The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory has completed a feasibility study for a proposed Coal to Liquid fuel production facility in Illinois. The proposal would include a plant that would convert 24,500 tons of coal daily…

Sumitomo Chemical of Japan and RoseStreet labs are establishing a joint venture to develop and manufacture full spectrum photovoltaic solar cells. The intent is create cells that convert more of the available energy in sunlight into electricity.
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Audi is adding another diesel model to their compact A4 lineup in Europe with the 1.9 TDI e. The new 1.9L diesel has 115 hp and can get the A4 up to 62 mph in just over 11 seconds. More importantly, it can go over 45 miles on every US gallon of…

After recent speculation that Tesla Motors would be launching European sales earlier than planned, VP Darryl Siry confirmed the news today. Apparently the combination of the declining dollar and a change in European homologation rules has prompted…

When Zap announced plans for a new high performance electric three wheeler called the Alias earlier this summer, they indicated that it would arrive before the even more vaporous Zap-X, sometime in 2008. If you were saving your pennies for this…

Click on the image to go check out the gallery of high-res photos of the interior and exterior of the Volt concept
Wade Bryant is the manager of the team that was responsible for the interior design of the Chevy Volt concept at GM. Bryant spoke to…

GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has just up a new blog post describing his first drive in the first functional Chevy Volt mule. The official terminology is “engineering development vehicle” but the engineers all refer to them as mules. That's because like…

2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 Sedan – Click above for high-res image gallery
After a decade at the top of the U.S. luxury vehicle sales charts, Lexus may soon be unseated by the previous leader, Mercedes-Benz, as well as BMW. While Lexus sales have been…

Nissan Leaf – Click above for high-res image gallery
Many car buyers refuse to purchase new cars for one important reason: With a few very rare exceptions, new cars will lose a significant chunk of their initial value the moment you drive them off…

BMW is certainly no fan of the new corporate average fuel economy regulations and for the most part the new fifth generation 7-series debuting this fall is a big middle finger salute to the whole premise. Nonetheless, BMW is incorporating some…