From a sporty, V12 S Class to a be-winged Smart car, Mercedes brought everything (and a little in-between) to the 2014 Detroit Auto Show, and parked it right across from Cadillac. If you don’t think that’s Mercedes making a deliberate statement,…
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At the end of my recent interview with Mike Tinskey, Ford’s global director of vehicle electrification and vehicle infrastructure, I brought up comments made by Tesla co-founder Marc Tarpenning regarding the internal barriers major car companies…
For a long time, the auto industry has basically just been about selling cars (and trucks, SUVs, etc). However, electric vehicles are a new breed of automobile. Actually, there’s a lot more “auto” potential with these vehicles, as well as linkages…
I recently got a chance to check out Renault’s entire electric vehicle lineup at EVS27 in Barcelona. Below are most of my pics of all of these vehicles (except the Twizy, which I got to test drive) — the Renault Fluence ZE, Renault Zoe, and Renault…
The 2015 Honda Fit is an incredibly important car for Honda, and they know it. The Japanese automaker isn’t pulling any punches this time, determined to make up lost market share in the subcompact car market. That’s why Honda engineers improved…
Originally published on Gas2 The Audi Allroad Shooting Brake e-tron Concept is something old, something new, and something very exciting to talk about. Audi stuck a plug-in hybrid drivetrain capable of delivering nearly 480 ft-lbs of torque, along with…
The new Chevrolets coming out this year will be faster — on the information superhighway. The General Motors division said Sunday it would deploy fourth generation (4G) Internet connections on several models to help motorists who want to stay connected…
Once upon a time the Ford Bronco was highly-regarded among sport utility fans. It’s been decades since Ford built a new Bronco, and years since the last Bronco Concept crossed an auto show stage. So one has to wonder if the rumors of an EcoBoost-or…