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Mazda is Bringing Back the Rotary Engine
Mazda Motor Corp. is bringing back the rotary engine by 2030! Mazda was the first automaker to market rotary engines in 1967 in the Cosmo Sport/Mazda S110. It also happened to be...
China Should Skip Internal Combustion Altogether
If you're a car industry fanatic like many of us are, you may recall that in the early days of the U.S. auto industry, there were far more than only three companies (or a few more...
Henrik Fisker Resigns As Fisker Automotive Executive Chairman
Henrik Fisker, namesake and founder of plug-in hybrid auto manufacturer Fisker Automotive, has resigned from the company. Most recently, he has served Fisker as Executive...
Tesla Earns Money Selling Pollution Credits, Loses Money Selling Cars
Electric-vehicle manufacturer Tesla, seller of the expensive but well-regarded Model S sedan (and formerly seller of the Tesla Roadster), is still in its startup phase. Revenue...
GM’s Akerson Pontificates on EVs, Future GM Vehicles
General Motors CEO Dan Akerson told attendees at the IHS CeraWeek conference in Houston this week that he is confident that his company is on track to meet aggressive fuel-economy...
GM Ventures Invests In EV Transit Bus Startup
Over the past few years, General Motors has made some efforts to atone for its past sins, real or perceived. When we interviewed Mark Reuss, president of GM North America, he...
What Obama’s Re-Election Means For the Car Business
Last night, when my wife balked at the notion of me commandeering the remote for the next four or five hours to keep the TV tuned to CNN, rather than clearing out the DVR of our...
EV Battery Maker A123 Systems Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Former green-energy darling A123 Systems filed for bankruptcy today. Though A123 has been struggling in several areas for the past few months, the speed of the filing has caught...
Review: 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In
Nearly a decade and a half after its 1997 launch in Japan, the Toyota Prius is the undisputed king of hybrid vehicles. If someone shows you the silhouette of a Prius, you likely...
Falling Lithium Ion Prices Could Spur EV Adoption
Remember when plasma TVs were $10,000? Well, now they're less than $400 - and that's for a Panasonic 42" model at Wal-Mart, not even a Chinese knockoff unknown brand. Well, if...