Filed under: Hybrid, Technology, Rolls-Royce
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM
2011 Chevy Volt - Click above for high-res image gallery
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Humor
Ready for Winter? Click above to watch the video after the break
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, On Two Wheels, USA, Racing
Hummer is in the midst of a move--from General Motors to China's Sichuan Tengzhong--but the brand has announced details for its 2010 H3 SUV and H3T pickup, which are slated to go on sale next month.
Changes are minimal. The standard engine is still a 239-horsepower, 3.7-liter five-cylinder engine, [...] 
Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Classics, Performance, Ford
Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Convertible, Truck, Specialty
Filed under: Aftermarket, Motorsports, SEMA Show, Coupe, Performance
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet
Chevy Volt durability testing - Click above to watch the video after the break
Filed under: Motorsports, Toyota, Earnings/Financials
Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Ford
Engineers from the University of Sunderland (UK), in collaboration with Shanghai’s Shen Li High Technology, ComeSys Europe and AVID vehicles, have launched ECO2Trans, a project to convert two buses to a fuel cell, battery and capacitor combination.
Sunderland’s Dirk Kok, Mark Armstrong, Maggie Ren and [...]
This is the Rally Fighter, a kit car built by Local Motors, an upstart builder based in Massachusetts. Unlike most of the other custom-built cars at SEMA, the Rally Fighter was designed entirely through the use of crowd sourcing.
Through competitions [...]
ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, and Fincantieri, the Italian merchant and naval shipbuilder, have signed an agreement to collaborate on the construction, marketing and supply of high-voltage shore connection (HVSC) systems to provide electricity to vessels in port.
Diagram of HVSC system. Click [...]
Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet
Filed under: Motorsports, Etc.
RACE DAYThe US Department of Energy (DOE) has signed a cooperative agreement with Hydrogen Energy California LLC (HECA) to build and demonstrate a hydrogen-powered electric generating facility, complete with carbon capture and storage, in Kern County, Calif. (Earlier post.)
HECA, which is owned by Hydrogen Energy International, BP Alternative [...]
Filed under: BMW, Motorcycle
2010 BMW R 1200 GS - Click above for high-res image galleryThe Jetta TDI Cup “street version looks to be finally heading to dealers. This, a sporting version of economical cars, is something I’ve long been a proponent of. And in Volkswagen’s case this looks to be a car that’s both fun, and [...]
Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Classics, Coupe, Performance, Pontiac
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Renault
Renault Twizzy ZE concept - click above for high-res image gallery
Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Coupe, Performance, Bentley
Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Etc.
Meguiars Wraptivo - Click above for high-res image galleryOcean Power Technologies (Australasia) Pty Ltd (OPTA), a subsidiary of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., in partnership with Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd, has received a A$66.46 million (US$61 million) grant from the Federal Government of Australia to build a 19 MW wave power project off the coast of Victoria, Australia.
The [...]
By now, every driver knows about traffic enforcement cameras. Found in more than 20 states, they photograph drivers committing traffic offenses, whether it's speeding or running a red light. The tickets simply arrive in the mail.
Found in more than 20 states, they're attractive to municipalities because they're run [...] 
Filed under: SUV, Truck, Hummer, Alternative Fuel
2010 Hummer H3 - Click above for high-res image gallery
Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in
Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Convertible, Performance, Chevrolet
After the resounding/inexplicable success of the last installment of the Fast & Furious series, work has now started in earnest on yet another chapter in the lucrative franchise.
Care to guess the plotline?
Filed under: Videos, Ford, Humor
Ford makes surprise $650 car announcement - click above image to watch the video
Early last month, we reported on surprising rumors that less-than-green Bentley is developing a hybrid powertrain for 2011. Not wanting to be left out of all the eco-fun, Bentley's high-end rival, Rolls-Royce, now says that it's also working on a hybrid powertrain -- one for the new Rolls-Royce [...] 
Filed under: Crossover, Kia, First Drive
2011 Kia Sorento - Click above for high-res image gallery
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Green Daily
Trinnovator - Click above to watch the videos after the break
The ZOE Z.E. concept car stems from a curious collaboration between French automaker Renault and luxury skincare company Biotherm (a division of L'Oreal). The ZOE Z.E. offers the usual complement of EV conceptual goodness -- it's battery-powered, boasts zero-emissions, is quickly rechargeable, and makes use of solar power' [...] 
Next summer's Concourso Italiano held during the Pebble Beach weekend in August will feature a gathering of Ferrari F40s to celebrate 20 years in the U.S. There's actually a Ferrari F40 Reunion Group and it's aiming to attract as many as, wait [...]
Be sure to look at all of Roadsidepictures’ photos and our other albums. And if you would like to recommend your favorite photo with a GM car or truck in it, put it up on Flickr and tag it with “gmfyi.”
Scientists are making progress toward development of an “artificial leaf” that mimics photosynthesis, but that converts sunlight and water into a liquid fuel such as methanol for cars and trucks, according to a new report summarizing the discussions from the 1st Annual Chemical Sciences and Society Symposium (CS3). However, [...]
Toyota's floor mat safety issue is rapidly turning into a public spectacle, as the NHTSA yesterday said statements made in a letter to customers about the floor mats were "inaccurate and misleading." The worst part? The NHTSA says the letter was inaccurate and misleading about the existence of [...] 
Yep, you read that right. According to Sky News, Cha Sa-Soon of South Korea has been taking and failing driver's tests daily since 2005.
It has cost her nearly $4,000 over the years, but she never gave up, finally passing with a reassuring [...]
Why did these people spend nearly four months trying to push this dump truck off the fourth floor of the abandoned Packard building in Detroit?
Because it was there and no one was around to tell them not to.
It's [...]
The Los Angeles Auto Show is just a few weeks away, so now seems as good a time as any to skim through the submissions for its 6th Annual Design Challenge. This year's theme is YouthMobile 2030 -- the goal being to envision vehicles two decades down the [...] 
The chief of General Motors European operations, Carl-Peter Forster, plans to leave the company after this week's u-turn that calls for the automaker keeping rather than selling Opel. European media reports claim. GM's head of all international operations Nick Reilly is [...]
Filed under: Hybrid, Rolls Royce
