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Volvo S60 KERS Hybrid Prototype: Brief First Drive

Can you really improve fuel economy and performance just by taking a production car with a turbocharged 5-cylinder engine and adding Formula 1 race technology? To find out, we headed to Volvo headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden to test-drive a top-secret prototype Volvo has been testing for the past...

May 17, 2013 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 15

Low-Cost Truck For Developing Countries To Come In Flat Package

May 14, 2013 5

'Micro Hybrids' The Next Big Thing, Less Costly Than Mild Hybrids?

May 14, 2013 7

Tesla Model S To Get Adaptive Cruise, Lane-Departure Warning, More?

May 8, 2013 5

2015 Volkswagen Golf, at 2013 New York Auto Show

2015 VW Golf Sheds Even More Weight With Optional Carbon Roof

Volkswagen has made large strides in most areas with the 2015 Golf, but largest of all is the car's weight reduction. Some models are over 200 pounds lighter than their... May 7, 2013 by Antony Ingram 1

2013 Chevrolet Spark minicar, New York City, Aug 2012

2014 Chevrolet Spark To Get CVT, Replacing 4-Speed Automatic

The Chevrolet Spark, the smallest Chevy sold in the U.S., will get some mechanical changes next year, according to Christi Landy, the brand's small-car marketing director... May 1, 2013 by John Voelcker 4

Ford and Schaeffler eWheelDrive electric Fiesta prototype

In-Wheel Motor Electric Ford Fiesta Previews Future Urban Vehicles

When automakers test prototypes and new technologies, it's often done under the skin of an existing vehicle--partly to save costs, partly to avoid the gaze of prying spy... April 29, 2013 by Antony Ingram 4

VW Talks Future Tech: Plug-Ins, Natural Gas, 10-Speed Transmissions

Volkswagen chairman Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn covered virtually every area of green technology in his talk at the recent Vienna Motor Symposium. Plug-in cars, natural gas... April 29, 2013 by Antony Ingram 6

Volvo flywheel Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS)

Volvo Flywheel Hybrid System (aka KERS) Tests Completed Successfully

If you follow Formula One racing, you'll have heard of KERS, or Kinetic Energy Recovery System. There are several techologies being used, but among them is flywheel KERS... April 26, 2013 by Antony Ingram 6

Yes, Combustion Engines Will Be With Us For Decades; However...

It should be fairly obvious, but apparently it isn't: Plug-in electric cars are not going to sweep the marketplace overnight. Their sales will grow slowly and steadily from a... April 25, 2013 by John Voelcker 34

Volkswagen e-Golf electric car leaked images

Will New High-Power Microbatteries Matter For Electric Cars?

We've heard it all before--new battery technologies appear, set to revolutionize the way we use electric products. The story is the same for new microbatteries developed at... April 18, 2013 by Antony Ingram 10

Protean Launches Production In-Wheel Electric Motor

The benefits for dedicating an electric motor to each wheel of a vehicle were clear to see in Drive's recent video of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive. Make those... April 16, 2013 by Antony Ingram 18

Six-speed automatic previously developed by Ford and GM

Fuel-Efficient 9- And 10-Speed Auto Transmissions Coming From GM, Ford

The modern automotive business is a funny thing, making bedfellows of the unlikeliest of couples. Ford and General Motors don't collaborate often, but when they do it's... April 15, 2013 by Antony Ingram 7

Audi LED Lights Actually Save Fuel, Cut Emissions, EU Says

Many people imagine that fuel efficiency stops and starts with engine technology and driving technique, but there's a little more to it than that. Making a fuel-efficient... April 11, 2013 by Antony Ingram 5

China To Build EcoMotors' Efficient Opposed-Piston Engines

History makes fools of us all sometimes, none more so than when we dismiss certain ideas out of hand, only for them to come back years later and eat our words. That's why... April 9, 2013 by Antony Ingram 10

Volvo Adds New Diesel Tech, 8-Speed Auto To Improve Fuel Economy

Volvo doesn't sell any diesel vehicles in the U.S, but if and when it decides to change that it'll certainly have some of the more advanced units on sale. The company's new... April 9, 2013 by Antony Ingram 2

2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid, Catskill Mountains, NY, Oct 2012

Confused By MPG? Ford Contest Rewards App Developers Who Help

Life can be confusing for those motivated into greener cars with the aim of saving money. With all the options available to today's buyers--more efficient gasoline, diesel... March 29, 2013 by Antony Ingram 4

Red Bull Racing during testing for the 2013 Formula One season

F1 Racing's Focus Turns To 2014's More Fuel Efficient Engines

The 2013 Formula One racing season is already underway--and already causing controversy--but from an engineering standpoint much of the focus is already on 2014. That's... March 25, 2013 by Antony Ingram

Cover of Los Angeles Times Magazine, April 3 1988, depicting L.A. in 2013

What 2013 Looked Like For Greener Cars, Back In 1988

The rate at which technology develops makes predicting the future incredibly difficult, but people get it right sometimes. They get it wrong sometimes too, and you'd have... March 23, 2013 by Antony Ingram 3