Just because you’re wearing your seatbelt and have airbags doesn’t mean your car is safe. Turns out, it’s very likely filled with toxic chemicals. Find out which are the best and worst…READ»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
It's always important to keep unintended consequences in mind with multi-billion dollar programs like Cash for Clunkers. Take the problem of Germany's Cash for Clunkers program, which debuted in January.
As in the U.S. program, ...READ»
In theory, Cash for Clunkers is a great program. Want to get rid of your old, polluting car? The U.S. government will give you up to $4,500 to replace it with a fuel-efficient one. Cash for Clunkers has been so popular that ...READ»
