Today's featured video is a Bloomberg Risk Takers 52-minute profile of Elon Musk, president and CEO of Tesla Motors.
Competition wheels range from weekend racers to serious track applications. Ian Pavelko from FastCo describes what makes a wheel good enough to satisfy that hover between show and go.
The battle between Lotus Renault GP drivers Vitaly Petrov and Robert Kubica would have been much closer in 2011.
More and more car manufacturers choose to use continuously variable transmissions (CVT) automatic transmissions to replace four, five or six-speed automatic gearboxes. Suzuki has released a short video explaining the basics and benefits of that technology.
Touch Bionics, provider of advanced prosthetic technologies, and the Mercedes GP F1 team revealed on Monday that Matthew James, a 14-year old who was born without a left hand, has been successfully fitted with the i-LIMB Pulse, the world's leading electronic prosthetic hand.
One of the first things that you learn when you become a car owner is to regularly monitor tire pressure in order to prevent flats and/or unfortunate incidents. Since many of us are lazy by nature, we often overlook this little check-up.
American driver Ryan Hunter-Reay was the race leader of the MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 on the New Hampshire Motor Speedway when a light drizzle caused the event to be stopped with just 19 laps to go.
The Quebec Rally Championship is a story of domination, as the winners of the four-wheel drive and Quebec Cup have remained unchanged.
Here's an inboard video of a complete lap around Montreal's Gilles Villeneuve road circuit, home of this weekend's Napa Auto Parts 200 NASCAR Nationwide race.
With the popularization of LCD screens for everything from breadmakers to shopping carts, it's no wonder that auto manufacturers are adopting the screens as an innovative means of linking man with machine.
Felix Rosenqvist won the classical Zandvoort F3 Masters race, after a big driving mistake at the start from poleman Roberto Mehri.
Toyota will use the upcoming IAA show in Frankfurt, Germany to present the new Prius Plug-In Hybrid, the latest addition to its green car portfolio. A revised battery pack offers greater range in full electric mode while reducing CO2 emissions by 50 percent. Pricing remains unknown and the first deliveries are scheduled for the end of 2012 or the start of 2013.
Leaders of the automotive industry, look behind you. Yes, that's Kia closing in faster than Luke Perry on any type of media attention. With grand slam after grand slam (Sportage, Sorento, Forte...), there is no end in sight to the Korean maker's attack on its previously unsuspecting competitors.
GM seems to be recovering from 2009's financial foibles, having recently supplanted Toyota as the world's number one automaker. We can now wonder at what GM's vision is for the future. Judging by what global marketing director Joel Ewanick said at the annual investors meeting, GM is looking to become nothing less than the Apple of the auto industry.
While Marcos Ambrose was in victory lane, at Watkins Glen, celebrating his first Sprint Cup victory Greg Biffle and Boris Said were in the garage having at each other.
One of the best things about the Monterey week is driving to it. Thanks to plate tectonics, California has some of the best roads in the world. No one knows those roads better than Martin Swig, professor emeritus of the School of Piston Knocks.
Chuck Ronson, a New York trader who's driven Saab cars since 2001, ditched the automaker last month when the lease on his sedan ended.
The IZOD IndyCar Series' teams got what they wanted on Sunday when it was confirmed that the oval and road/street course bodywork would remain unchanged with the next generation car in 2012.
Sébastien Loeb tested the Chevrolet Cruze 1.6 liters WTCC car of Yvan Muller in Rockingham, England.
New Zealander Scott Dixon dominated the 30-minute warm-up session held Sunday morning in preparation for the MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.