Hyundai FE Fuel Cell Concept previews hydrogen-powered SUV coming in 2018

Hyundai FE Fuel Cell concept, 2017 Geneva auto showThe Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell was actually the first hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle offered to U.S. drivers in recent years. The 2016 Toyota Mirai that followed it has now outsold Hyundai's hydrogen-powered SUV, but it's been known for a couple of years that the Korean maker will replace that model. At this week's Geneva auto show, the company unveiled...

Trump’s EPA deletes ‘science’ from Science Office mission statement

Bill Nye in new 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, Jan 2017 [photo: Oskar Liners, Community Chevrolet, Burbank]The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is emerging as one of the government entities most targeted by the new Trump Administration for change. In this case, if reports of the administration's draft budget proposal are accurate, change means wholesale elimination of staff, funding, and programs. Yesterday, however, an even more remarkable fact...

All-electric Bentley convertible concept shown at Geneva

Bentley EXP 12 Speed 6e concept, 2017 Geneva auto showThe Volkswagen Group can't seem to get enough luxury electric cars. The Audi e-tron SUV and Porsche Mission E sedan will go into production over the next few years, with an electric version of the VW Phaeton sedan expected as well. Following that up, at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show Volkswagen possession Bentley showed an all-electric concept car...

Honda: hybrids, plug-ins, fuel cells to be two-thirds of Europe sales by 2025

2016 Honda CR-Z Final Label (Japanese spec)Honda's green-car strategy for the next decade or so appears to be coming into greater focus. In place of its previous mild hybrids, the Japanese automaker is planning to produce much higher volumes of its two-motor hybrid powertrain, as seen first in the Accord Hybrid mid-size sedan. It also launched the Clarity Fuel Cell sedan last year, and...

VW diesel cheating produced 1,200 premature deaths: MIT study

2010 Volkswagen Golf TDIIn September 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed Volkswagen's use of illegal "defeat device" software in its diesel cars. The software routines allowed cars to pass emissions tests while still producing up to 35 times the legal limits of nitrogen oxides in real-world driving, setting off a scandal that is still being dealt...

Trump budget to slash EPA funds, ax staff, kill climate-change plans: reports

Smog obscures George Washington Bridge, 1973 [From EPA Documerica series]Imagine putting a pacifist in charge of the U.S. Defense Department. Or appointing a committed racist to enforce civil rights in the country. The appointment of Scott Pruitt as the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could perhaps be viewed in a similar light. In his former position as Oklahoma attorney general, he sued the...