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The road to plug-in success goes through China. Time for a US pullback?

Chinese manufacturing a tough nut to crack for America Is US energy policy too fixated upon batteries? I’m pretty confident that electrification is the future of the auto industry, but I’m not sure whether that electrification will be dominated by batteries, or whether fuel cells will also have a role to play. OK. That’s not really true. [...] [...]

Smart – BMW ActiveHybrid 5 navigates its way to better fuel economy

Increasing fuel economy with smart navigation Better fuel economy comes in interesting packages Thanks to hybrid cars, start/stop is becoming standard in many conventional vehicles — improving fleet fuel economy much more than just hybrids can provide. And thanks to hybrids like the BMW ActiveHybrid 5, navigation might one day make every car more fuel efficient. I typically don’t [...] [...]

Four Cylinder Engine Production Begins At Toyota’s Alabama Engine Plant

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (September 29, 2011) — State and local officials joined Toyota team members and executives today to mark the start of four-cylinder engine production at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama, Inc. (TMMAL). Visit @Toyota ACCESS to receive your news via e-mail. Update your RSS feed preferences. [...]