Thanks to the increased cost of crude oil in recent years, there have been moves to make big expansions in oil production in northern Alberta, Canada. Alberta has some of the largest known petroleum reserves in the world, but unfortunately much of it…

This blogger had the good fortune to go for a ride in the Tesla Roadster with Marketing VP Darryl Siry a couple of weeks ago, but unfortunately I didn't get actually drive the car. In the latest entry over on the Tesla blog Darryl explains the…

Gas-electric hybrid cars are still a very small segment of the market in Europe, but they are starting to pick up some steam, at least in England. So far in 2007 hybrid sales are up 111 percent compared to 2006 rising from 3,117 to 6,568 units. A…

Preparations include construction of a GTL filling station next to the Audi pavilion in Davos. The synthetic fuel, made from natural gas, will be provided by Shell. Thanks to the combination of TDI and GTL, fuel consumption is also cut by about 10…

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It's that time of year again when people call up all their friends and invite them over for some holiday cheer and the car makers are no exception. Kia Motors kicked off the festivities the…

This June the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor will be hosting a forum on alternative fuel vehicles that will include a panel of interested people discussing the future of personal transportation. Ms. Vile Gossip herself, Jean Jennings of…

Off-road racing fans will no doubt be familiar with the name Ivan “Iron Man” Stewart, winner of 17 Baja 500s and three Baja 1000s over his 37-year career. Apparently, even an iron man can only take so much pounding and Stewart has decided it's time…

We got our first look at the Ford Kuga in concept form at September's Frankfurt Motor Show and it looks like the production model won't be straying very far, stylewise. The Kuga should land in European Ford dealerships in spring 2008 powered by a…

The Department of Energy is giving out another $375 million to three biofuel research facilities for work on cellulosic ethanol and other fuels. The three facilities in Madison Wisconsin; Berkeley, California and Oak Ridge, Tennessee are doing basic…

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Dr. Ulrich Bez may not be British, but as he revealed the Aston Martin One-77 today at the Geneva Motor Show, he paraphrased the classic Rolls-Royce performance description: The performance…