2011

If you listen to conventional wisdom coming out of Detroit, you'd think that every single U.S. car buyer secretly wants a Suburban. Call it the bigger-longer-badder-better principle: Everyone wants the largest car they can afford. Often that's true. But not always. Sometimes people want the most...

Tesla Motors, manufacturers of the all-electric Tesla Roadster and Tesla Roadster Sport has decided to recall 439 of its sexy sports car, over a potential fire risk. The Palo-Alto based automaker has often been in the news this year, from its roller coaster initial public offering back in June...

Tesla has recalled 439 Roadster 2.0 and 2.5 models due to a low-voltage cable that might be defective. A 12-volt auxiliary cable is the culprit. The cable could lose power, which would affect the headlights, taillights, turn signals/hazard flashers, and airbags. On one vehicle, the cable caused a...

As major automakers and electric specialists battle it out to become the number one electric vehicle maker, a small Oregonian company is slowly sneaking into the lead in the world of electric motorcycles. Featured in The Wall Street Journal Blogs this weekend, Brammo motorcycles likes to think of...

No, it's not pronounced "hell" ... although that word was heard from many Modena fans when news first broke that Ferrari was planning a hybrid-electric drivetrain in some models. The first fruits of Ferrari's wide-ranging quest to improve the fuel efficiency of its models was unveiled at the Paris...

When long-time EV advocate and former GM EV1 salesperson Chelsea Sexton talked to us a few weeks ago and told us she had some exciting news, we knew something fun was about to happen. Did she have news about the up-coming sequel to Chris Payne’s docudrama Who Killed The Electric Car? Was she...

As smitten as we are here at AllSmallCars.com with the 2011 Nissan Leaf, we can’t help but be intrigued by the company’s latest concept at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. Are partner site, AllCarsElectric.com, got a sneak peak at the Nissan Townpod concept prior to its unveiling in Paris...

Let’s face it. We haven’t been particularly nice about the Automotive X-Prize. While the multi-million dollar competition was originally designed to seek out new engineering talent and encourage automakers to go green, the event became a holding pen for the misfits of the automotive...

Anticipation for Nissan's 2011 Leaf electric car is beginning to reach boiling point but for those who've put down deposits in the last few months, waiting for the car brings a mixture of frustration and excitement, like a kid on Christmas Eve trying to get to sleep before Santa arrives. Our own...

Coda Automotive, the California startup that will begin delivering its 2011 Coda Sedan electric car at the end of the year, has ambitious plans. CEO Kevin Czinger expects to sell up to 14,000 all-electric compact sedans in the company's first full year of operations. The car is assembled in the...

Renting a car is one of the most common ways of driving a model you’re not familiar with. Now, as electric cars start to make their way into dealerships, they will be showing up in rental fleets as well. Hertz, the nation’s largest rental brand, announced last week that it would add...

Remember the June rantings of British motoring journalist Mike Rutherford, who warned in his column for the Telegraph that cars like the 2011 Nissan Leaf would retain just 10% of its original value three years after purchase? While Rutherford ‘s original article was based on figured provided...

Consumers in the U.K. have only just been given the chance to place deposits on the 2011 Nissan Leaf but that hasn't stopped Nissan considering a few subtle tweaks before the car goes on sale, according to Autocar magazine. Changes are likely to include subtle body alterations and interior changes...

The 2011 Chevrolet Cruze has been getting some good reviews over the past couple of months. We can understand why with some of the features like a 139-hp turbocharged inline four-cylinder engine, OnStar Directions and Connections, climate control and, for those in cooler climates, heated seats. Of...

Just two more days to go until the official media day at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. And even before that, there's a slew of announcements, reveals, receptions, parties, and other festivities, all focused around the first event on the global autumn auto-show calendar. Following our roundup of the...

The 2010 Paris Motor Show is upon us and amongst the supercars and superminis lie a veritable feast of electric vehicles. Whilst we've known about many of the cars due to be shown for a little while now, for many it will be the first opportunity to see the newest EV concepts and production cars up...

The fall's first big European auto show, the 2010 Paris Motor Show, officially kicks off on Thursday, which is when all the press conferences happen. But the industry has been leaking out selected images, teasers, and occasionally full details on the concepts and production cars that will appear...

The Chevrolet Volt is a car that has been in the news a lot; actually it has been talked about since January of 2007 according to U.S. News & World Report. Seem hard to believe? Even I find it hard to believe that we have been anticipating the newest form of hybrid electric vehicle for...

One of the most coveted awards in the North American automotive industry is the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards. Since we can’t get enough of small cars here at AllSmallCars.com, it was a pleasant surprise to see both the 2011 Nissan LEAF and the 2011 Ford Fiesta on the short...

Hyundai has been moving up the ladder in terms of their position as a formidable opponent in the U.S. automotive market. Little victories have been had with each new model introduction, but lately the one that is making all the noise is the 2010/2011 Hyundai Sonata. Sales figures for the Sonata...