A team of researchers has found that Hummer owners say their vehicle choice is strongly related to their personal morals. Of course, those morals are guns, guts and gas guzzlers. According to an article published in the Journal of Consumer Research,...

Insurance.com has come up with a list of the 10 most dangerous things eat behind the wheel. Seriously. Topping the list is the one thing we’ve all shoved into our faces during the morning...

In an era of brand elimination, government bailouts and plant closings, it’s refreshing to  hear some positive news about the automotive industry. Unfortunately, we have to travel all the way to...

When Paul Ridley decided to row across the Atlantic to support cancer research, he knew he’d need a lot of stamina, a lot of support and more than a little technological help. To make the...

Space junkies and wannabe astronauts rejoice - we’ve got exclusive video of Virgin Galactic’s recent test flight in the Mojave. Wired.com got its mitts on the first official cockpit video and...

Mavizen is moving right along on development of the TTX02 electric superbike, and company boss Azhar Hussain passed along some video of the bike undergoing testing of the battery management system. It isn’t much to look at — just a low-speed cruise...

Boom! That’s the sound of another round being fired in the electric vehicle war, and it’s a big one: BMW is getting in on the action in a big way. The Germans are rolling into the Detroit auto show next month with the slick Concept ActiveE and hinting...

You can add Volvo to the list of companies promising to roll out electric vehicles to “selected customers” to test the waters before diving in. The Swedish automaker announced today that it is heading into the Detroit auto show with a spiffy electric...

When I first learned about Tesla Motors in 2006, I wasn’t looking for an opportunity in clean tech. Having spent too much time working in the financial services industry, I decided it was time to pursue a career in something that I was passionate...

Aston Martin is swaddling a lowly Toyota iQ in leather and giving it a grin like the Cheshire Cat. Aston calls it the world’s first luxury urban commuter. We call it an idea so crazy it might just work. The Cygnet is all grille and no go, given that...