Report: Porsche intent on building 918, if it’s profitable Don’t rush to your dealer, as it could still take five years. Fisker says 100,000 plug-in hybrids a year could be built at Delaware plant Export hopes are high. Work Truck 2010: Nissan working to bring NV200 to U.S., electric version...

We, like just about everyone else in the automotive world, were blown away when Porsche took the wraps off the 918 Spyder hybrid supercar . The wizards in Stuttgart built the plug-in hybrid on the QT and kept it super-secret until rolling it out in Geneva, where it almost literally stopped the show....

Filed under: Concept Cars , Convertible , Hybrid , Performance , Porsche Porsche 918 Spyder Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery We still haven’t stopped drooling over the Porsche 918 Spyder concept , a car that debuted at this year’s Geneva Motor Show . It’s a sexy infusion...

At long last, Google Maps has routes specifically for bikes. With the click of a mouse, the new feature allows you to plot the best (and flattest!) ride from Point A to Point B. Several cities, including New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, have bike-specific mapping sites. But...

We won’t see electric cars racing through the streets of Paris in June. They’ll be racing through the streets of Barcelona in October instead. The EMXGP pulled the plug, if you’ll pardon the pun, on racing in the City of Light and pushed back the race date to give teams more time to...

At Witz’ End - It’s the Battery, Stupid! And we need better ones. Mitsubishi and PSA finalize deal for 100,000 electric vehicles Europe, get ready. BMW: Actually, we’re planning on more than 200 ActiveE units for the U.S. At least 450 will be leased here. Other news: First sketches...

Filed under: Coupe , Marketing/Advertising , Hatchback , Smart , Design/Style Daimler rang in the new year with an online design contest called ” Style your Smart .” Apparently, the idea of decorating a virtual Smart Fortwo appeals to a lot of people, since 50,000 design ideas we submitted...

Filed under: Concept Cars , Geneva Motor Show , Technology , Hatchback , Kia , Electric Kia Venga EV concept - Click above for high-res image gallery Apparently, we we missed at least one interesting machine from the recently concluded press days at the Geneva Motor Show . Kia showed off a battery electric...

Filed under: New York Auto Show , Spy Photos , Performance , Wagon , Cadillac , GM Well, it sure looks like it. All credit for this one goes to one Aaron P., who emailed the following to us: So I was walking down Grand Avenue in Downtown LA, and they were shooting a Caddy commercial. There was a covered...

Filed under: Chrysler , Dodge , GM , Jeep Just about every automaker posted February sales gains compared to the same month in 2009, and industry-wide sales were up 13 percent for the month. Even Chrysler posted its first year over year gain for the first time in 25 months, albeit by a mere 399 units....

Filed under: New York Auto Show , Hybrid , Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Chevrolet , Kia , Mercedes-Benz , Porsche , Toyota , Volkswagen , Ferrari , Diesel The votes from 59 international journalists have been counted and the finalists for World Car of the Year have been named. The Detroit News...

GreenRoad is a 2-inch gadget with lights that go from green to yellow to red, depending on how poorly you’re driving. The idea behind the monitoring system is to warn drivers when they are behaving recklessly and hopefully improve their behavior. GreenRoad was initially marketed as a consumer...

Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Motorcycle , Electric The Zero DS steps into the spotlight - Click above for high-res image gallery You may have read our latest report regarding the future of recently canned Buell Motorcycles. Everyone’s favorite American sportbike company hit the chopping...

Report: BMW will offer up to 700 urbanites an electric 1 series lease Who’s ready? CARB approves of Roush’s propane-powered Ford F-250 and F-350 The wait is over, for those of you who’ve been waiting. Transonic gets Supercritical with fuel injection, claims 50-75% improvement Well,...