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-Though thought to be receding, a recent series of collisions involving teen drivers in the US left 20 young people dead in a single week, while a new report by the Governors Highway Safety Association show fatalities among 16 and 17-year-olds are rising.

Climate Change Skeptic Bjorn Lomborg's opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal drew a sharp response from the Electric Drive Transportation Association, calling his math fuzzy, and his logic flawed.

If I were shopping for a new vehicle right now, there are three very different vehicles that would be my first choices in our three categories would be the 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302, the 2013 Chevrolet Volt and the 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8.

The most common question an automotive journalist will be asked is 'What car should I buy?" This is a loaded question, since our vehicles are not only an extension of ourselves, but also should fit exactly what our lifestyles and transportation requirements are.

The most common question an automotive journalist will be asked is "What car should I buy?" This is a loaded question, since our vehicles are not only an extension of ourselves, but also should fit exactly what our lifestyles and transportation requirements are.

As an automotive journalist, it seems that whenever I tell someone what I do for a living, the first thing out of the other person’s mouth is “what is your favorite car” or “what car would you buy right now” so this week, a few of us here at TorqueNews will offer up the vehicles that we would buy if we were shopping right now.

The new Corvette Stingray has everyone suffering Corvette fever. Here is a remedy you may never have considered.

Tesla Motors announced a plan to speed up repayment of their DOE loan, cutting the time in half.

Battery breakthroughs are exciting but they are years down the road. Lithium-ion technology works today and the results are impressive.

INRIX is a leading tracker of traffic data, publishing a monthly index monitoring congestion in 100 US cities. Their data now reveals a two-month uptick in year over year gridlock reversing a two-year decline in most of the country and signaling an economy on the mend.

We’ve all heard the expression, “You are what you eat,” but no one has ever said, “You might be driving what you eat!” If you own a late model Ford you may be doing just that.

When a company misses deadlines to file financial reports it's a big red flag, but when Tesla failed to file it's fiscal year 2012 SEC report the investors yawned and sent the stock price up 2.4%.

Electric taxis seem like a perfect city idea but can they take on the amount of miles driven a day and withstand both hot and cold temperature in the long run?

This year, a new limousine for the Russian president will be commissioned and automaker Marussia Motors and CarDesign.ru from open-sourcing the design as a contest worth $5,000 to the winner.

Press days for this year's Geneva Motor Show open on March 5th, with several vehicle unveils planned. Here are the five hottest on the list.

Over the past five years, thanks to the economy, many people have been repairing their current vehicle to avoid the expense of a new one, but how far can this be pushed before it becomes a losing proposition.

Two California twins have invented a candle that emits hydrogen blue sparks caused by HydroBlaze, a water-based hydrogen fuel that gives combustion a boost of hydrogen energy.

A current report before the Virginia house of delegates suggests a tax on diesel fuel nearly double the levy on regular gas, aimed at compensating the state for the damage 18-wheelers do to the roads, but perhaps unfairly penalizing the 250,000 citizens who will soon drive diesel passenger vehicles.

Running a red light is one of the most dangerous things any driver can voluntarily do and, according to the National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR), red-light cameras can reduce the incidence of the riskiest violations as much as 86 percent.

Tesla's quarterly results confirmed reaching production of 400 Model S's per week, showed continued large losses, but Musk promises profitability by Q2 2013.

For the do-it-yourself maintenance mechanic, Toyota is still one of the top brands to own and the 2013 RAV4 continues that legacy.

A group of Model S owners proved last weekend that John Broders failed Tesla Model S road trip could have been a success.

As an exercise in speculation, and in honor of the observation of his birthday tomorrow, we started wondering what George Washington would drive today, if still alive at the age he left the White House and aware of the events of the interceding 216 years.

Criminals are not known for their street smarts, but we pity the fool in Georgia who purloined a Krispy Kreme doughnut delivery truck from a convenience store parking lot in Dacula – can you imagine the fervent zeal of the pursuit?

A brave CNN reporter repeated last weeks ill-fated trip by NY Times' John Broder, and easily drove from Washington D.C. to Boston on electricity, in the winter, stopping only at Supercharger stations.

Here’s a PowerPoint presentation that will convince any spouse to let their husband buy a new 2014 Corvette Stingray C7 or any other Corvette you may want.

Literally millions of seemingly sensible men (an oxymoron) picked up lovely and perfect women (another oxymoron) in the quest for the perfect Valentine’s date last night – but if what the British division of Hertz discovered is true, one in three were in a rental car presented as their own property.

As part of an effort to green New York City, Mayor Bloomberg has set in motion changes to add significant new electric car recharging infrastructure, creating conditions that might make electric vehicle adoption more attractive.

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk shows off vehicle log data to back up claims that John Broder essentially fabricated a no-win situation that ended up with the Tesla Model S he'd borrowed on the back of a flatbed truck.

When the NY Times writer John Broder wrote about his failed Tesla Model S road trip, experienced electric car drivers world-wide rolled their eyes in disbelief over the mistakes he'd made.