2010 L.A. Show: You can’t buy one yet, but Chevy’s Volt wins another award

By John LeBlanc LOS ANGELES – The trophy case must be getting awfully crowded back at GM’s Detroit HQ. Hot on the heels of winning U.S. buff book MotorTrend’s Car of the Year prize, the Chevrolet Volt just nabbed U.S. Green Car Journal’s 2011 Green Car of the Year Award this morning during the second […]

2010 L.A. Show: Toyota-Tesla hookup results is RAV4 EV mutant

[svgallery name=”2010_LA_Toyota”] By John LeBlanc LOS ANGELES – As the first fruit from the loins of the recently consummated marraige between Japan’s Toyota and California’s Tesla, the RAV4 EV concept is apparently just the beginning of what will supposedly be more Toyotas powered by Tesla’s sea-of-batteries all-electric drivetrain.

The Crank: Did GM “lie” about its Chevy Volt being an “electric” car?

By John LeBlanc Its General Motors’ so-called Jesus (as in savior) Car. And it’s being rolled out in its home U.S. market right now, before it makes its way to Canada next year. Yet, in what should be a shining moment in the sun for one of the most talked about new cars in some […]

Paris 2010: Is it the end of the car, as we know it?

Story and photos by John LeBlanc PARIS — Woe be the modern automaker. With a lingering economic recession, ever-tightening fuel economy and emissions regulations and a younger population that is more interested in their next cell phone than their next set of four wheels, the global auto industry is seemingly under attack from all sides.

The Crank: Nissan EV only selling to the oldies

By John LeBlanc Here’s a good one: Instead of the young, hip buyers that you would think an electric-vehicle would attract—you know, the types of customers who are busy spending time updating their Facebook account and plotting ways to get Mom and Dad to pay for their next iPhone app—Nissan is saying that the average […]

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