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The 2008 Wales Rally GB will be the first in the FIA World Rally Championship calendar to be classified as carbon neutral and a conference on how motorsport the motorsport industry is adapting to the changes is to be held on the eve of the event.

The German competition electronics company Bosch Motorsport has confirmed that is developing a motorsport kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) that will be available on a commercial basis to customers.

LOS ANGELES, CA (MARKET WIRE) Thanksgiving travelers will be able to hold on to more of their money this weekend as they head out on the road after yet another week of incredible gas price drops, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California's Weekend Gas Watch.

Mini has released photos of its new Convertible.

Sustainable mobility with zero emissions has moved another step closer with GM's biggest test programme yet for fuel-cell vehicles - the HydroGen4.

McLaren Electronic systems, which is part of the Woking, UK based McLaren Group that also includes the McLaren Mercedes Formula One team, has confirmed that it has entered into a 'a collaborative initiative' with the American automotive electronics company Freescale to develop 'next-generation kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) technology for the highest levels of motor racing from 2010 onward.'

Motorsport Development UK's energy Efficient Motor Sport initiative is hosting the first of three seminars for its campaign partners on December 10, which will focus on hybrid technology.

The 2009 model is vastly better than anything else in its class. As the redesigned 2009 Ford F-150 pickup starts rolling into dealerships, Ford marketing executives are eschewing those elaborate TV commercials in which trucks swing by their tow hooks in giant centrifuges, race through gantlets of flying steel pendulums or chatter their brakes to the edge of a precipice while trying to stop a 10,000-pound trailer.

The Dodge Challenger seems like a nice compromise for those who remember the pony cars of the '70s but now want more comfort and convenience, as well as better build quality, for their dollar. It is also a second chance for those who might have missed the Challenger the first time around.

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Electric Mobility Canada responds to a number of recent news stories concerning the viability of low-speed electric vehicles like the ZENN Motor Company low speed vehicle in mixed use environments.