over the new energy bill one of the amendments that some members of the Congress unsuccessfully tried to get into the final bill was wording that federal CO 2 limits would take precedence over state rules. California and…