A planned US$1.2 billion development fund for hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars set up by the former Bush administration has been dumped by US President Barack Obama.

The issue of fuel cells has been a contentious one, with many believing the technology is of dubious benefit when battery-electric cars offer a far simpler solution. The USA’s newly-minted [...]

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Ah, the battle for Nurburgring supremacy. Not a week goes by without yet another report about the latest and greatest sports car hitting the 22km-long circuit in an attempt to set the fastest lap time.

Nissan is no stranger to the Nurburgring Nordschliefe, having used it to hone the suspension and powertrains of some of [...]

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British sports car maker has announced that they will be developing a new range of low-emissions vehicles in conjunction with the British Government. What kind of vehicles you ask? Perhaps a hybrid Exige S 240 to shuttle around visiting dignitaries? Or maybe some Lotus-tuned suspension for Liz’s biofuel powered horse-drawn state carriage? Nope, instead Lotus [...]

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During 2007, GM introduced the Chevrolet Volt and Opel Flextreme, both based on their E-Flex architecture and this time around its Cadillac’s turn to field the third E-Flex based design, the Cadillac Provoq concept. Currently featuring at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas,The Provoq has taken the Chevrolet Volt’s E-Flex drivetrain, improved it and [...]

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Volkswagen has presented the space up! blue concept car at the Los Angeles Auto Show (November 14 to 25) - a compact, zero emissions van in the style of the legendary Volkswagen Samba Bus. The space up! blue concept features the world’s first high temperature fuel cell and an array of twelve lithium-ion batteries.

The [...]

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