2013 Lincoln MKZ – The Most Fuel Efficient Luxury Car
What does Lincoln stand for? Jim Farley, group vice president, Global Marketing, Sales and Service, responds, “MKZ is our strongest proof yet on what...
Premium EV Battery Maker A123 Systems Files for Bankruptcy
In a press release yesterday, A123 Systems, an advanced lithium-ion electric vehicle battery manufacturer, announced what investors and owners feared and expected,...
Toyota Dealers Prefer Selling Hybrids over EVs
Electric vehicles have a lot going for them, most notably minimal fuel costs and minimal carbon-dioxide emissions. Unfortunately, they don't seem to hitting...
Better Place and CODA Partner for Airport EV Taxis with Battery Swapping
The fastest way to recharge an electric vehicle is not on an L3 480V charger, over 30 minutes, but to simply swap out...
GM Sticking to 2016 Target for Hydrogen Vehicles
Major automobile manufacturers have had hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in research and development for years, but they always seems to be on...
Hydrogen Vehicles: The Dream Lives On
Hydrogen as a power source has been under on-and-off development and use in various sectors since the 1900s, but has its own special...
General Motors’ 100 mpg Car – The Platinum Anniversary That Could Have Been
In 1992, I built my first PC, the same year Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Works hit the market. Bill Clinton became President of the...
Building Hybrid Electric Vehicles Cheaper
With the increasingly strict standards regarding fuel economy and emissions, auto manufacturers have been making plenty of advancements in automobile technology. Over the last...
Toyota Not Believing in Their EV Program Anymore
Who killed the electric car this time? Apparently Toyota doesn't see the markets as currently supporting an extensive electric vehicle fleet. The 2012...
New Ultra-Efficient Engine Promises 100 MPG
Today's internal combustion engines are almost nothing like the engines found in cars of years gone by, with the exception of the basic...
