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  • Nissan Leaf far outselling Chevrolet Volt Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:24AMNissan has sold 4,134 of its Leaf battery-powered electric cars this year. Chevrolet has sold 2,745 of the Volt, which is technically a plug-in hybrid. When it comes to sales of electric vehicles, Nissan's Leaf is charging ahead.
  • Techies hope to make cars smarter Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:00AMCarmakers are focused now on how the Internet can help drivers. But in the not-so-distant future, they will increasingly try to make cars smarter as well.
  • A midsize gas saver: 2012 Buick LaCrosse eAssist Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:40PMA midsize gas saver: 2012 Buick LaCrosse eAssist
  • You Don't Drive As Far As You Think You Do Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:10PMIf you're worried that an electric car will run out of charge before you get to your destination, think again.
  • Mulally Pushes Greener German Fords to Break Volkswagen: Cars Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:47PMFord Motor Co., seeking to boost its image and its prices in Germany, is up against car buyers like Stefanie Weiland.
  • Mulally Makes Ford Push Greener German Vehicles to Break Volkswagen: Cars Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:18PMFord Motor Co. (F) , seeking to boost its image and its prices in Germany, is up against car buyers like Stefanie Weiland. “Ford’s reputation over here is deplorable,” said Weiland, 46, a former Ford owner, as she shopped at a Volkswagen showroom in Berlin.
  • Shop for a Volt, buy a Cruze Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:20AMThe similarity between the Chevrolet Corvette and the Chevrolet Volt isn't immediately obvious. It's revealed in the way General Motors has used a tried-and-true marketing ploy to score a home run.
  • Chevy Volt newest New York City police car Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:02PMThe New York City Police Department has a new cruiser that will be silently plying the city streets very soon.
  • Diesel Cruze to sell in U.S. Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:30AMGeneral Motors Co. will bring a diesel version of its top-selling Chevrolet Cruze to the U.S. market, the Associated Press reported Monday.
  • Chevy to be baseball's sole car sponsor Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:13AMChevrolet said Tuesday it will be the sole automotive sponsor of Major League Baseball for the next five years. Chevy said it will continue to sponsor three awards: the Roberto Clemente Award, the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award and the World Series Most Valuable Player Award.
  • Automakers Give Flywheels a Spin Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:11PMAn old technology could make hybrid cars much cheaper. The automakers Volvo and Jaguar  are testing the possibility of using flywheels instead of batteries in hybrid electric vehicles to aid acceleration and help engines operate more efficiently. The devices could reduce fuel consumption by 20 percent and would cost a third as much as batteries. Volvo will begin road-testing a car with the ...
  • Tech giants, automakers team up to raise cars’ IQ Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:02PMCarmakers are focused now on how the Internet can help drivers. But in the not-so-distant future, they will increasingly try to make cars smarter as well.“Until now, empowering the car has not been as big an effort as empowering the driver,” said Johannes Kristinsson, system 
architect for Ford, who is working with Google to apply Internet technology to cars. “We want to empower the cars and ...
  • Nissan, Toyota hybrids, EVs to sound alerts in U.S. Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 12:03PMNissan Motor Co., General Motors Co. and other makers of electric and hybrid vehicles will be required by U.S. safety regulators to install warning systems that will automatically sound alerts to pedestrians. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and advocates for the blind have raised concerns for several years about safety risks to pedestrians posed by hybrid and electric ...
  • Nissan, Toyota ‘Quiet’ Cars to Sound Alerts Under U.S. Rule Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 10:12AMNissan Motor Co., General Motors Co. (GM) and other makers of electric and hybrid vehicles will be required by U.S. safety regulators to install warning systems that will automatically sound alerts to pedestrians.
  • Grade expectations Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:56AMPass or fail? Drive marks Australia's top 20 car brands in a 2011 half term report.
  • Toyota Sees Prius Beating 2010 U.S. Sales on Supply Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 9:13PM(Corrects to include full reference to dealer in last paragraph.) Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) , with as little as one day’s worth of Prius cars on dealers’ lots after the March earthquake, says sales of the hybrid will still beat 2010.
