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Motorola's Police Car Of The Future Is An Unpaid-Ticket-Sniffing Scofflaw Slayer

The 2012 Chevrolet Caprice PPV is a futuristic cop car with 4G communications and a Knight Rider-like voice interface. It also automatically scans every license plate in its line of vision for warrants and unpaid tickets.READ MORE

Your Toyota Would Like To Friend You Now

Toyota is working on a social networking service--with Microsoft's help--so that drivers can interact with their cars. Imagine if KITT had a Twitter account. READ MORE

Chevy MyLink In-Car System Transforms Your Volt Into K.I.T.T.

Chevrolet has just revealed its plans to build its MyLink technology into the 2012 Chevy Volt and Equinox--a system that adds security from OnStar and accesses streaming music content from Pandora, all controlled by voice and touch controls. It's almost KITT-like in terms of car smarts.READ MORE

Ford Sells Volvo Car Brand to China's Geely, For $1.5 Billion

Car maker Volvo, once the pride of its original home Sweden, is now officially Chinese property. Its previous owner Ford just sold it for $1.5 billion. READ MORE

Nissan's Interior Design: Trading Safety, Fuel Efficiency for Spa-Like Comfort?

Nissan's just released information about a new concept for its cars designed to generate a "comfortable" and "healthy" environment for drivers and passengers. Is this viable, in our eco-conscious energy-saving era? The overall goal of ...READ MORE

Volkswagen Taps Crowd to App Your Ride

Once upon a time, cars used to be all about mechanics. Now it's all about technology--oh, and clever, tech-based marketing. Volkswagen has seized on this fact and is using it as a way of improving its vehicles, hiring talent--oh, and ...READ MORE

Toyota: Car Problems Caused by Mats, Not Electronic Bugs

Toyota has faced some seriously bad press about its recall of millions of vehicles due to "sudden acceleration" flaws. It's now pushing back, intimating that its electronics is not at fault. It'll be a tough battle, but an important ...READ MORE

ATAC: The World's Toughest Cutest Vehicle

Today at an Indian arms fair, manufacturer MetalTech revealed this tiny armored vehicle, inspired by the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in 2008. In those attacks, 17 security personnel died, prompting the creation of this little ...READ MORE

DOE Gives Out $187 Million for Auto Fuel Efficiency

Hot on the heels of the White House's announcement that it is offering up $2.3 billion in clean energy manufacturing credits (and just in time for the Detroit Auto Show), the U.S. Department of Energy has announced that it plans to ...READ MORE

U.S. Car Ownership Declines for the First Time Ever

There are now four million fewer vehicles on the road--but why?READ MORE

It’s a FACT: Your Miami Honda has a High Resale Value

The Automotive Lease Guide, also known as ALG, has just released its 2010 Residual Value Awards and Honda didn’t disappoint. The Award, which was started in 2001, honors those vehicles that retain the highest percentage of their ...READ MORE

Are Wireless Road Trains the Cure for Traffic Congestion?

The concept of road trains--up to eight vehicles zooming down the road together--has long been considered a faster, safer, and greener way of traveling long distances by car. And now, thanks to a European Union-financed ...READ MORE

AIDA - Your Robotic Car Co-Pilot of the Future - Now With Video

Last week we introduced you to AIDA (the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent)--get used to her if you can. MIT and Audi are hoping that this robot, or one that looks even more like Pixar's EVE, may be gracing your car's dashboard to ...READ MORE

EPA's Porous Pavement Cuts Down on Parking Lot Pollution

Parking lots have a nasty tendency to harbor all the oil, grease, and antifreeze that leak from vehicles. And after a heavy rain, all those substances mix together and take a trip to the closest porous surface--no matter whether ...READ MORE

Fisker Buys Old GM Plant to Make 'Project Nina,' a $40K EV for Families

We've gotten excited about Fisker's Karma electric car before--it's dashingly attractive for an eco-friendly vehicle. But Fisker will only make a big dent in carbon emissions if it makes a family car. Which it will now do in ...READ MORE

Can the U.S. Become the EV Battery Leader?

Many of our most promising electric cars have parts--or entire assemblies--being built in China. But when it comes to the most important (and most expensive) component, EV companies may turn to American manufacturers. One such ...READ MORE

Chicagoland Dealer is Home to Northern Il GM Program Cars!

Tom Sparks Auto; The little Store With Low Overhead And A low price.READ MORE

Is VW's Electric E-Up The Beetle of the 21st Century?

The electric car really is due at a showroom near you, we can confirm, because VW, maker's of the "people's car" will have one in 2013. VW's even dubbing the E-Up the "Beetle of the 21st Century". Can this lofty claim be ...READ MORE