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Honda Celebrates National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day; All-new Clarity Fuel Cell Sedan Coming to Market by the End of 2016 +VIDEO

Honda Celebrates National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day; All-new Clarity Fuel Cell Sedan Coming to Market by the End of 2016 +VIDEO

TORRANCE, CA - October 5, 2016: Honda is joining with organizations across America in celebrating National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day (www.hydrogenfuelcellday.org) to raise awareness of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies that can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while increasing the nation's energy security. Ho ... Continue reading

First Drive Review: 2017 Toyota Prius Prime by Henny Hemmes +VIDEO

First Drive Review: 2017 Toyota Prius Prime by Henny Hemmes +VIDEO

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor OJAI, CA - October 4, 2016: Gone is the Prius Plug-in, welcome to the Prius Prime! During our first test drive in the hills surrounding the Ojai Valley, the PHEV that is a variant of the fourth generation Prius surprised us in different ways. It is just clever thinking of Toyota t ... Continue reading

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2016 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SUMMIT REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2016 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SUMMIT REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS INTRO TO THE GRAND CHEROKEE VEHICLE The five-passenger Jeep Grand Cherokee represents a more serious type of utility – the kind that might actually see real trail action and towing rather than laps around the shopping mall. Once equipped with all the bells-and-whistles from the Summit trim grade, incl ... Continue reading

Auto Lab LIVE From NYC - Saturday October 1, 2016; 7-9 AM (EDT) Radio Call-in Show

Auto Lab LIVE From NYC - Saturday October 1, 2016; 7-9 AM (EDT) Radio Call-in Show

The Auto Lab Radio Show is Broadcast Saturday's 7 to 9 AM On New York City's WNYM Radio AM 970 and Streamed Worldwide On The Auto Channel Broadcast Date: October 1, 2016 Car Question or Concern? Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted ... Continue reading

The EV Supercar "GLM G4" is Finally Unveiled: Where Unfathomable is Possible

The EV Supercar "GLM G4" is Finally Unveiled: Where Unfathomable is Possible

PARIS, September 30, 2016 -- GLM's new, luxury electronic vehicle has been unveiled at Salon Mondial de l'Automobile in Paris. GLM G4 is a new car concept: what a luxurious vehicle should be and not merely the extension of existing internal combustion engine models. Founded in Kyoto, GLM has contributed unprecedented E ... Continue reading

First Ballard-Powered Buses Hitting the Road in China's Largest Fuel Cell Bus Deployment

First Ballard-Powered Buses Hitting the Road in China's Largest Fuel Cell Bus Deployment

VANCOUVER, British Columbia and FOSHAN, China, Sept. 30, 2016 -- Ballard Power Systems today announced the commissioning and deployment of an initial 12 fuel cell-powered buses in the District of Sanshui, in the City of Foshan, in the Province of Guangdong, China. The buses will be operated by Foshan Sanshui Guohong Pu ... Continue reading

INFINITI VC-Turbo: The world’s first production-ready variable compression ratio engine

INFINITI VC-Turbo: The world’s first production-ready variable compression ratio engine

INFINITI VC-Turbo: The world’s first production-ready variable compression ratio engine ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Diesel Engines From SsangYong Equipped With Ceramic Glow Plugs And Glow Plug Control Modules

BorgWarner Diesel Engines From SsangYong Equipped With Ceramic Glow Plugs And Glow Plug Control Modules

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 29, 2016 -- BorgWarner supplies its advanced diesel cold-start system with ceramic glow plugs (CGPs) and glow plug control module for SsangYong's new 1.6-liter and 2.2-liter DTX engines. Featuring BorgWarner's fast-heating diesel cold-start technology, the glow plugs help optimize combustion ... Continue reading

New World Range Record for the Kangoo ZE-H2, EV FC

New World Range Record for the Kangoo ZE-H2, EV FC

PARIS—This is with a 22 kWh standard battery charge and with 1.8 kg of hydrogen for the Symbio FCell fuel cell range extender that the Renault electric light-duty vehicle travelled 367 kilometres in 10 hours 36 minutes, at night on a mixed journey of urban and peri-urban areas, with lights and heating turned on. This ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Press Conference - LIVE from 2016 Paris Motor Show +VIDEO

Volkswagen Press Conference - LIVE from 2016 Paris Motor Show +VIDEO

VOLKSWAGEN PRESENTS AN ELECTRIC CAR FOR A NEW ERA Watch the entire press conference LIVE right here at 2AM ET Thursday PARIS - September 28, 2016: The presence of Volkswagen at this year's Paris Motor Show is all about 'Think New.': in presenting the world premiere of a design study, Volkswagen introduces a new ambassa ... Continue reading

Volkswagen World Premiere - Volkswagen EV The I.D.

Volkswagen World Premiere - Volkswagen EV The I.D.

Paris Motor Show - Mondial de l'Automobile 2016 Sep 28, 2016 World premiere of the I.D. starts the countdown to a new era for Volkswagen Volkswagen plans for the visionary I.D. to hit the road in 2020 An ambassador: the I.D. is the first Volkswagen of a new fleet of electric cars It runs and runs: the I.D. has a range ... Continue reading

Revitalizing Suzuki’s Crossover - Major S-Cross Facelift

Revitalizing Suzuki’s Crossover - Major S-Cross Facelift

LONDON - The S-Cross first went on sale in October 2013 as Suzuki’s first ‘C’ segment crossover model and now, three years later, the major facelifted model is introduced with more distinctive and upright front end styling offering a stronger and bolder road presence. Ground clearance is now slightly higher at 18 ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Group & Audi Accelerate Fuel Cell Technology Solutions Program With Ballard

Volkswagen Group & Audi Accelerate Fuel Cell Technology Solutions Program With Ballard

VANCOUVER and INGOLSTADT, Germany, Sept. 26, 2016 - Ballard Power Systems today announced that automotive OEM Audi AG has issued purchase orders to Ballard to accelerate certain key development activities under the current long-term Technology Solutions program that Volkswagen Group has with Ballard. As announced by Ba ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest - September 19-27, 2016

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest - September 19-27, 2016

* Gasoline station lines are back. A massive pipeline leak in Alabama caused widespread gasoline shortages and significant price hikes on the East Coast of the United States. Though the leak reportedly posed no danger to the public, officials said it affected drivers all along the I-95 corridor from Florida to Maine. C ... Continue reading

A Must Read: Edwin Black's Non-Fiction Book THE PLAN - Review

A Must Read: Edwin Black's Non-Fiction Book THE PLAN - Review

Only read this book if you want to understand the energy crisis and find a solution. If you want to remain ignorant, selfish, and in support of American-hating foreign oil producers and domestic rapacious gasoline companies you should avoid Edwin Black's THE PLAN. International release scheduled for Tuesday, September ... Continue reading

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