Doubts Can't Stop Plug-In Hybrids   25 Oct 2006 14:45 GMT
While technical challenges remain, consumer demand and support from big companies and electricity suppliers make the emergence of the alternative vehicles almost inevitable. In Autopia.
Source: wired.com

Doubt Cast on Plug-in Hybrids   25 Oct 2006 14:45 GMT
While there are technical challenges, support from electric utilities and companies like GE, as well as consumer demand, make the emergence of plug-in hybrids inevitable. In Autopia.
Source: wired.com

Motoring: Installing a Rear Camera to Illuminate Blind Spots   21 Oct 2006 05:49 GMT
Horrifying stories about cars backing over children or pedestrians, not worries about dings or dents, prompted this reviewer's interest in testing rearview video cameras.
Source: NY Times

Wheelspin: Car 54, How Fast Are You? An Entrance Exam for Rookie Cruisers   21 Oct 2006 05:49 GMT
At many law enforcement agencies around the country, a black-and-white cannot wear the uniform or set off in hot pursuit of lawbreakers unless it has first passed muster with the Michigan State Police.
Source: NY Times

Technology: Aluminum Is Striving for Mass Appeal, but With a Lot Less Mass   20 Oct 2006 21:37 GMT
Just as automakers turn from steel to aluminum as a way to lower fuel consumption and improve performance, Big Steel is fighting back.
Source: NY Times

At Crossroads of Sporty Car and S.U.V.   20 Oct 2006 21:32 GMT
The Mazda CX-7 is a crossover with zoom-zoom styling and a down-to-earth price, while Acura's RDX takes dead aim at the BMW X3.
Source: NY Times

Microbes Key Ethanol Future   20 Oct 2006 20:15 GMT
Genetically modifying plants and bacteria to more efficiently produce ethanol could help us escape our self-inflicted climate change, but we can't let the science run amok. In Autopia.
Source: wired.com

Adapter Lets Any Car Use Ethanol   20 Oct 2006 12:15 GMT
Hybrid owners (or anyone else) who wish they could fill their tanks with ethanol can purchase a gadget and drive green. In Autopia.
Source: wired.com

Auto market researcher revs up Oracle grid for massive data warehouse   19 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
Automotive industry research company R.L. Polk's new grid-based data warehouse boasts gobs of untapped power under the hood.

Source: Computerworld

SUVs Escape Guzzler Tax   19 Oct 2006 12:45 GMT
A longstanding tax that penalizes cars that burn gas gives SUVs a free ride. It's about time we leveled the playing field by updating a law passed during the Carter administration. In Autopia.
Source: wired.com