Filed under: Etc. , Motorcycle , Celebrities It’s been a long time coming, but celebrity gossip site TMZ reports that American Chopper has finally been canceled. A spokesperson for TLC, which picked the show up after its first few years on The Discovery Channel , said, “The Teutuls will...

Filed under: Truck , Government/Legal , Hatchback , Chevrolet , Ford , GM Novozymes E85 vehicles - Click above for high-res image gallery Government waste takes on a whole new meaning today as a Chevrolet HHR and a flex-fuel Ford F-150 powered by ethanol roll into Washington D.C. for the Auto Show ....

Volvo C30 electric vehicle uses … ethanol for heat This is the first time we’ve heard this particular strategy. Report: GM to invest “hundreds of millions” into pickups with fuel-saving tech Electronically-operated openings in the grille, anyone? Metalback is a biodiesel-powered...

Startup company Hybrid Kinetic Motors showed off its first concept car at a Montgomery, Ala., hotel in hopes of building support for its bid to build cars in that state. The Italian-designed Quaranta concept is part of an effort to convince state lawmakers to provide tax breaks and other economic incentives...

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Nissan Perhaps going green doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t have any fun. Evidence of this fact can once again be seen as the performance and tuning communities continue to look at ethanol for increased performance for a relatively low outlay of cash....

Chevy Volt, cellulosic ethanol named two of the year’s biggest losers Less hype, cheaper price would have helped. GM clarifies Volt’s “low 30s” price is only possible after tax credit No surprises here. Video: Honda CR-Z has “values you can talk about with others”...

Filed under: Technology , Ford Last year we heard about a very interesting experimental engine that Ford was working on called the “Bobcat.” The engine in question is a 5.0-liter V8 that features turbocharging and two independent fuel injection systems. The primary system utilizes traditional...

For all the joy of Christmas morning, there’s certainly a lot of waste involved. Reams of wrapping paper, forests of evergreens and piles of unwanted fruitcakes are discarded after the holidays. That got us thinking: Wouldn’t it be great if some of that trash could be repurposed as fuel?...

The Washington Post used a report from the National Research Council to criticize government subsidies for plug-in hybrids, such as the Fisker Karma. After pouring billions of dollars of federal money into fuel cell car research over decades, the US Department of Energy recently cut way back on hydrogen...

The Washington Post used a report from the National Research Council to criticize government subsidies for plug-in hybrids, such as the Fisker Karma. After pouring billions of dollars of federal money into fuel cell car research over decades, the US Department of Energy recently cut way back on hydrogen...

The Washington Post used a report from the National Research Council to criticize government subsidies for plug-in hybrids, such as the Fisker Karma. After pouring billions of dollars of federal money into fuel cell car research over decades, the US Department of Energy recently cut way back on hydrogen...

COP15: Brazil says ethanol is “the only real alternative” to fossil fuels Should the rest of the world follow Brazil’s lead? REPORT: Tesla goes from competitor to demonstrator in Automotive X Prize Elon’s team decides to focus on product, not racing. REPORT: Some Chevy Volts...

Here at Autopia, we have been fascinated by Tata’s Nano micro-car for some time . On the one hand, it seems like a way to bring cheap transportation to the masses. On the other, does the world’s environment really need more masses of cars? What if the Nano wasn’t a conventionally powered...

Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal There is some ethanol in almost all of the gasoline sold in the U.S. Usually, this amount is no more than 10 percent of the total and, if it’s more than that, it jumps all the way to 85 percent and is sold as E85. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was...