Tesla's Extra 0.4 Star

Tesla is trumpeting the Model S' excellent performance in NHTSA's safety tests.  Tesla says that the model S has achieved a combined...

Ford's C-Max Debacle Explained

Ford yesterday announced that it was re-stating the fuel economy label of the C-Max hybrid, from 47 city / 47 highway /47 combined to a sti...

Tesla Quality Checking

An interesting insight into Tesla's assembly and delivery process over at Wired, here . Tesla is testing every car they  build with ...

The Chicken Tax--Bad and Good

There is an interesting piece in the Detroit News today about the possible impact of the "Chicken Tax", the 25% import duty on fo...

Tesla's Hungry Doorhandles

Edmunds discovered that the Tesla S motorized door handles will not detect your fingers if you have them in the way when they want to close...

Top 20 Vehicles June 2013

Here is a list of the top 20 best selling vehicles in the U.S. through JUne, 2013.  Data table courtesy of Good Car Bad Car . Rank ...

GM's eAssist: 25% improvement?

In a recent blog post , GM claims that their eAssist mild hybrid (starter/generator) system is good for an average 25% fuel economy improvem...