Category archives: Car News

I really love this editorial on how consumers are leaning towards green cars but need some more incentives to go over the edge.  More and more people are opting to embrace the green lifestyle in the face of the horrendous effects of climate change. Global market realities, principally high oil…

Forget horsepower. Gator gas may be the next big thing to keep your motor running. Forget horse power!  Looking for alternatives to using food crops, such as soybeans and corn, as raw materials for fuel, U.S. researchers have developed a way to extract oil from alligator fat and easily convert…

Did someone try to pull the organic wool over our eyes?  Electric vehicles, (EVs) produce more emissions than conventional cars in production, but still have far lower carbon footprints over their lifetimes, according to a new study that “dispels the myth” that low carbon cars transfer emissions from exhaust to…

Here is some really strange news about cars and spiders, yes the creepy crawly kind! A spider that likes the smell of gasoline so much it chooses to build its webs in car emission systems was behind the recall of thousands of Mazda cars in the United States this week….

You have to wonder if they could have done this a lot sooner or if the bean counter figured it was time to cut the potential lawsuit losses?  Toyota Motor Corp. took almost two years to submit Wednesday’s U.S. recall of Lexus models after the automaker’s initial investigation of a…

I was visiting Standard Auto Wreckers down here in Toronto, Ontario and the place was buzzing with activity!  I saw a film production crew grabbing some coffee near a wrecked Mercedes and tried to squeeze some information out of them, but to no avail.  Later on I caught up with…

After last weeks reports that many cities that have banned texting and approved hands-free only use of cell phones have seen an increases in accidents, this was partially expected but likely will never pass. That’s what U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is weighing, Bloomberg reports. LaHood thinks motorists are so…