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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.

The need for heel-toe shifting is going away as the world turns to new automated transmissions. We turned to a pro to give us some insight on what may become a lost art.

The new trend in manuals is the rev-matching stick shift. Offered in some of the hottest sports cars in the world, this technology might just save the manuals.

The former star of the series Fast Times and the film Life in the Fast Lane, Patrick Dempsey has been challenged to a race in a matching set of 600 hp Hamke Super Late Model Chevy Impala SS racers by Washington’s teenage racing sensation Jessica Dana as a charity fundraiser.

In a recent piece in Forbes Magazine, Bob Lutz, the range-extended electric car guru, bashed on hydrogen fuel cells in what amounted to a self-serving, myopic view of the automotive industry.

Electric car sales aren't a flash-in-the-pan success, but they are growing rapidly, and many electric car owners look to long term trends to justify their purchase.

The choice with electric vehicles grows every months. So when does an electric motorcycle start to make sense?

What would be your ideal electric car? Range, price, space or all of those?

This winter style of auto theft is becoming more and more common, both in the U.S. and abroad, as thieves target an old cold weather habit.

The 2014 Corvette Stingray turns 60 this year along with 3,965,000 Baby Boomers who would like to believe that, like the seventh generation Corvette, old does not have to mean out of date.

What would you do if you wanted to convert your old BMW to elecricity? Mike Pethel's 1970 BMW CS 800 horespower and 1 mega-watt of energy.

Have you ever witnessed a driver do something showing a lack of attention – like turning in front of you or sitting motionless at a green light – and remarked they must be on the phone?

Despite the bright promise solar energy presents to power our homes and automobiles, myths are frequently promoted sullying the green cachet of the industry by media concerned with something besides truth, justice and the American way.

An in-depth design study that goes beyond anything we have ever seen offered for winter wonderland driving.

How come Tesla Motors with their laptop batteries give better range and better results than mainstream carmakers? The answer is in design philosophy.

What do grounded Boeing 787s and plug-in cars have in common – it’s the lowly lithium-ion battery of which we ask the impossible on a regularly recurring basis.

A European writer has destroyed a rare Porsche and is now faced with a massive bill for legal fees and repairs.

Can carmakers learn from the open source industry? Yes, if they build a strong business model around it and throw away discarded business practices.

Not every feature that appears to be a benefit is. For many vehicle upgrades there is often a trade-off.

Converting an old and classic car to electricity is a thorny issue the collector circle grapples with. When does it make sense to convert one?

Only one in 10 folks have the proper emergency equipment on board and if you don’t have what you need when you need it, your trunk is full of junk.

Preparing for tomorrow’s inevitable energy price increase is possible with alternative energy systems available today. Buying or leasing such systems makes sense with a little homework.

How many times have you wished you could attend the Barrett-Jackson annual auto auction in Scottsdale AZ with enough money to thoroughly indulge your wildest automotive desires?

When we think of Hot Rodders, we think of early Fords wearing furious modern V8 with blistering accelerations. So what happens when electricity steps in?

Currently in the US, gas is at the lowest prices we’ve seen in years, but in Europe, despite the slow economy, one third of auto buyers are willing to shell out extra hard-earned Euros for a car with higher mileage and lower emissions.

California's Clean Vehicle Rebate Project offers an additional incentive for clean vehicle purchases, and a look at the breakdown of clean vehcile sales in California versus national sales.

It was 99 years ago just this weekend that Henry Ford announced he would pay all his workers a minimum wage of $5 a day – a concept just beginning to emerge in the former colonial states.

We hold electric vehicles to a higher standard than gasoline cars. Most people who buy performance cars don’t care about range after all.

Tax incentives for electric vehicle purchases are meant to spur adoption, just as earlier tax incentives for hybrid vehicles helped with their adoption.