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Toyota Engineers Two New Flower Species to Offset Manufacturing Carbon

Toyota's rivals have long complained that the popular Prius hybrid has a less-than-green legacy due to its manufacturing process. Now the car maker has flashed its green…

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NASA Scientist Converts iPhone into Chemical Sniffer

Cell phones have increasingly become mobile labs and tech tools for researchers, and now NASA has gotten in on the act. A postage-stamp-sized chemical sensor allows iPhones…

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Roboticists Want to Make You an Electric Car Customized for Your Personal...

Drivers who want to know energy tradeoffs between gas guzzlers and electric cars may find some help at the ChargeCar project, where researchers have begun investigating how…

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Ford C-Max Energi: A Car That Could Take Auto Electrification Mainstream

Plug-in cars save gas and cut pollution, but at a cost. The Nissan Leaf has a maximum driving range of about 75 miles. The Chevrolet Volt seats just four people. And at…

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Detroit Auto Show 2013: VW Shows Off A Plug-In SUV Concept

"If it goes into production…" So begins the second sentence of the press release for the Volkswagen Crossblue, a midsize SUV with a diesel plug-in hybrid powertrain. It…

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Uptown Volt

In January 2009, General Motors unveiled the luxury cousin of the Chevrolet Volt—the Cadillac Converj concept. Yet almost immediately, GM started sending mixed signals. One moment the Converj was...

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The Porsche Mission E Might Be A Concept Car, But Its 800-Volt EV Technology...

From Our Blogs: Speed Lab Porsche's new Mission E sports car concept uses an advanced system that operates at twice the voltage as today's EVs for faster charge times and lighter weight. Porsche...

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