  • The Future of Performance Cars Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 4:59PM400 Horsepower and 40 mpg? 200-mph Plug-in Electric Supercars? Our Experts Say They're All on the Horizon
  • Diesel cars gaining popularity in the U.S. Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 3:07PMAfter many fits and starts, diesel cars are gaining traction in the US market, fueled largely by German carmakers including Volkswagen , which opened a plant in May in Tennessee.
  • Nissan Leaf overshadows Chevy Volt in June sales Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 10:08AMNissan sold 1,708 Leaf all-electric cars last month, while Chevrolet sold 561 Volt hybrids in the U.S. Originally posted at The Digital Home
  • How the Fiat 500 Will Help Chrysler Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 10:03AMWas the Chrysler bailout worth it? Tough question, with strong opinions on both sides. But American taxpayers are finally getting a glimpse of what they paid for.
  • Automakers add jobs by the thousands Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 3:09AMVolkswagen, Nissan and General Motors are expanding in Tennessee. Toyota is adding employees in Mississippi and Alabama. Honda has jobs to fill in Indiana, and GM is looking for workers in Detroit.
  • 2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Test Drive and Review Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:07PMThe idea of a hybrid full-size luxury SUV immediately sparks cognitive dissonance. Hybrids are for sprout-eating environmentalists, aren't they? And full-size luxury SUVs are for carnivorous conservatives, right?
  • Public Invited to See Plug-In Vehicles First-Hand at Plug-In 2011 Public Night in Raleigh Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 10:00AMWith major automakers bringing plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles to market, the public is invited to visit the Plug-In 2011 Conference & Exposition Public Night on July 19 to get a first-hand look at the latest plug-in technology innovations, including a variety of cleaner and greener cars that can lower fuel costs, greenhouse gas emissions and our dependence on oil.
  • Lobbying For High Mileage Cars Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 9:39AMSAN DIEGO — The Obama administration is seeking a high but attainable CAFE standard of 56.2 miles per gallon for light vehicles coming out in 2025. The New York Times reports this could require 50 percent of all American-made cars to be either hybrid or electric.
  • Diesel cars gain traction slowly in US market Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 4:46PMAfter many fits and starts, diesel cars are gaining traction in the US market, fueled largely by German carmakers including Volkswagen, which opened a plant in May in Tennessee.
  • Car guys vs. bean counters Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 11:00PMAfter two of America's "Big Three" car companies plunged into bankruptcy, the idea of a management book from an executive who worked for all of them seems implausible. But Bob Lutz is a legend.
  • Auto dealers say 56-mpg goal can't be hit by 2025 Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 10:00AMWASHINGTON -- While Detroit's automakers themselves are staying publicly mum so far on what they think of a 56-miles-per-gallon fuel economy target by 2025 floated by the White House last week, other interest groups are already weighing in.
  • Tech Giants, Automakers Team Up to Raise Cars' IQ Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 1:15AMCarmakers are focused now on how the Internet can help drivers. But in the not-so-distant future, they will increasingly try to make cars smarter as well.
  • June sees Detroit 3 pick up market share from struggling rivals Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 12:29AMWeak economic signals and depleted inventories of Japanese and other small vehicles put a lid on U.S. demand for cars and trucks in June. The selling pace slowed to its lowest level in a year, as many potential car buyers steered clear of showrooms.
  • American Lithium Files 10-Q for Q2 2011 Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 10:26AMHENDERSON, NV--(Marketwire - Jun 27, 2011) - American Lithium Minerals Inc. ( OTCBB : AMLM ) ( PINKSHEETS : AMLM ) ( www.AmericanLithium.com ) (American Lithium) wishes to inform its shareholders that, following unanticipated administrative delays in the preparation of the company's financial statements, the company has filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the ...
  • Sirius XM Stock Hitches A Ride With The U.S. Auto Industry Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 10:05AMGlobal economic recovery and tax incentives will boost car sales, benefiting the satellite radio com
  • Will CAFE jump to 56.2 MPG, where's our Jeep pickup, and who builds the Volt and Leaf? [The Morning Shift] Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 8:22AM# themorningshift This is the Morning Shift , our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important? More »
  • New technology will make cars smarter Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 5:08PMCarmakers are focused now on how the Internet can help drivers. But in the not so distant future, they will increasingly try to make cars smarter as well.
