Automotive Technology


The Electric Car Ecosystem

As a new market for electric cars emerges, the automobile industry will change in several fundamental ways. Here are six key areas of opportunity in the elec...  Read story

The Connected Car

The introduction of the Chevy Volt and other electric vehicles will require a vast ecosystem of entrepreneurial businesses.  Read story

How We Did It: Michael Brown and Jacques Sinoncelli, Greenline Industries

As told to Hannah Clark Steiman Industry Leader: Energy Three-Year Growth: Read story

Environmentally Friendly Rental Cars

If the price of gas has you rethinking your travel plans, try renting an environmental vehicle.  Read story

Drives: It's Diesel. It's an SUV. And It's Clean

Mercedes-Benz ML320 BlueTec  Read story

Senate Mulls Tax Break for Company Cars

New legislation would give businesses deductions on hybrids and other eco-friendly vehicles.  Read story

Drives: The King Lives--and Even More Extravagantly

The retooled Cadillac Escalade is an even bigger hunk of gas-burnin' love.  Read story

Small Businesses Offer Incentives for Hybrids

More and more companies are rewarding employees for buying fuel-efficient cars.  Read story

Small Businesses Offer Incentives for Hybrids

More and more companies are rewarding employees for buying fuel-efficient cars.  Read story

Drives: Whatever It Is, Yes, There's Room For It

Buick's new Enclave CX has room for a gaggle of visiting clients.  Read story

Charged Up: Electric Vehicles

Three start-ups that are developing, converting, and manufacturing electric vehicles.  Read story

Drives: Drop Top and Roll

Want wind in your hair? Push the button and wait 22 seconds.  Read story

Drives: Kick Into High Gear...Eighth

2008 Lexus IS F  Read story

Green Tech Transforms the Auto Industry

Small businesses with innovative green tech ideas can break into the industry, analysts say.  Read story

The Accidental Lender

A Texas businesss-owner salvages old engine parts and sells them abroad.  Read story

Late Out of the Gate, Stuck in the Center of the Pack

Saab's midsize, midpack SUV could leave you pining for the '80s.  Read story

Drives: Ten More Horses Make for One Cool Cat

The Jaguar XJR really is supercharged.  Read story

A Conversation with Tesla CEO Elon Musk

Elon Musk wants to provide solar power to everyone, put us in supercharged electric cars, and colonize Mars. Here Inc. senior writer Max Chafkin, speaks w...  Read story

Will The Energy Crisis Sail Away?

Sail power for profit -- a shipping concept that disappeared after the introduction of cheap fossil fuels -- could be in for a rebirth. A couple of ...  Read story

No Oil, No Problem

Pitching an alternative fuel made from soybeans.  Read story

Tesla Receives Funding Despite Troubles

As Tesla Motors' founders battle it out, the company is approved for a $465 million-loan from the U.S. Department of Energy.  Read story

2004 Cadillac CTS-V

Cadillac's CTS-V is for the driver who loves speed, the U.S.A., and speed.  Read story

Wheel Of Misfortune;

TOPY CORP. ISN'T QUITE REINVENTing wheels, but it is making them differently. About five months ago, the Japanese-owned company began making steel wheels ...  Read story

Drives

The Honda Odyssey's creature comforts feel like home.  Read story

Products Liability Basics

Products liability is the area of tort law that deals with a manufacturer's or seller's liability for injuries suffered by a purchaser, user, or bystander...  Read story

At Last, a Green Machine with Polish

The new luxury hybrid you'd want to drive even if it didn't save so much money at the pump.  Read story

It's Easy Being Green

March is the month for St. Patrick's Day, and you know what that means -- it's time to be green. But in addition to wearing green clothes or drinking gree...  Read story

Drives: Sometimes You Just Want to Play Outside

The FJ Cruiser is the grown-up version of the coolest, toughest truck in the sandbox.  Read story

Drives: When Rebels Get Grounded

The Porsche Cayenne, perfect for the rebel with a cause.  Read story

Gas Prices Hurting Small Businesses

A majority of small businesses are struggling with high gas prices, according to a new survey. An online poll by the National Association for the S...  Read story

Drives: I know! And I'm Getting a Lumbar Massage, Too!

Bentley's new Continental Flying Spur has 552 horses and 11 cows. (Translation: very fast, exceptionally luxurious.)  Read story

Loans and Start-Ups

Financing the company car; launching a business when you're a teenager.  Read story

Drives: I Pledge Allegiance to the Jag

The Jaguar XKR: Too supercharged for D.C.  Read story

Drives: Ooh, Shiny! The Pickup Goes Upscale

The Lincoln Mark LT pickup combines refinement, ruggedness, and a generous helping of chrome.  Read story

Building trust

Trusting employees with keys to the store.  Read story

Exotic Auto Venture Is $24-Million Nonstarter

Harold and Ben Rosen, founders of Rosen Motors, failed to redefine the automobile with their hybrid electric car when major manufacturers rejected their new ...  Read story

Creative Juices

Many companies are wondering what makes the most sense - concentrating computer power in desktops, in corporate servers, or on the Web? For answers we can lo...  Read story

The Road Crew

Cleaning up the nation's highways, one smog-belching vehicle at a time.  Read story

Suspension of Disbelief

Wagner Engineering is improving SUV suspension to help prevent roll-overs.  Read story

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