As September, and the Frankfurt Motor Show, approaches, the cars that will be debuting there are beginning to shed their cocoons. The new generation Opel Vectra has now appeared minus all the heavy camo and the new shape is pretty clearly visible.…

The Brazilian unit of Delphi Automotive Systems is teaming up with Dynetek Industries of Calgary, Canada to sell natural gas fuel systems in Brazil. Dynetek is a manufacturer of lightweight compressed hydrogen and natural gas storage tanks. The…

2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery
In the least surprising announcement of the day, Toyota has officially announced that it would recall 2010 model Priuses and Lexus HS250h models in globally along with the Toyota Sai in Japan…

In addition to the new third generation Prius and its sibling the Lexus HS250h, Toyota will be showing a battery electric concept here in Detroit called the FT-EV. As previously suspected, the car is based on Toyota's new iQ mini-car. Prior to the…

2011 Volkswagen Polo Sedan – Click above for high-res image gallery
Volkswagen finally unveiled its new sub-compact Polo sedan in Moscow today, billing it as the first ever VW developed specifically for the Russian market. While Russia may be the…

England's Smith Electric Vehicles already produces a battery-powered version of Ford's big European transit van. It now looks like they may soon add a new one based on the compact Transit Connect. The electric Transit Connect may debut in the UK by…

Tata Nano – Click above for high-res image gallery
When Tata launched the Nano last year it was only available with a two-cylinder gasoline engine. The manufacturer has promised additional variants, though, including what would be the world's…

We got a note the other day from Lyle Dennis over at GM-Volt about a poll he's running among his readers following this week's announcement of the Nissan LEAF. Lyle wanted to judge the readers preference among the two electrically-driven cars. As a…

At the Geneva Motor Show in a few weeks, Mitsubishi will be showing a second electric car concept in addition to the iMiEV Sport Air they recently teased. This one is called the Prototype iMiEV concept and at first glance it looks much like the iMiEV…

Last spring Nissan announced their intention to launch a Tier 2 Bin 5 clean diesel engine in the Maxima starting in 2010. Nissan has now revealed that the engine will be based on a new model co-developed with Renault. The 3.0L common rail diesel V-6…