The new electric car from Chevrolet is on the way, we think. While we wanted to call it their newest hybrid, the company has consistantly expressed their desire for it to be called an electric with “range extender” - considering they only use gasoline to recharge the batteries. Ok, enough with the history lesson…

Several of the top automakers are looking for ways to bring in economical and fuel efficient cars over to the U.S. due to the increase in gas prices. Ford was one of the first to make this step and now it is Honda’s turn.

The motorsport division for Nissan will be revealing the NISMO tuning package to owners of the R35 on August 20th. Engineers at Nissan motorsports have been working around the clock to bring together these tuning packages - which range from circuit kits to street kits.

Formula 1 teams switched to the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (also known as KERS) and they are now thinking about reconsidering this decision due to failures in the system. There have been two known incidents.

Those of you who have looked at purchasing the 2009 Jetta TDI (to be released in August) - but decided against it might want to reconsider. Volkswagen is inviting all consumers to purchase their new car not only for its excellent fuel economy - but also for the fact that anyone who purchases it will be given a large Federal Tax Credit.