Max Gladwell

General Motors appears to genuinely “get” the need to build more sustainable and forward-thinking vehicles. Can they deliver before the clock runs out? The clock is ticking. Will GM revamp its entire product line to more fuel-efficient models? Will the line include viable alternatives to petroleum and internal combustion? Can all of this happen before [...]

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The California Fuel Cell Partnership releases its vision for our transition to fuel-cell vehicle commercialization. Just give them another 15 years. It seems to us like hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles is one of those revolutionary technologies, like nuclear fusion, that’s always 15 years off. Auto manufacturers have been accused of using fuel cells as legislative lip [...]

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Carlist.com reports from the Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Symposium in San Jose, CA, breaking news about Tesla’s new sports compact design. Tesla Announces Sports Compact “The big news is that Tesla is also planning a sports compact car. The powertrain is in the prototype stage now, but Tesla is expecting sales of up to [...]

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Anticipating the infrastructure demands of electric vehicles, General Motors cozies up with utilities. Last month, GM announced it was breaking up with Big Oil. It went down like this: “We’ve had this great relationship for many years. We think we will both be a lot happier and healthier if we see less of each other.” [...]

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We put the world’s “first full-sized luxury hybrid SUV” to the test in Beverly Hills. We leave the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Blvd and cruise down Rodeo Drive in the new 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid. This is Main Street in the metropolis of Conspicious Consumption, California, and we’re making a statement that bling [...]

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