Our eyes eventually glaze over at all of the car industry’s “limited editions,” “value editions,” and “sport editions.” But Chrysler has just announced a “Web edition.” OK, now we’re awake. It’s not so much a car but an option package comprising a bunch of tech toys all tied to the Net by an Autonet Mobile [...]

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Does one reach for a camera or a can of RAID when the Lexus Nuaero concept pulls into the driveway? Sure on Rdbrink’s design looks incredibly cool, fast and futuristic; but then again I’ve also spent the last few minutes looking over my shoulder to see if Sigourney Weaver was about to burst [...]

Tesla is making some big moves, literally. The company is planning to relocate from its current headquarters in San Carlos, California, to a $250 million facility in San Jose, California, the construction of which will begin in the summer of 2009. The reason? The Model S, an all-new 4-door 5-passenger zero-emissions luxury sedan powered by [...]

BMW has finally unleashed some information and photos of the much anticipated MINI E set to debut next month at the LA Auto Show. For those who haven’t been paying attention, late last spring BMW announced plans to build and lease a fleet of 500 battery powered MINIs starting sometime in 2009. The front wheels [...]

The 2010 Toyota Prius is scheduled to be revealed at the 2008 LA Auto Show, but there’s just one small problem. We’ve already seen it! Images of the new Prius leaked all over the Web earlier this week and, on Thursday, Toyota confirmed that the leaked images were–in fact–authentic.
Taking a look at the next-gen Prius, [...]

RUF, the makers of all things performence and Porsche, have focused their modding efforts on an all-electric Porsche 911.  They’ve succeeded, and the RUF Electric Porsche 911 has finally hit the pavement.  While it looks and feels like a combustion 911, this RUF mod isn’t dependent on foreign oil.  And with a brand so familiar [...]

More than half of all automobile models sold in the United States next year will offer optional support for Apple Inc.’s iPod, reflecting automakers’ drive to accelerate sales by offering compelling technological features, according to iSuppli Corp.
U.S. consumers for the past few years have been demanding improved connectivity between their vehicles’ audio/video systems and their [...]

Mazda has confirmed that the sedan version of its new Mazda3 will make its world debut at the Los Angeles auto show on November 19 and be released in South Africa in mid-2009.
The redesigned Mazda3 follows the introduction of the new Mazda2 and Mazda6 and, the company says, every element of the car has been [...]

Audi has confirmed plans to launch a small electric city car, likely to be based on the VW Up! concept. Peter Schwarzenbauer, who sits on the management board at Ingolstadt, told Autocar “We will offer a pure electric car” at last week’s Paris motor show. Schwarzenbauer was responding to rumours that Mini is planning an [...]

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Ford Motor Company is introducing an innovative new technology – called MyKey – designed to help parents encourage their teen-agers to drive safer and more fuel efficiently, and increase safety-belt usage.Ford’s MyKey feature – which debuts next year as standard equipment on the 2010 Focus coupe and will quickly become standard on many other [...]

NEWS FLASH! The Chevy Volt does not use its gas engine to recharge its batteries!
It was commonly assumed that the gas engine component did exactly that, recharge the lithium-ion batteries. Not so, apparently. The confusion stems from some early GM press releases on the concept Volt, and had been subsequently passed on as gospel by [...]

San Jose is aiming to be the capital of clean technology following a $250m (£139m) deal with electric car maker Tesla to base its new factory there. The city beat other contenders to secure a project that will bring more than 1,000 jobs to the area. “This is a big step toward being the centre [...]

In the race for change, the Porsche 911 could lose to an Icelandic glacier. But as with most evolutionary processes, it doesn’t stop. Such is the flow of new product from Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. Less than one year since the GT2, the last variation of the 997—phase one—was launched, the next 911 is here. It’s still called [...]