2010 BMW 320d Efficient Dynamics Edition – click above for high-res image gallery
Next month at the Frankfurt Motor Show, BMW will be rolling out an extra high mileage Efficient Dynamics Edition of its 320d sedan. Like most European BMWs, this one is…
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California Attorney General drops greenhouse gas suit against carmakers
When I started posting here way back in 2006, one of the very first stories I wrote was about the state of California filing a lawsuit against six of the largest automakers over the damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The original premise was…
MIT working on semi-autonomous cars that adapt to drivers
The mavens at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are always up to something interesting. The latest project out of the MIT AgeLab is the Aware Car. What looks like a conventional Volvo to the casual observer is in fact bristling with sensors.…
That fancy sat-nav system could help you drive greener
We've all gotten lost at some point trying find some place we've never been to before and it certainly goes without saying that we waste a lot of gas driving around aimlessly trying to figure out where we are. A new study in Britain estimates that…
Obama Auto Task Force heads back to DC to decide what to do about Detroit
After driving the Chevy Volt prototype and sitting down for a number of discussions, the members of the president's task force on the auto industry have returned to Washington. While the team was in Michigan over the past few days, they had a chance…
GM reportedly pondering new small truck, return to minivans
Chevrolet mid-size pickup patent drawing – Click above for high-res image gallery
General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre was apparently quite chatty during his visit to the Management Briefing Seminar in Traverse City, MI this week. In addition to his…
Americans would rather skip a movie than take the bus
In a new survey by Discover Financial Services, ninety percent of Americans indicated they are very aware of rising fuel prices and they are prepared to make lifestyle adjustments to compensate. As might be expected, eighty percent of the respondents…
Toyota getting into ethanol in the Brazilian market
Up to this point, Toyota has been far and away the leader in bringing hybrid drive-train technology to the automotive market place. They have also produced many very efficient conventionally powered vehicles to market. They have even produced full…
Smart Roadster reborn as new AC Ace
Shortly after launching the original Smart City Car, in the late 1990s, Daimler-Chrysler decided that they needed to expand the product line if they were ever going to make a profit from Smart. They teamed up with Mitsubishi to build the ForFour, a…
BREAKING: Detroit 2009 – GM building Volt battery packs with LG Chem cells
After showing off its latest cars and concepts yesterday at the Detroit Auto Show, General Motors reserved its second press conference today for battery news. As has been rumored for months, South Korea's LG Chem has been selected to supply the…