In the past week there has been a lot of discussion of Ford and their newly accelerated Way Forward. Ford Motor Company is in serious financial trouble and has to dramatically cut spending. In recent years Bill Ford himself has also been very vocal…

After just over two months of sales in the U.S., the Smart ForTwo is moving out of dealerships at a good clip. So far sixty-seven of the planned one hundred Smart USA dealers are in operation and the company sold 1,734 cars in February. Since the…

Following on the heels of BMW's decision to add Efficient Dynamics technology to pretty much their entire model lineup, Mercedes has decided to do start doing much the same thing. Starting with the A and B Class small cars in September, Mercedes will…

A group of southwestern US utility companies are working on plans to potentially build a 250MW power plant that harnesses the power of the sun. The plant would probably be based on solar trough technology instead of photo-voltaics, and could produce…

When BMW initially announced plans to bring clean diesel engines to the US market they indicated that the 5-series would be the first installation late in 2008. Now Winding Road is reporting that after speaking to some BMW reps at an event in…

Volkswagen Group has previously announced their intention to incorporate the BlueTec diesel emission control equipment developed by Mercedes-Benz. Now they've released some details on the BlueTec equipped Jetta that's coming for 2008. The new version…

Mitsubishi has previously offered up its electric iMiEV for media test drives in Europe, but it hasn't conducted formal field trials. That is about to change as a dozen examples will go on test later this month. Five of the cars will be in England…

Mercedes-Benz debuted the new GLK compact SUV at the Detroit Auto Show in January with a 2.2L four-cylinder Bluetec diesel. For its European coming out party in Geneva, the company will reportedly fit the GLK with a diesel-hybrid powertrain.…

We know that ocean-going shipping is actually one of the largest transportation sources of green house emissions so anything that can reduce that is a plus. The vessel pictured above won't make much of a dent by itself but if all goes well it could…

Click above for high-res image gallery of the Chinese-spec Buick Regal
General Motors has just released a huge gallery of photos of its new Chinese-only Regal sedan. Anyone who has seen the Opel Insignia will immediately recognize the Regal as a…