What do a roboticist, an electrical engineer, a chef, and a pirate have in common? They're all part of Syyn Labs' army of art-damaged inventors.

Chevy is the latest to ditch Madison Avenue and ask fans to create its Super Bowl ad. Here are two examples.

No one can know, with absolute certainty, how electric vehicles' batteries will perform over the long haul. But manufacturers like Chevy, whose Volt hits streets soon, subject their power cells to all manner of torture to find out.

Revising a 2007 energy law, new cars and trucks will need to get around 35 miles per gallon by 2016.

First impressions of GM's much-ballyhooed electric car of the future.

Like everyone else, the design field braced for the fallout from the financial meltdown. At the time, some of us argued that good things could come from a period of constraint and reexamination. The consumer culture of design had become overwrought, with limited edition candleholders that sell for $2,700. Read More »