Mercedes-Benz may be close to a deal to develop new high-efficiency small engines with BMW for use in the next generation of small cars from both companies. BMW currently uses engines co-developed and built with PSA for the MINI. Mercedes-Benz,…
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Charging a Tesla roadster from household outlet could take 30 hours!
The gang from Tesla left their Silicon Valley home base to pay a visit to the vicinity of the Big Apple this week. Part of the purpose of the trip was to spend some time with some of the people in the area who've plunked down cash toward a Roadster…
GM slowing the assembly lines at full-size SUV plants
General Motors assembly plants in Silao, Mexico, Arlington Texas, and Janesville, Wisconsin will be slowing their hourly build rates after the winter holiday break. The plants all produce the full-size GMT900 SUVs that GM introduced in early 2006.…
Detroit Auto Show: General Motors' E-Flex platform
In conjunction with the Detroit Auto Show introduction of the Chevrolet Volt concept, General Motors is also unveiling an entirely new vehicle architecture that they've dubbed “E-Flex”. As the name implies E-Flex is a platform for electrically driven…
Environmentalist chosen as new leader of Liberal Party in Canada
After losing in the last parliamentary election in Canada, former Prime Minister Paul Martin resigned the leadership of the Liberal Party leading to this past weekend's leadership convention. After four ballots over two days the party selected…
Alec Brooks joins Tesla as Director of Vehicle Technology
Tesla has beefed up their engineering staff again by hiring Alec Brooks as their new Director of Vehicle Technology. Alec is well known to many EV fans as the Project Manager and Chief Engineer on the GM Impact concept which eventually evolved into…
Detroit Auto Show: 2008 Smart ForTwo gets NA debut in Detroit
The first generation Smart ForTwo has popped up at the Detroit Auto Show several times over the years, mostly on the stands of various parts companies and tuners. However, no Smart has ever been officially available for sale from the manufacturer in…
GEM wins Blue Sky Innovation award from Calstart
Global Electric Motorcars (GEM), the Chrysler-owned manufacturer of neighborhood electric vehicles, has won a Blue Sky Merit award from WestStart-CALSTART. The California-based environmental group has been a long-time promoter of battery powered…
Spy Shots: Jaguar XF
With the sale of Aston Martin, Ford has disposed of the only profitable division in its British portfolio. However, that frees up the automaker to turn it's full attention to the Coventry Cat. We got a pretty good look at Jaguar's new design language…
High gas prices allow Toyota to slash Prius incentives
With sales of many car and truck models cratering in recent months as gas prices continued to climb and the real estate market has continued its melt down, there has been one notable exception. Toyota has seen sales of the pioneering hybrid car climb…