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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.

Following suite with Washington State, Oregon's Legislature is due to consider a bill to change gasoline taxes and to charge a per-mile fee on drivers of efficient vehicles, like electric cars.

Honda goes back to kaizen for inspiration in advertising the 2013 Honda Civic

Ever wonder why it can be so hard to get a car started in the extreme cold? Find out here.

No matter how you look at it, electric cars present an engineering paradigm that sets free the minds of engineers. See how the Commuter Car Tango tackles conventional constraints.

You have surely heard the unending clamor over DUIs, so we want to remind you of three aspects of New Year’s driving sometimes overlooked – the fact that thieves never take a holiday, the dangers of the holiday itself, and how cold weather affects both you and your car.

The Millennial, the famous Generation Y is not buying, not interested, don’t have the financial means and are left out of the “American dream”. How can carmakers sale to this impossible generation?

If you are planning a drive to Everglades National Park anytime soon, be sure to get your “anti-vulture-kit,” as the scavengers migrating through the park have taken a liking to picking the windshield wipers, sunroof seals and other rubber and vinyl parts off of visiting vehicles.

The year 2012 is almost over and we've weathered a European economic crisis, natural disasters, predictions of the world ending, and more. During that, automakers managed to put out some pretty great concept vehicles. Here are some of the best car concepts from 1012.

Inspired by a reader question, here is a rundown of all the available transmission types found in passenger cars today.

Speaking to the the Senate Natural Resources Committee, Trip Doggett CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said the grid can handle even widespread adoption of electric vehicles.

Here are three cars that Ford, GM, and Chrysler could create using existing technology that would shake up the market.

The term "wedge car" was one given to vehicles of the late 1960s, 70s and 80s that had a distinctive wedge shape. People know them when they see them and many believe this was the true birth of the modern supercar era.