april fools

With perfect timing, the engineers at Callaway Cars have introduced a more powerful version of the Chevrolet Volt that should provide the speed boost some drivers are looking for. Reeves Callaway and his engineers, known for building highly-modified Corvettes since the 1980s, have created the ...

Some times, we just can't fit in all of the news of a day into our schedule of posts, so here's a brief round-up of some of the green car stories we missed on this important. Enjoy! Most important – after the announcement of the Volt convertible early this morning – was news of a Volt ...

Props to Road And Track, which got someone at GM to spill the beans on a surprise debut for the upcoming New York Auto Show: a two-door, convertible version of the Chevy Volt. Aside from the obvious, the topless Volt doesn't look all that different from the standard version and packs the same ...

In case you're curious who the intended first customer for Hyundai's new i10 conversion is, just look at the license plate in the image above. Hyundai doesn't name the Pope directly in their press release (read it after the jump), just says that ...

Our friends at Consumer Reports have reportedly gotten behind the wheel of the hotly-anticipated Chevy Volt for a world exclusive first drive. The first thing CR's testers noticed was the car's radio, which manages to play both AM and ...

Taking a page from Kia's wind-assisted Soul and the 2010 Prius, SEAT will be offering an Aero-Tonto wind energy system along with its new solar sunroof technology on the Exeo saloon, which goes on sale tomorrow. The ...

Just when it looked like all hope was lost for us diesel fans when it comes to light duty vehicles in the US market, our buddy Mike Levine at Pickuptrucks.com has the scoop on a plan to revive GM's 4.5-liter DuraMax. Several months back, Ford shelved plans to build a 4.4-liter diesel of its own ...

Kia has finally seen the light wind and will be offering a new Air Propulsion and Retardation Installation Line system option for the Soul (above), starting today. The system reduces fuel consumption by capturing energy from ...

Green Options blogger Clayton Bodie Cornell yesterday analyzed the implications of the end of a moratorium on commercial whaling. In effect, biodiesel production now has a renewable and bountiful source of feedstock. Petroleum companies are rushing to convert oil tankers into whaling ships that can ...