It's amazing how something you can't see, such as the air around you, can have so much of an effect on what goes on while you're driving. Consider the impact of that invisible air when it wraps itself around the windshield when you're driving…

Toyota FT-EV concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
Toyota officials confirmed this evening that come calendar year 2012, at least three new environmentally friendly cars will be going into production, starting with a version of last year's…

Tomorrow morning, May 19, Daimler will be holding an online press conference to make what it calls a major announcement in the EV space. Management board member Dr. Thomas Weber and a key executive of one of the company's suppliers will make an…

The Guardian newspaper in Britain is running a series of articles right now on environmental responsibility in business. They're looking at both positive and negative developments with regard to the environment and climate change. The massive…

The family soap opera surrounding the attempted takeover over of Volkswagen by Porsche may soon conclude if a reported deal is approved next week. Porsche SE, the holding company that owns automaker Porsche AG, has attempted to secure its…

Volkswagen's natural gas-fueled Touran TSI EcoFuel is one of the most popular compact MPV's in Europe and the Wolfsburg automaker intends to keep it that way. The latest edition has been made more efficient than before and was given more fuel…

The race to add more gears to automatic transmissions is continuing unabated. Despite a story last week about ZF building six-speed automatics that rivaled the efficiency of seven-speed units by shifting faster and optimizing the torque converter…

The three domestic automakers aren't the only ones feeling the pain of plummeting full-size pickup truck sales. Even Toyota Tundra sales were down 34 percent in May compared to last year. Sales of the Camry were down slightly due to supply…

In the late sixties and early seventies, many car companies were enamored with the power density of Wankel rotary engines, including NSU, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz and General Motors. GM ultimately built at least two mid-engine ” Corvette” concepts with…

2011 Volkswagen CrossTouran – Click above for high-res image gallery
Volkswagen has now started taking orders for the new “outback” version of its European-market Touran MPV starting at €27,700 in Germany (that's around $35,500 USD). The CrossTouran…