One of the complaints about using hydrogen as a fuel, or more accurately as an energy storage medium, is that the energy required to produce hydrogen, exceeds the energy output. If hydrogen is being produced via electrolysis powered by fossil fuel…

After a five-year hiatus, motor racing returned to the Motor City this year and to a large extent it was a huge success. The race was revived in large part thanks to the efforts of Roger Penske. For many good reasons, the Detroit Grand Prix was…

The American Le Mans Series launched its Green Challenge last fall at the Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta. For 2009, ALMS is making it a season-long fixture. Today in Washington, D.C., ALMS CEO Scott Atherton announced that the French tire maker…

Since Tesla doesn't release the names of most of the people who purchase one of its electric Roadsters, we can only speculate about the financial wherewithal of most of them. However, it's probably reasonably safe to assume that most of them have…

2010 Honda Insight EX – Click above for high-res image gallery
When we reviewed the 2010 Honda Insight last year, we came away far less impressed than we did after our first drive a few months earlier. After living with the new hybrid for a week in…

Fedex has been on the leading edge of testing and deploying various alternative fuel delivery trucks for several years and has now expanded its fleet of hybrid delivery vans by 50 percent. This time, instead of buying new hybrid vehicles, it has…

German transmission manufacturer ZF presented their new eight-speed automatic transmission at the Vienna Motor Symposium last week. The new gearbox is designed for use in passenger cars in a longitudinal configuration. The eight speed has greater…

Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V
After decades of decay, Cadillac began a transformation in the waning years of the last century that would allow the brand to compete against modern luxury brands. Decrepit beasts like the…

The next iteration of General Motors Global Compact Car or Delta platform will provide the basis of a variety of models sold everywhere. Among those are the Chevy Cobalt and Saturn/Opel Astra as well as the Opel Zafira MPV and, of course, the…

At press conference ahead of the Beijing Motor Show, Steve Schneider, CEO of Zap introduced his company's latest effort, an electric taxi. Like previous Zap products, the taxi is to be produced in China. This one will built by a joint venture between…