However, there's a lot of good-old wholesome family vehicle in the latest versions of the Highlander; they're cavernous, thanks to a nice low load floor and flexible seating that helps make the most of any combination of passengers and cargo. Even though the seats aren't all that supp...
While experts don’t expect a viable commercial recycling market for hybrid and EV batteries for at least another decade, large recycling firms like Umicore and Toxco are testing and developing efficient processes to recycle the batteries before they hit their plants in heavy volumes. ...
Ford cuts manufacturing energy use 22% in 6 years; targeting additional 25% drop by 2016 16 June 2012 Ford has reduced the amount of energy required to produce each vehicle in its manufacturing facilities by 22% in the last six years. The company also announced plans to reduce usage a...
If you've been slacking on your doctor-recommended dose of electronic beats and French weirdness, Renault has you covered. The company has turned out a new video for its Twizy pod car featuring a gaggle of youth prowling Parisian streets in the early hours of the morning. The fleet of...
Stop using corn to make ethanol. That's just like using the energy from 4 gallons of gasoline to make enough hydrogen to drive 40 miles. Instead, use the $2 billion dollars a year currently given to farmers to NOT grow anything on 30 million acres of cropland, to grow Canola on that s...
There were times during the past days of qualifying when it looked like Audi might own the first two rows of the starting grid for this weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans . The R18 e-tron quattro hybrid cars were running the quickest lap times, with the two diesel R18 Ultras following clos...
Indeed there were some outstanding performances all around from the Audi R18 team. World Championship front runner Loic Duval in the number three R18 managed to secure a time that was just 0.291 seconds slower. Meanwhile, Le Mans record winner Tom Kristensen in the number two Audi R18...
Tesla's thrid-generation platform will underpin both an electric sedan and a previously undisclosed crossover. As the years pass, we get a clearer picture of Tesla's future third-generation electric vehicle, or should we say electric vehicles (plural). During last week's Tesla Motors ...
Mazda to supply SKYACTIV-D diesel engines for 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans 16 June 2012 Mazda Motorsports will sell racing versions of its new SKYACTIV-D diesel engines (earlier post ) to teams competing in the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Le Mans engin...
After weeks of waiting, the 24 Hours of Le Mans is finally here. And it is an extra-special race this year what with hybrid race cars from both Audi and Toyota taking to the field, as well as the experimental Nissan DeltaWing. So far, the hybrid cars are putting on an impressive showi...
Tesla Motors, Inc. 2012 Annual Shareholder Meeting From the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.
It WAS a great race with Toyota challenging for the lead and even leading about 6 hours in....but was totally ruined by that moron Nakajima. Toyota had been leading going into a safety car (brought on when one of the GT Ferraris totally wrecked the OTHER Toyota in a terrible crash) an...
