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Six cars worth a total of between A 75,000 and A 80,000 have been stolen from a garage in Glasgow's east end.

John is Senior Editor for High Gear Media. In addition to news coverage and new car reviews, John creates and oversees all editorial for High Gear's... More Making a battery for an electric car is more like assembling microelectronics than the kind of auto-plant scenes we think of, involving huge steel stamping presses and battalions of automated ... (more)

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John is Senior Editor for High Gear Media. In addition to news coverage and new car reviews, John creates and oversees all editorial for High Gear's... More Now, though, as hybrids and plug-in cars are slowly growing their share of the market, Prius sales have fallen--not just as a share of the "alternative powertrain" segment, but in raw numbers.

General Motors Co. has released one of the final pieces to its redesigned Chevrolet lineup with the unveiling of the 2014 Chevy Impala.

The last time Ford stock reached that level, the company was benefiting from a spate of recalls at Toyota Motor ( Today, Ford stock's strength can be attributed to the company's success, rather than competitors' difficulties.

In heavy rotation for the new Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid is a 30-second TV spot in which an RV passes a Japanese manufactured hybrid.

The folks at Kia who have by the way been doing nothing but a bang up job at rolling out vehicles that give you bang for the buck, say that after the top of the line Optima sedan, their customers who want more have nowhere to go but another brand.

In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by General Motors Corp.

May is more than half way complete. Summer is inching closer and the time we spend outdoors will increase during the next few months.

In 2008, new vehicles with four-cylinders made up 40 percent of the market, according to market researcher R.L. Polk & Co.; today, they are 53 percent of the new-vehicle market.

Big, puffy and comfortable, the Avalon has served Toyota like a trusty Barcalounger.

There's something to be said about Lincoln focusing so much of its attention on the West Coast in launching the 2013 MKZ Hybrid.

One of the EV cars at last year's show was a Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid. Look for its return at the fifth annual show on June 8. The latest technology and products for electric vehicles will be on display from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at Schoolcraft College in Livonia at the fifth annual Michigan Electric Vehicle Show.

Sometime in the next few weeks, the 100,000th plug-in electric car will be sold in the U.S. But they're still mostly a mystery to the average new-car buyer, and there are a few key principles that get shared over and over again.

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Based in the Hyundai Azera, the 2014 KIA Cadenza rewards with a lot of luxury for a little money.

The Tesla Model S, Motor Trend Car of the Year, is introduced at the 2013 North American International Auto Show, in Detroit in January.

Personal interests: “I love to play golf, but unfortunately don’t have time to do it often,” Bush said.

In his eight years as Cadillac's interior design director, Eric Clough has worked to seamlessly integrate this ethos into cabins across the American carmaker's portfolio, from the Escalade to the ATS.