Tesla gets creative $28 million tax incentive in California...

Tesla gets creative $28 million tax incentive in California
While not every state offers as big a rebate on the Tesla Roadster as Colorado does, there is a federal tax credit of $7,500 available to people who buy the electric sports car. Drivers aren't the only ones that various governments want to help in getting electric vehicles on the road. Tesla Motors itself will benefit from a favorable bit of tax...

Fisker to Build "Affordable" Hybrid at Former GM Plant...

Fisker to Build "Affordable" Hybrid at Former GM Plant
In an announcement no one really expected, Fisker Automotive has said it will purchase a former General Motors manufacturing facility in Wilmington, Delaware, to use as the assembly location for its upcoming “affordable” plug-in hybrids.

Tesla Goes 313 Miles on Single Charge, Sets World Record
Simon Hackett shipped his 2008 Tesla Roadster down under for the event and proceeded to set a new world record for a production battery-powered vehicle. Hackett and co-driver Emilis Prelgauskas managed to squeeze 313 miles out of the lithium ion battery pack of the Roadster.

Tokyo Motor Show. Is This your Future Ride?
Take a glimpse of the near future. Electric vehicles and other types of eco-friendly cars are taking center stage at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show, which runs through November 4.Following the commercial success of Toyota's hybrid car Prius, Japanese car makers introduced their latest line up of eco-friendly cars.

15 Weird Looking And Funny Vehicles (PICS)...

15 Weird Looking And Funny Vehicles (PICS)
Nice concept designs.

Owning A Bugatti Veyron Does Not Put You Above The Law (Pic)
Even though the parking ticket will not put a dent in his wallet, he sure does look like an idiot with that parking boot attached to his tire.

The 5 Men Driving the Global Car Industry
The global downturn has left the car industry facing an unprecedented challange. Graham Ruddick looks at the five men who will shape the industry's future.

Mazda Copying VW, Adding Diesels to American Line Up...

Mazda Copying VW, Adding Diesels to American Line Up
Mazda in order to boost the fuel efficiency of its fleet of cars and trucks 30 percent by 2015, plans to copy VW's success with diesels in the US.

The 10 Biggest Auto Death Traps Ever Built
Some of the biggest deathtraps ever set loose on the roads of the world, so read on and pray you never find out personally what makes these cars so deadly

Everything you think you know about car care is wrong...

Everything you think you know about car care is wrong
When it comes to maintaining your car, misconceptions abound. And even the best intentions can lead you to spend more money than necessary or even compromise your safety. Here are a few common car care myths that can do more harm than good.

Do Not, Under Any Circumstance, Change Your Oil Here (vid)


Honda's U3-X Taken for an Awkward Squat
If there is one thing people love, it's personal mobility. After all, what other species regularly harness other creatures for the sole purpose of getting around. The auto industry is all about personal mobility. Since the dawn of the car in the late 19th century, it has been adopted world-wide as one of the preferred means of getting around.

Yosemite Bears Targeting Minivans as Favorite Snack Wagons...

Yosemite Bears Targeting Minivans as Favorite Snack Wagons
The rebellious bears of Yosemite Valley have developed a taste for that old standard of the suburban family life, the minivan. The kid-friendly vehicles are quickly becoming a bear necessity for hungry bears in search of easy pickings.

The Great Electric Vehicle Race: Portland Vs. San Francisco
Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco seem locked in an ongoing battle to become the left coast's left-most city.

Tokyo's 8 Most MPG-Kicking Concept Cars
What made this year at the Tokyo Auto Show remarkable is the fact that the majority of the reveals are hybrids, fuel-cell and EVs. Here are the most interesting concept cars from Nissan, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and Honda .

BMW Offers Plug-In Electric Diesel Hybrid ...

BMW Offers Plug-In Electric Diesel Hybrid
A new design, influenced by Formula One race cars, uses a layered look, both outside and inside.

Army General Says EVs a Matter of National Security
During a speech today in Detroit, retired U.S. Army General and former presidential candidate Wesley Clark cast the effort to develop electric vehicles as a critical national security need that is essential to help the United States reduce its dependence on foreign oil.

Mythbusters test golf ball dimpling effect on fuel economy...

