Here Are The Craziest Ways Automakers Tried To Get Our Attention At The New York Auto Show

03-28-2013 • Business Insider

The press preview days at the 2013 New York International Auto Show are over, and we were there to see the debuts of dozens of new cars.

Mercedes Bringing Tesla-Powered EV to U.S. Next Year

03-28-2013 • Wired.com

Mercedes-Benz is finally getting into the attainable electric-vehicle game with the B-Class Electric Drive, a compact Benz with a 115-mile range, a four-hour charge time and a price considerably cheaper than the awesome all-electric gullwing supercar

The Cactus Commute

03-27-2013 • nytimes.com

The Cactus Commute

The World’s First Production Electric Supercar Is Here — All 740 HP of It

03-26-2013 • Wired.com

The race to build the world’s first production electric supercar is over. And Audi blinked.

ELON MUSK: I'm About To Make A Big Tesla Announcement, And Put My Money Where My Mouth Is

03-26-2013 • Business Insider

Elon Musk, CEO and founder of electric car company Tesla, just Tweeted the following:

Elon Musk: The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity ...

03-22-2013 • www.ted.com

Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sits down with TED curator Chris Anderson to share details about his visionary projects.

An American Brand From The 1930s Wants To Make Electric Cars Great Again

03-20-2013 • Business Insider

Detroit Electric went out of business in 1939, after losing its edge to internal combustion engines that no longer needed to be started with a hand crank.

Auto Extremist advocates for Corvette as brand with multiple models [w/poll]

03-19-2013 • http://www.autoblog.com, by Zach Bowman

The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette really grinds Peter De Lorenzo's gears. Or, more accurately, the self-anointed Auto Extremist has an issue with what he sees as mismanagement of the legendary sports car by General Motors executives. In a new editorial on

Wheelylift saves space and effort when parking bikes

03-19-2013 • http://www.gizmag.com, By Antonio Pasolini

Wheelylift is a wall-mounted parking solution that saves space and effort when parking a bicycle

This Homemade ‘Flying Car’ Can’t Exactly Fly, But It Still Turns Heads

03-16-2013 • Wired.com

When Bruce Tomb realized that flying cars weren’t on the imminent horizon, he decided to make his own.

How America's Coolest Automaker Crashed So Hard, So Fast

03-16-2013 • Business Insider

In 2009, Fisker Automotive was an exciting company: With Detroit in shambles and a huge loan from the federal government, the startup automaker had plans to change the industry.

Stunning Corvette Concept Gives The New Stingray A Station Wagon Rear

03-15-2013 • Business Insider

The Callaway name is synonymous with truly unique Corvettes, with one only having to look at past creations, such as the Callaway C16 Speedster of 2007, for an idea of the types of masterpieces the company can come up with.

Burt Rutan's New Project: A Seaplane for Any Surface

03-15-2013 • http://www.popularmechanics.com

Burt Rutan, who officially retired in April 2011, reveals exclusively to Popular Mechanics today that he has devised "a new concept for a seaplane that may allow for operation from any surface: water, snow, grass, and hard surface."

Who Will Win the Electric Car Prize?

03-14-2013 • The Daily Bell

Henrik Fisker has quit as executive chairman of Fisker Automotive, the plug-in hybrid car company he founded in 2007.

Gadget Gets Under the Hood to Bring Analytics to Driving

03-12-2013 • Technologyreview.com

A $70 device will tell you how efficiently you’re driving, and can even call 911 for help in the event of an accident.

Brad Pitt Looks Really Thoughtful In This Chinese Cadillac Commercial

03-11-2013 • Business Insider

Cadillac wants to triple its sales in China by 2015, and to help it get to the 100,000 units per year mark, it has enlisted the help of Brad Pitt.

Off-Road Lambo, Poorly Named Kia Take Center Stage at Geneva Motor Show

03-08-2013 • Wired.com

With the exception of the crazy genius of Rinspeed, there isn't a single automaker based in the land of chocolate and watches, which makes the Geneva Motor Show one of the most intriguing auto shows on the planet.

First Mass-Produced Hydrogen Cars Roll Out

03-06-2013 • http://www.popsci.com, By Francie Diep

They produce only water as exhaust.

BMW’s Solution to Limited Electric-Vehicle Range: a Gas-Powered Loaner

03-06-2013 • Technologyreview.com

BMW’s approach to quelling range anxiety differs markedly from the tactics of other automakers.

Lamborghini Unveils $3.9 Million Supercar To Celebrate Its 50th Birthday

03-05-2013 • Business Insider

The Geneva Motor Show is in full swing after opening to the press this morning, but things really kicked off last night when Lamborghini unveiled the highly anticipated supercar it created to mark its 50th birthday.

Freedom’ license plate banned in Washington D.C.

03-05-2013 • washingtonexaminer.com

The word “FREEDOM” is among the list of banned vanity license plate slogans for Washington D.C., according to a government file obtained by a Freedom of Information Request filed by the transparency website GovernmentAttic.org.

RYNO Motors Full Story

03-04-2013 • youtube

This is a great story on the early days of RYNO Motors.

Land Rover Electrifies the Classic Defender

03-02-2013 • Wired.com

Land Rover has built the most intriguing EV experiments we’ve seen in years: an electric Defender that can pull 12 tons up a 13 percent grade and ford water nearly 3 feet deep.

New Cars Increasingly Out of Reach for Many Americans

02-28-2013 • Prison Planet

Looking to buy a new car, truck or crossover?

Mercedes Makes an Electric Speed Boat Look Like a Good Idea

02-27-2013 • http://www.wired.com, By Alexander George

Mercedes-Benz has created a stupid-fast electric speed boat inspired by its SLS AMG Electric Drive concept, compete with retina-searing yellow paint job.

3-D Printed Car Is as Strong as Steel, Half the Weight, and Nearing Production

02-27-2013 • http://www.wired.com, By Alexander George

Picture an assembly line not that isn’t made up of robotic arms spewing sparks to weld heavy steel, but a warehouse of plastic-spraying printers producing light, cheap and highly efficient automobiles.