It's not at all unusual for customers to not have any real understanding of what they are buying. After all, so many modern products have such a plethora of features that most of them never get used. Then there are cars. Even many engineers don't…

It's not at all uncommon to the see the phrase “no plug, no sale” in the comments here on ABG. In fact many of you are quite adamant about it whenever we discuss other alternatives that would reduce fuel consumption that don't include a plug. While…

Who remembers Webvan? Go ahead and raise your hands. Hmm, that's not a lot of hands. Well, Webvan was one of the biggest flameouts of the late-1990s dot-com bubble. After raising hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital and an initial…

Production Volt shift lever on the left, prototype on the right
An eagle-eyed reader over at GM-Volt fan site noticed an anomaly in the batch of photos that we published last week of the first red Chevrolet Volt. Unlike earlier Volts that we've seen,…

BMW has been active in the development of hydrogen as an automotive fuel for many years but they have taken a distinctly different path from virtually every other automaker. Instead of fuel cells, BMW has stuck to internal combustion engines and,…

Hyundai took a big step upmarket in 2008 with the launch of its new Genesis luxury sedan. For now, the Genesis is only available with a choice of V6 or V8 engines but in keeping with Hyundai's new Blue Drive strategy, the company has decided to do…

2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Sportwagen – click above for high-res image gallery
While most of the hype for light duty diesel engines in America of the past two years has died down in favor of plug-in vehicles, not everyone has given up compression…

Click the Golf BlueMotion for a high res gallery
Volkswagen kicked off their Frankfurt Motor Show BlueMotion offensive today with the introduction of the Golf BlueMotion. The latest Golf variation is optimized for minimal fuel consumption and carbon…

Back in January, ABG reader Randy dropped us a note to let us know that he and his wife had received a letter from a Smart dealer that the car they had reserved would soon be ready for delivery. Well the Oklahoma City couple picked up their new car…

Like most other automakers, Volkswagen is ramping up its electrification efforts and part of that is putting someone in charge. VW announced today that it has hired Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann for the newly-created slot of Group Chief Officer for…