The popularity of BMW's MINI E test program in the United States has evidently prompted the company to expand production beyond the original 500 cars and add a smaller test fleet in Europe. The original plan, as announced last fall, was for 500 of…

Two days after General Motors got its first installment of cash from the Treasury Department , Chrysler also closed on its loan. On Friday, Chrysler received a transfer of $4 billion to help tide it over while management tries to find a way to right…

2012 Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS Roadster – Click above for high-res image gallery
Our man Chris Paukert had a layover in Germany this weekend on his way to the Geneva Motor Show that included a visit to the headquarters of AMG in Affalterbach. While…

The third general assembly of the European Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Platform (HFP) is going on in Brussels, Belgium right now and DaimlerChrysler has been reporting on their development and testing progress. DaimlerChrysler is part of the…

Ford just can't seem to get a break when it comes to their new diesel engined Super Duty F-Series pickup trucks. First they had a conflict with diesel engine supplier Navistar, that stopped engine shipments. Now Ford is having to recall 37.400 trucks…

Tesla Roadster Sport – Click above to enlarge
Seven years into its existence Tesla Motors has achieved a milestone few Silicon Valley startups ever manage: the company was profitable in July 2009. According to a press release from the company today,…

The Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council have done a new study on plug-in hybrids and as you might expect they have found them to be a good thing. The study looked at what happens to the environment when…

We already brought you news the other day that Mercedes is set announce a diesel hybrid version of the big S-Class sedan in September at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It now appears that a gasoline hybrid will be sitting alongside it on the stand under…

Adding an electric motor and battery to a vehicle is just one of many ways to create a hybrid. We've seen hydraulic hybrids being tested in a variety of commercial vehicle applications. Torotrak has an altogether different mechanical system based on…

Click the BMW X5 concept for a high res gallery
After having information leaked yesterday, BMW has now officially released the details surrounding its Geneva Motor Show concept, the Vision EfficientDynamics. The X5-based concept does indeed combine…