Mythbusters test golf ball dimpling effect on fuel economy
The Mythbusters must be closet car fans, because the hour-long show on the Discovery Channel seems to be producing more and more experiments involving automobiles than ever before. Their latest again involves fuel efficiency, this time testing if a dirty car is more fuel efficient than a clean one because of the golf ball-like dimpling effect.

Bring Back Cars That Are Fun and Fuel-Efficient
Remember the Honda CRX? 56 mpg on the highway and a blast to drive. It was a great achievement: a car that was fun to drive and efficient. Things have gone pretty much downhill since.

10 Cool Concepts from the Tokyo Auto Show
Gull WingThe Subaru Hybrid Tourer Concept has both a 2.0 liter boxer engine and electric motor hybrid system, a feature that could land in actual showrooms by 2011.

2009 Tokyo Auto Show: The Shape of Things to Come
Four exciting concepts from Nissan, Honda, Daihatsu and Mitsubishi give us a sneak peak at the future., The latest national and international auto show coverage, including new releases, photos and video that take you to the show floor.

Nissan Confirms Three EVs for Production, Including Infiniti...

Nissan Confirms Three EVs for Production, Including Infiniti
At the Tokyo Motor Show CEO Carlos Ghosn has just confirmed that Nissan will boast a lineup of at least three electric vehicles in the next few years – and a fourth vehicle is also possible.

Ford's Social Campaign Pits Fusion Owners Against Each Other
If you own a 2010 Ford Fusion, have three gung-ho friends and would like have Ford pay off the rest of your car payments and give your whole team free gas for a year, then the Fusion41 campaign might be for you.

Top 10 Most Fuel Efficient Cars of 2010
Here are the greenest cars on the road this--and next--year. And then there's the 10 worst gas guzzlers . . .

Tokyo 2009: Lexus reveals $375,000 LFA supercar...finally
TOYOTA has unveiled a new Lexus two-seat super car, the LFA, with a 4.8-litre engine and a price tag of about $US375,000. The new addition to Toyota's luxury Lexus line uses lightweight materials such as carbon fibre.It has a V10 petrol engine and boasts a top speed of 325 kilometres per hour, with an acceleration of 0 to 100km/h in 3.7 seconds

OnStar halts stolen SUV to end a high-speed chase ...

OnStar halts stolen SUV to end a high-speed chase
The 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe roared away with officers in pursuit, but shortly after the suspect made a right turn, operators at General Motors Co.'s OnStar service sent a command that electronically disabled the gas pedal and the SUV gradually came to a halt.

Bus Collision Nearly Hits Jogging Pedestrian...

Bus Collision Nearly Hits Jogging Pedestrian
This guy has to be one of the luckiest men alive.

Mysterious Runaway Toyota Crashes Not Just Due to Floor Mats...

Mysterious Runaway Toyota Crashes Not Just Due to Floor Mats
Five fatal crash in the U.S. over the last two years involving runaway Toyota and Lexus vehicles, along with hundreds of incidents of sudden acceleration, have been reported to Toyota or the federal government. Toyota has blamed the incidents on improperly installed floor mats, but ignition, transmission and braking systems may also be to blame.

Mental Floss: How Countries Choose on Which Side They Drive
So what is the deal with the “wrong” side of the road? How do countries decide which side they drive on?

Is this the World's Most Miserly VW Bus?...

Is this the World's Most Miserly VW Bus?
...how cool is the VW Bus-shaped sidecar attached to the Lambretta scooter seen above? Apparently, the sidecar is constructed from the shell of a small go kart that was made for a time by a company called Bratz. We don't have much more information on the machine, but we think there might just be enough room for one in our garage.

Happy 100Th Anniversary, Morgan
Morgan is celebrating its 100th anniversary, but just how has this family-owned British car maker survived against all the odds?

Congress Approves DOE Funding for Three-Wheeled Vehicles
Just having got Congressional approval, the bill now heads over to get signed into law by Obama. The president says he plans on doing exactly that, which means the last hurdles for three wheeler funding appear to have been cleared.

Why America Should Pay More Attention to Korean Cars
The Koreans have arrived! (This is is a good thing, and Hyundai deserves some respect.)

