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2010 Ford Transit Connect Small Delivery Van Selling Well

Today seems to be Ford day; this morning's e-mail included a news release on the early sales success of the 2010 Ford Transit Connect small delivery van, just while we're in the middle of writing up our four days of travel in a 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid. We first drove the 2010 Transit Connect in...

August 17, 2009 by John Voelcker

Toyota To Build Hybrid Auris In the UK Next Year

July 17, 2009

Volvo To Use Ener1 Li-ion Batteries in Plug-In Hybrid Demonstration Cars

July 13, 2009

Nissan Exec Says Investments For Battery Production Will Exceed $1 Billion

July 9, 2009

Cute AND Clever: Chrysler's Coming Green Innovations

Chrysler's on the skids right now, no doubt about it. June sales plummeted 42 percent, and some consider its takeover by--errr, sorry, partnership with--Italy's Fiat to be... July 2, 2009 by John Voelcker 4

EV Rentals Available In Bergamo, Italy

Say you're an eco-conscious tourist on vacation in Italy and you'd like to explore the outskirts of Milan, but you left your driver's license in the hotel safe. No problem... June 21, 2009 by Robert Scardino 1

Tesla To Open Seven Dealerships This Summer

Tesla Motors has confirmed that they will open seven new regional sales and services centers this summer. The new stores will be located in New York, Seattle, Chicago, Miami... June 4, 2009 by Robert Scardino 1

Lexus Planning Hybrid Audi A3 Competitor

Lexus plans to unveil a front-wheel drive, hybrid-only hatchback at the Frankfurt Auto Show to compete with the likes of the Audi A3 and the BMW 1-series. The car will be the... May 9, 2009 by Robert Scardino 1

Frozen Chickens Killed Detroit. Discuss.

Ask your average Toyota Prius owner or green-car geek about the "chicken tax," and you'll likely get a blank stare. Only those of us who've followed the industry for far too... May 7, 2009 by John Voelcker 5

Renault Kangoo be bop ZE electric vehicle

Renault Unveils Uber-Cute Kangoo BeBop ZE, First of Four Electric Cars

Annual meetings are often grim, and never more so for automakers than this year, with every company confronting plummeting sales and red ink. But Renault resolutely moved... May 6, 2009 by John Voelcker

Flight Design's New Hybrid System for Planes

German composite plane maker, Flight Design, will introduce a hybrid engine for light planes at the Aero Show in Friedrichshafen, Germany next month. The concept uses a Rotax... March 16, 2009 by Robert Scardino

Tesla Roadster Appears in Swedish Commercial

Sometimes speaking the same language isn't a prerequisite to understanding. Take this Swedish commercial. What appears to be an advertisement for the Finnish energy company... December 23, 2008 by Robert Scardino