Like their owners and pretty much every auto journalist, we love BMWs. And we especially love driving them. It’s a cliche now, but especially their sedans are perfectly balanced, instantly responsive, and raring for the open road. They are, to overuse the decades-old tagline, pretty close to the ultimate driving machines. Which is why we’re [...]

Ener1, one of the leading lithium ion battery companies, announced plans to develop fuel cell stacks for use in electric vehicles as range extenders through a subsidiary company called EnerFuel. Currently, the fuel cell stack has been tested in concept form by automakers including Ford and General Motors.  Ener1 is working hard on the project [...]

Wards Auto makes a bold prediction that could prove true.  Their prediction, “The ranks of hyper-millers will grow with the Ford Fusion Hybrid volume.”  Hyper-millers are drawn to gauges that tell you how good you are doing.  Gauges that accurately display real time fuel economy, battery power and such are what many hyper-millers us to [...]

Plug-in electric cars are the next frontier for green car buyers. Hybrids like the 2010 Toyota Prius and 2010 Honda Insight will duke it out this year, but you can’t charge them up from wall current. GM has been promoting its plans for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in car with an auxiliary engine, for [...]