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Forget full EVs for the moment. Think about saving gasoline with fuel-efficient technologies like electric power-assist steering, eAssist and air-propulsion hybrids availed by the split-cycle engine.

Electric cars can do to reduce the harm done by modern transportation systems, but only if a huge number of electric vehicles are sold, which leaves us with the question of how will electric vehicle sales catch on with the mainstream of car or motorcycle buyers?

All major stock indexes plunged today, providing a backdrop for the auto sector stocks to follow suit. Questions are: How long and how deep will this latest plunge go?

A California mother of three, Shawndeeia Joann Bowen, has been charged with three counts of child endangerment. The crime? Driving while texting... with her toddler in her lap!

Electric car makers are adding sounds to their vehicles to alert pedestrians of the silent-running car's presence. It's only a matter of time before these get hacked by inventive car owners and are used to pipe out personalized, more (shall we say) "interesting" sounds instead. Here's a list of the 10 best ideas we could come up with.

Tech papers to be released at SAE World Congress Expo to reveal new advantages which will create a potential challenge to EVs based on the functionality of the Miller Cycle and an air-hybrid option.

A few weeks ago I questioned when Toyota Motors (ADR: TM) stock would plow through the resistance level. It now looks like the upward trend bias is intact, whether the 2012 New York Auto Show agrees or not.

Electric car charging stations are necessary to give electric car owners the freedom to roam, but some charging station owners are imposing high access fees to use the stations, at times making the cost per mile to drive electric higher than the cost per mile for gasoline.

Between increasing net product sales overshadowed by a net loss, Axion Power International, Inc. (OTCBB: AXPW), the PbC battery has large charge acceptance and fast recharge capabilities, and can offer a low cost solution for operating the ancillary load in the micro-hybrid platform.

The fuel of the future will not be singular, as it has been in the past, but will instead be a family of options working together to change the way we drive.

The dream of solar powered electric cars may finally be here, says Planet Subaru in Hanover MA, whose news release dated April 1, 2012, describes a prototype electric Subaru Tribeca with solar panels on the roof for completely emissions free driving.

Based on the 2007 Supreme Court ruling, we were expecting it; and now the EPA proposal will regulate carbon pollution for future power plants. Question is: How long will it take for similar or more stringent rules to be extended toward autos?

In movies and television, outlaws can be good guys, bad guys, or some of both. Often, they are defined by the cars they drive. Here's a top 10 list of cars from moving pictures that defined the outlaw in the show.

Stocks do not go up perpetually; and upside price resistance for Toyota Motors (ADR: TM) is just one reason the stock backed off last week. Question is, when will Toyota stock plow through the resistance level?

Insider Monkey, a unique financial equity website, introduced its daily Billionaire Hedge Fund Index some time back to exploit transactions of insiders. You may be surprised to find General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) stock made number 17 out of the top 30 billionaire-owned stocks listed.

Michigan among other states in America is especially known for its Spring potholes which can tear down the best rides in the auto industry. That is why, in order to attain a world-class ride, the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze was especially driven through the engineered pothole course at the General Motors Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan.

Spring is here, sunshine is coming back and whether your car is 5 years old or 70, the itch to restore it comes back to haunt you.

Options are the little things car buyers add to customize their vehicle to suit their tastes. Throughout automotive history, there have been some crazy, stupid, and outrageous options available.. for a price. Here are five of them.

Bob Lutz's latest blog post on the Chevy Volt bashers finds him disappointed that a Conservative Icon like Charles Krauthammer would stoop to joining in with heaping lies upon the Chevy Volt.

Cyclone Power Technologies (OTCQB: CYPW), developer of the all-fuel, clean-tech Cyclone Engine, announced today that it has closed the first round of funding of its Secured Promissory Notes since its acquisition of Advent Power Systems.

Automotive design takes many forms and is a fickle business, with last year's great thing quickly becoming this years butt of the joke. One example from 64 years ago highlights how a simple focus on one goal can be trendsetting and result in one of the most long-lived and highest-production vehicles of all time.

While the Board of Directors of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. at its meeting held on February 21, 2012 decided on a plan for changes to its management as of late June 2012. American Honda is being offered voluntary severance packages. Question is, why?

While gold and platinum appear to be in the news more, investors would be wise not to disregard palladium, as the connection between auto sales and palladium is still strong.

Hydrogen fuel cells sound good until you realize the result is $100,000 cars needing a fuel delivery system in existence nowhere but California, when it’s just an electric car you could easily plug in instead.

It is not easy to admit mistakes, but I have to in this case. Back in January I wrote that Infiniti was heading down the path of irrelevance, much like Lincoln is doing over at Ford. Well, Infiniti, all I can say is a qualified "Mea culpa" or forgive me.

Using the EPA's combined cycle miles per gallon ratings, we look at the most fuel efficient cars available to young families today for under $30,000.

I saw an electric BMW driving around and caught up with Simon Haxton long enough to ask him a few questions on how does it feel driving an electric ActiveE.

As the production of EVs and hybrids increases, so does the risk to automobile brand reputation, manufacturers and their suppliers; and Dykema is taking the lead this month at the ABA Conference on Automotive Product Liability and Litigation.

Amid a series of quality issues over the Fisker Karma, a report surfaces that Fisker rushed the Karma out the door in order to meet Dept of Energy milestones.

Magna International Inc (NYSE: MGA) stock may have a breakout on its horizon; problem is, the price-time chart shows the stock in a trading range, so it may be difficult for some to choose the direction of the breakout without further investigation.