Hyundai i-Flow Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
Hyundai's Geneva Motor Show concept, the plug-in hybrid i-Flow, is expected to spawn a new production car for the European market called the i40 in early 2011. The i40 will be a…
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Continental study identifies interest in emission free vehicles
German automotive supplier Continental AG commissioned a study of drivers in China, Germany, France, UK, Japan, Austria, Switzerland and the U.S. earlier this year to evaluate their views on more environmentally friendly cars. Nearly half of all the…
Toyota contemplating the iQ for the US market
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The Yaris may not remain the smallest car that Toyota offers in the US market. Toyota already offers several smaller cars overseas, including the Aygo in Europe (produced in cooperation with PSA) and an…
Stanfords VW Passat TDI “Junior” one of six cars to complete Darpa Urban Challenge
When DARPA ran their first Grand Challenge event for autonomous vehicles a few years ago it was a complete fiasco. Most of the competitors never even got away from the starting line and the best vehicles made it only 7.4 miles into the 150 mile…
PKM Duda building an ethanol plant in Poland
PKM DUDA is a group of Polish meat producing businesses and they're teaming up with manufacturing construction company Lurgi to build a new ethanol plant in Poland. They will be building a facility with a capacity for 33 million gallons a year of…
VIDEO: GM Diesel engineering director describes the new Duramax 4.5L V8
About a year from now, General Motors will face a very interesting conundrum. The company will already be producing a version of its full-size pick-up trucks with a Two-Mode hybrid system. For the 2010 model year, another new engine will be added, a…
VIDEO: Trying out the Vectrix electric motorcycle
ABG friend and NextGear host Matt Kelly headed up to San Francisco to check out the west coast launch of the Vectrix electric motorcycle. Marketing Director for Vectrix gives all the details on the nickel metal hydride powered two wheeler. The…
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport sets land speed record at 267.81 mph!
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport – Click above for high-res image gallery
As production of the Bugatti Veyron winds toward its eventual conclusion, Bugatti has created what is likely to be the ultimate version of its world-beating hypercar: the Super…
McLaren aims for “eco-friendly” supercar in 2011
The soon to be independent McLaren Automotive plans to launch what it calls an “eco-friendly” supercar in two years. McLaren Group CEO Ron Dennis announced on Thursday that the company was being restructured and the road car division would be spun…
General Motors Tahoe/Yukon Hybrids to get 21/22 mpg from EPA
With the launch of GM's full-size SUVs with the Two-Mode hybrid system less than two months away, a lot of questions about the vehicles work have already been answered. However, two big questions have remained unanswered: the official mileage numbers…