The Automotive X-Prize, a competition of vehicles with a fuel efficiency of 100mpg and greater, concluded with winners announced in the Alternative Side-By-Side class. The prize purse was $2.5 million, and Nevada engineering company Li-Ion Corp. won the trophy by the slim margin of 0.2 seconds. However, the four finalists made a pact before the […]

Apparently, Detroit is making better cars than we give them credit for. J.D. Power and Associates recently released it’s long-term Vehicle Dependability Study, which (you guessed it) measures a vehicles’ dependability over the long term. And guess what? Seven of the first eight vehicles on the list were all from American manufacturers. Cadillac, Mercury and […]