Hydrogen Fuel Cells Aren't Quite Dead Yet...

Hydrogen Fuel Cells Aren't Quite Dead Yet
Like Mark Twain said of his misapplied obituary, the report of the death of the hydrogen fuel cell is an exaggeration. And no wonder: Take the universe's most abundant element, hydrogen, pass it and air through an on-board fuel cell, and produce electricity to power our cars.

Ford hybrid sales up 73 percent compared to 2008...

Ford hybrid sales up 73 percent compared to 2008
Last year at this time, Ford Motor Company was not yet selling the Ford Fusion or Mercury Milan hybrids. These two models have proven to be quite popular, and are a regular bright spot in Ford's sales reports. So far this year, through September, Ford has sold 26,016 hybrids.

Study: Testosterone drives men to buy fast cars
Testosterone is what drives men's desire to own fast cars, according to a study published in the journal Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes.

iPhone App Remotely Drives a Minivan (amazing video)
In the future, we'll all be able to drive without leaving home. Researchers in Berlin reworked their DARPA-spec autonomous minivan to be controllable by an iPhone app

Crazy Tesla Taxi Takes Customers On Delusional Journey...

Crazy Tesla Taxi Takes Customers On Delusional Journey
A New York taxi company owner makes enough money to not only live near Monaco but also to buy a Tesla Roadster. More shocking? He wants his neighbors to actually know how he made his money with a taxi-liveried Tesla.

Just another drive to work on the highway...

Just another drive to work on the highway
Seriously, isn't your commute like this?

$1.5M Russian SUV Features Diamonds & Whale Penis Leather
Whale penis leather interior. That's all you really need to know about the $1.5 million Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition. Yes, the diamond-encrusted white gold gauges and gold-plated bulletproof windows are impressive, but seriously, whale penis leather interior.

Top 10: 2009 Frankfurt Production Car Reveals (Pics)
There were so many amazing vehicles at the Frankfurt Motor Show that it was a really difficult task to pick just 10. We decided to feature just the cars set to hit a road near you in the near future.

Cadillac-Powered SpeedLiner Sets Speed World Record (vid)
Different automakers seek out different bragging. The same goes for tuning houses. The bogey in question may be the quickest lap time around a given race track (usually the Nürburgring), a particular horsepower figure, a performance benchmark, or, in some cases, a world land speed record.

Winter Gas: What Is It and Why Is It So Much Cheaper?
Every year in late summer, you will start hearing references in the media about the conversion to winter gasoline, and why is that fuel so much cheaper?

Satellite Is My Co-Pilot on Fords of The Future
Researchers at Auburn University and Ford have teamed up to develop new accident-avoidance technology that allows satellites to communicate with a vehicle’s on-board electronic stability control (ESC) to prevent a crash.

Cell Phones and Driving: A Dangerous Duo...

Cell Phones and Driving: A Dangerous Duo
Many people claim they can multi-task and they are not the problem and therein is the biggest one concerning this topic. It doesn't matter if you were born with a cell-phone growing out of your ear, if you are talking on the phone and driving at the same time you cannot possibly be giving your full attention to the road ahead and all of its peril

Cadillac-Powered Streamliner Shoots for 400 MPH
The man behind Infidel, a streamliner powered by a twin-turbo 529-cubic-inch Cadillac engine with 1,900 horsepower and 1200 foot-pounds of torque, hopes it’ll do 400 mph, which would make it the fastest gasoline-powered vehicle on the planet.

Latest Electric Car Design From Peugeot (PICS)
Peugeot draws inspiration from the 1940s for its latest quirky electric car design.

Chrysler lost us 30 seconds in, and thus began their slide
Chrysler Turbo Encabulator: whatever the heck id does, we know less now than we did when they first tried to explain it to us.

GM signs Deal to sell Hummer to Tengzhong...

GM signs Deal to sell Hummer to Tengzhong
General Motors Co signed a deal on Friday to sell its iconic but tarnished Hummer brand to an investment partnership headed by an obscure Chinese machinery maker in an agreement that...

Drives On What Side? [PIC]...

