2011/2012 Hyundai Sonata wagon – Click above for high-res image gallery
We recently published some renderings of what a station wagon variant of the new Hyundai Sonata might look like, and we now have our first actual photos of the real thing…

With oil prices hovering around $130/barrel this week, the obvious question is how high can the price go. There are plenty of factors that affect the price of oil including possibly waning supplies, increasing demand and, of course, speculation.…

Kia is reportedly considering the use of ultra-capacitors to store electrical energy in the next generation version of its fuel cell vehicle. Ultra caps have an advantage over batteries in that they can absorb and release energy much more quickly.…

The Indian-built G-Wiz has come under some scrutiny in recent months in the UK for it's apparent lack of safety. After Top Gear commissioned a standard 40 mph offset frontal crash test, people began to realize that these vehicles could have serious…

Things are not looking good in Auburn Hills these days. It's looking increasingly like Chrysler is about to head off to hospice to live out its final days as Cerberus has given up on trying to revive the littlest of the Detroit 3. But even as the…

British battery supplier Axeon Holdings has just recieved a £2.5 million order to supply lithium ion battery packs and charging systems to Modec for their electric delivery vans. Combined with a previous order for some initial test packs, Modec has…

Click on the AirStream for a gallery of images at the track
Ford brought out its 2007 concept cars at the company's Dearborn Development Center this week to give the invited media, including your humble narrator, a chance to sample the new designs in…

Ford has been talking for months now about reducing the size and weight of its vehicles as one means to reducing fuel consumption. One of the keys to cranking up the average fuel economy of its fleet will obviously have to be the highest-volume…

Buried among all of Honda's other announcements this week about fuel-cells, hybrids, flex-fuel and diesels were some announcements about motorcycle technology. Motorcycles have alway had good fuel economy and now Honda is trying to improve the…

In mid-2008, Shelby Supercars announced that it would follow up its 254 mph Ultimate Aero with an all-electric version. Unfortunately the company was sparse on details, with little more than the claim that it would have a pair of 500 hp electric…