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For a guy who allegedly wants a lot of the credit for creating Tesla Motors, Elon Musk certainly doesn′t seem to like the job of heading the company. As part of Daimler’s investment deal in Tesla, Musk needed to commit to staying on as Tesla’s CEO at least until the Model S is launched in [...]
Ford Escape PHEV - Click above for high-res image gallery
With Ford taking on a $5.9 billion loan from the DOE and President Obama in favor of a million plug-in vehicles by 2015, how might the money help Ford put plugs on upcoming vehicles. Ford was quite clear that the DOE money will be used to [...]
2011 Chevy Volt - Click above for high res image gallery
Now that the Chevrolet Volt has progressed to the point where vehicles with production-looking bodywork are running around the automaker’s testing grounds in Warren, Michigan, the time has come for the crew to begin ironing out details like the ride height and spring rates that [...]
2010 Citroen ʡ - click above for high res image gallery
In Europe, the so-called C-Segment is the single largest volume vehicle class, so when a manufacturer brings out a new model in that class, it’s an important move. C cars are compacts like the Ford Focus, VW Golf and Opel Astra. Citroen’s C car is [...]
Renault Be Bop Z.E. - Click above for high res image gallery
Renault is planning to release its first production electric vehicles in early 2011, but drivers around Europe will soon get a chance to try out electric “motoring″ with the be bop Z.E. Renault showed off a concept electric version of the Kangoo be bop [...]
Last year, the reality of $4 gallons of gasoline (and, of course, economic uncertainly), caused a lot of changes in the auto industy in the U.S., from a drop in vehicle miles traveled to a decrease in big vehicle sales. Looks like that $4 level is the tipping point for any future changes in driver [...]
2010 Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery
Rumors that General Motors may get access to Toyota’s proprietary hybrid technology just won′t go away. Today, Bloomberg cites two unnamed sources in reports that Toyota President Akio Toyoda and GM chief Fritz Henderson will meet this August in Michigan to discuss the possibility of a [...]
Mercedes-Benz concept BlueZero - Click above for high-res image gallery
Without an accompanying announcement about any changes to the status of the Mercedes-Benz Concept BlueZERO, Daimler today released a bunch of new pictures of the hydrogen/gas-electric hybrid/pure electric concept car. The pictures show us (once again) the direction that Daimler is taking the design of the [...]
Tong Jian ⁷ - Click above for image gallery
Somehow, we managed to miss China’s first-ever hybrid sports car at the Shanghai Motor Show earlier this year. The car is called the ⁷ from Tong Jian - which incidentally also seems to be the name of a popular Chinese figure skater - but details on the [...]
While the argument about whether a Hummer H2 is actually more environmentally friendly than a Toyota Prius has long since been debunked (even if it keeps popping up its ugly head), it does raise a valid point. A major part of the environmental impact of transportation devices like cars and trucks comes during the manufacturing [...]