Drives On What Side? [PIC]


WaterCar Python Offends All 5 Senses On Land And Water
A California company has combined a Corvette with a luxury speedboat and thrown in some jet ski to create a holy trinity of awesomeness it calls the

For men scared of girls - we present the "Mannermobil" RV
If you don't like traveling with your wife, or you just think girls will give you cooties, check out the Männermobil RV. This "boys only" mobile home has absolutely nothing that appeals to (most) women.

Dugg for Truth [PIC]
Your car sounds like it's broken, thanks for bursting my ear drums.

Selling Mercedes under Sharia...

Selling Mercedes under Sharia
Daimler is hoping to boost its troubled sales with a financing and leasing company in the United Arab Emirates that offers Islamic-friendly financing. The new companies, joint-ventures with local Mercedes distributors, will give Mercedes dealers a host of financing services to entice more customers.

Nissan Unveils New Car Where You Glide To Turn (w/vid)
Nissan is pulling out all the zero emission stops at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show. In addition to the expected Leaf electric vehicle, the Japanese automaker will also be showing off a new concept called the Land Glider. Intended to be an urban runabout, the two-seat Land Glider is fully electric and is extremely narrow to ease congestion...

Ten Best Vehicles For Urban Warfare...

Ten Best Vehicles For Urban Warfare
Society is crumbling and most of us live in cities, which means we're going to be fighting in urban jungles for scarce resources. With the help of our readers we've identified these ten best vehicles for urban warfare.

DeLorean Motor Company Considers Building Pontiac Solstice
The DeLorean Motor Company is a brand without a car and the Pontiac Solstice is a car without a brand. That leaves the company wondering: if John DeLorean were still alive, would he try to save Pontiac?

15 Favorite Sports Cars (Then and Now) {w/Pics}
A fast car is sort of like your first BJ. When you dump the clutch in one of these muscle machines; your eyes, mouth, and cornhole (in some cases) will fully open. You’ll put this experience in your memory, where it stays for the rest of your life.

Top Gear in America's redneck country...

Top Gear in America's redneck country
Of all the hair-raising escapades in the show, being chased by murderous Alabamans was the scariest says presenter.

EXCLUSIVE: The Chevy Caprice Police Car Is Back!...

EXCLUSIVE: The Chevy Caprice Police Car Is Back!
After a 15-year absence patrolling U.S. streets, an all-new law-enforcement-only Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV) joins GM'a fleet in 2011.

Compact pickups on way from India - Mahindra TR20 & TR40
Truck buyers are renowned for their brand loyalty and willingness to disparage other makes. With that in mind, do the little pickups from India with a name few will have ever heard - Mahindra - stand a chance?

Top 10 stolen cars in California (PICS)...

Top 10 stolen cars in California (PICS)
Hot wheels.

What Went Wrong With Saturn?
GM pulled the plug on Saturn, ending nearly 20 tumultuous years with this bold, creative automotive experiment. Now, the many Saturn owners, lovers and admirers are asking, What happened? Here's how Saturn came up short.

How to Park Your Car Like a Man [PICS]


Should the US Tax Mileage or Fuel?
The government's push to raise mpgs may have a disturbing, unintended consequence: deteriorating highways. Nick Chambers of Gas 2.0 takes a close look at some of the high-tech and low-tech ideas that are being talked about now.

How To Stop Your Toyota Floor Mats From Killing You
Toyota's provided this handy guide for what to do if you think your Toyota/Lexus is part of the recall. Click "more" to avoid a fiery death.

Rumormill: Electric Rolls-Royce Phantom on the Way?...

Rumormill: Electric Rolls-Royce Phantom on the Way?
"Yes, an electric Rolls-Royce. And why not? The torque curve of an electric motor – making maximum pulling power right at zero RPM – would seem to suit the R-R mission perfectly, as would the distinct lack of noise, vibration and harshness. Sounds like a match made in heaven, no?"

e-Wolf Electric Supercar Gets 536hp, 187 Mile Range
The lightweight supercar will weigh just 900kgs (1985 pounds) and be powered by four in-wheel electric motors, each generating a healthy 134hp. The combined power output can be rated at 536hp, while the combined torque output is at 737.6 lb-ft.