Tesla Roadster 2.5 – Click above for high-res image gallery
Tesla roared out of the gates this week as a publicly traded company, raising some $226 million – of which probably somewhere around $150-160 million is going into the corporate coffers. Of…

For the first time, Honda will be the host company for the Society of Engineers World Congress in 2009. In keeping with the company's long-standing and competitive motorsports heritage, the theme of next year's event will be “Racing to Green…

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Back in September 2007 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, General Motors main European brand Opel unveiled the second body style and third power-train variant of their E-Flex architecture. Since the product lines of…

Click the Saab 9-3 diesel for a gallery
At the GM Powertrain technology show, they offered up a new 2008 Saab 9-3 equipped with a two-stage turbocharged 1.9L Family B diesel engine. The engine is another example of modern common rail injection diesel…

If the energy bill that's currently stalled in the US Senate does ultimately get passed, every car-maker in the US market will have to thoroughly revamp their product lines. This is particularly true for trucks where most companies struggle to…

At the Los Angeles Auto Show in November a group called Jumpstart Ford turned up to protest against Ford to encourage them to build more fuel efficient vehicles. They also tried to get GM chairman Rick Wagoner to sign a pledge to be the most…

The latest round of crash tests from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is complete and mixed results are in for six midsized SUVs. While overall performance has generally improved, being in an SUV is no guarantee that you will be safer than…

The end is nigh for the internal combustion engine at General Motors…eventually. Today, GM is taking a huge step in that direction by reassigning most of its fuel cell engineers and scientists from the research and development group to various…

At the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, French automotive supplier Valeo will be displaying some of the components that they have developed to improve vehicle efficiency. Valeo claims that combining all of their technologies could yield efficiency…

Click above for a gallery of the Th!nk City in Detroit
Th!nk may be struggling financially but that doesn't mean they aren't trying. After announcing last week its intention to set up U.S. manufacturing next year, the Norwegian company has just inked…