Johnson Controls and Saft have a partnership to produce lithium ion batteries for automotive applications. Among other projects they are one of the two suppliers chosen for GM's Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid program. Saft has also provided lithium ion…

The fast growing car sharing/short term rental service ZipCar is starting up their service in Ann Arbor, MI on November 1. The company will be making six vehicles available from three different locations on the University of Michigan central campus,…

GMC Granite Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
As one of the four remaining brands at the new General Motors, the folks in charge of GMC are trying to come up with a reason for the brand to exist. Until now, GMC's wares have been to…

Since the advent of the hybrid at the turn of this century, an increasingly large group of hardcore fanatics have taken up hypermiling. For the uninitiated, hypermiling is the practice of using modified driving techniques to get the maximum possible…

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One of the cool features that Ford is introducing for the 2009 model year is its updated navigation system with Sirius Travel Link. When we went out to drive the updated 2009 Ford Escape this week, Ford's…

The Orange County Transportation Authority is buying 531 new natural gas powered engines from Cummins Westport Inc. of Vancouver, British Columbia. They're going to use them in a combination of new buses and retro-fits to existing buses. The engines…

Audi R8 e-Tron – Click above for high-res image gallery
Last week, Audi technical development chief Micheal Dick and factory Le Mans pilot Lucas Luhr finished first overall in the inaugural Silvretta E-Auto Rally Montafon in Austria using the R8…

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This week at the New York Auto Show, Jeep will be unveiling the updated 2008 Grand Cherokee that for the first time will get a diesel engine option. On the outside there are some…

The Fusion 999 team celebrates going 207+mph. Click for a high-res gallery
On Wednesday at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, retired Ford employee Rick Byrnes guided the Hydrogen Fusion 999 to a speed of 207.297 mph. That speed establishes a…

For the fifth year in a row, Volkswagen has honored some of its employees for their environmental efforts. The top award went to Pablo Romero Zalba from VW's plant in Pamplona, Spain for coming up with a way to use the residual adhesive left over in…