  • GM fights to hold old brand loyalists Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 8:13AMWheels contributor John LeBlanc files his weekly roundup of automotive industry news.
  • GM rolls three Saturns into Niagara College Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 4:17AMWELLAND — Three Saturn Vues will give Niagara College's automotive students a view of recent tech twists. General Motors Canada gave the three 2003 buy-back cars, valued at $15,000, to the college's motive power program labs at its Welland campus.[...]
  • Electric Beat unveiled. More green cars to follow Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 2:53AMThe launch, however, would take some more time.
  • Is Tesla Sitting on an Electric Chair? Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 5:19PMInvestors might get more than just a tingling sensation from Tesla's proposed new models.
  • Research and Markets: Powertrain - New Technologies & Strategies: Changes in Gasoline and Diesel to the New ... Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 10:30AMResearch and Markets has announced the addition of the "Powertrain - New Technologies & Strategies" report to their offering.
  • As Rivals Unveil Hybrids, Toyota Boosts Prius Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 2:43AMThe Prius is no longer the only "green" vehicle. Ford, Honda and GM all sell hybrids, too. Toyota's response: It's making Prius its own brand and rolling out new models, including the Prius v. The carmaker says the model could boost overall Prius sales by another 15-20 percent.
  • Toyota to Return to Full North American Output in September Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 6:22PMToyota Motor Corp. (7203) , slowed by tight parts supplies since Japan’s record earthquake in March, said vehicle production at its North American plants is recovering faster than planned and will return to normal in September.
  • GM Pursues Kansas Investment Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 2:50PMThe investment at the plant will help GM manufacture a hybrid model with eAssist - a light electrification technology that will boost highway fuel economy by 25%.
  • Hydrogen 10-year project in 40th year Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 1:52PMHydrogen is often touted as the fuel of the future for automobiles, but that future has its roots a long way in the past.
  • Falling Gas Prices Reduce Used Car Values for Hybrids Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:58PMIf you bought a hybrid with an eye on reselling it for big bucks after a short period of use time, beware! The value of used vehicles in this class is dropping. To blame are cheaper fuel costs. Where is the trend heading? Was GM CEO Dan Akerson right? Contributor: Sylvia Cochran Published: Jun 14, 2011
  • With new strategy, Ford aims for the top Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 6:37AMThe earthquake that rocked Japan has shaken up the established order in the global car industry. Now Ford is sniffing the chance to regain the global lead it lost 75 years ago.
  • Reportlinker Adds Global Automotive Powertrain Industry Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 4:56AMReportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
  • GM Ventures to invest $6M in Colorado electric bus maker Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:01AMGeneral Motors Co.'s venture capital arm will invest $6 million in a Colorado-based company whose battery-powered buses have a 40-mile range on a single charge and can fast-charge in about 10 minutes.
  • Consumer Reports picks best value and worst value in vehicle categories Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 11:19PMConsumer Reports named the Honda Fit as the small car with the best overall value in its 2011 Annual Auto Issue. The Fit also emerged as the best overall value among some 200 different vehicles analyzed, ranging from small cars to luxury sedans.
  • GM invests $6 mln in electric bus maker Proterra Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 5:59PMA General Motors Co unit has invested $6 million and taken an undisclosed stake in Proterra Inc, which makes electric commercial transit buses.
  • Fairfax plant to receive $20 million in investment from General Motors Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 4:26PMThe General Motors Fairfax Plant in Kansas City, Kan., continues to receive good news about the future. After additional jobs were announced at the plant last year, today it was announced that a $20 million investment would be made into the plant for new car technology. The technology, GM officials say, will help manufacturing Buick LaCross vehicles with "eAssist," a new gas-electric hybrid ...
  • Web Extra: Are universities cutting summer transit services? Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 4:24PMWith many universities around the nation providing transportation to its students, faculty and staff, the summer break poses an interesting dilemma since there are significantly fewer people on campus. However, there is still a need for summer transportation and late night services, which could be costly to provide for universities and local transit agencies.