Back when a greenhouse was a structure used to grow plants in cold weather, an oil pump was just a non-descript but necessary device to keep metal engine parts well lubricated. As engineers work to meet the 35.5 mile per gallon Corporate Average Fuel…

At this point, hybrid buses really aren't anything new. Anyone living in a city with a bus system of any size has probably seen or ridden on a hybrid bus at some point. Most of the thousands of hybrid transit buses in service today are of the…

1968 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet
Ford has a long history of creating factory-built racers based on its regular production cars. Over the past four decades, most of those have have been derived from the Mustang. Since the mid-90s, that has included several…

Click the 2009 Escape Hybrid for a high-res gallery
The very first production hybrid from a Detroit automaker has been with us since 2004 and going into the 2009 model year it has finally completed its second generation transformation. In 2007, Ford…

Behind the Scenes at Toyota's R&D Center – Click above for high-res image gallery
It's impossible to overlook the negative impact the recalls have had on Toyota's reputation for safety and reliability. Seemingly overnight, the automaker that could do…

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General Motors Chairman Rick Wagoner and Vice Chairman Robert Lutz revealed the Chevy Volt Concept at the Detroit Auto Show this afternoon.…

BP could become the first major energy company to start commercial scale production of cellulosic ethanol in 2010 if all goes according to plan. BP has been partnering with Verenium Corporation to commercialize the latter company's process for…

At the Shanghai Motor Show at least two Chinese manufacturers are reportedly showing “homegrown” cars with hybrid drivetrains. Shanghai Automotive is again showing a hybrid version of the Roewe 750 which is derived from the Rover 75 design they…

Ford Transit Connect Electric – Click above for high-res image gallery
When Ford and Azure Dynamics unveiled the Transit Connect Electric van earlier this year, Azure announced that the electric drive systems would be installed at a facility in…

DaimlerChrysler finally unveiled the “all-new” 2008 Smart ForTwo to the international media in Stuttgart yesterday. As seen in other photos that snuck onto the web the day before, the new car looks much like the original. Unlike the original this one…