For those who find all that talk of hybrids and electric vehicles and charging infrastructure taking over the world just a little too pie-in-the-sky, here's some fodder to rub in the faces of your visionary friends: an article from the October 1958 issue of Mechanix Illustrated touting the widespread availability of hovering cars by 1978. Among the vehicles allegedly in the works: not one, but two flying Jeeps. Yeah, snark all you want, but you know you'd be buying one of

Given the considerable turmoil in the new-car market,  automakers are looking for any good news that they can find. In Ford's case, the good news is that sales numbers for the month of May were an improvement over the previous month by 20 percent. Not only that, but the combined sales for Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury were 155,954, which is the best total for the company for any month since July of 2008.

Lincoln posted a two

The biggest hurdle faces rising demand for electric and plug-in hybrids is the accessibility of public recharging areas.

Many would be driver of electric vehicles are discouraged due to their short range.  Charging at home is an option, but what if your travels to and from work would extend beyond the range of the vehicle?  This presents a problem and the solution is not easy.

Owners of electric vehicles will need public charging areas. 

Volkswagen Bluesport Concept

In a new (and very brief) report, UK's Channel4 reports that a production version of Volkswagen's comely BlueSport concept has been delayed.

While details are slim, Channel4 says that a company insider came clean to journalists about the diesel roadster's demise at a recent Australian press event, and according to said source, the reason for the model's mothballing is that the company believes that the dire global economy won't