(February 9, 2011) The Chicago Auto Show is taking a hit as the city is with bone chilling temperatures and enough snow to bury cars unfortunate enough to parked on the street, just a couple of days prior to opening.

Inside McCormick Center the show is equally under siege. This time buried under the avalanche of introductions recently presented in Los Angeles and Detroit. It’s hard to compete when you come on the heels of nearly 100 world and North American debuts.

(February 9, 2011) CHICAGO — When it comes to regularly scheduled maintenance, the Ford Focus Electric will be the easiest car to own that Ford Motor Company has ever built.

Because the Focus Electric does not have a conventional piston engine or an automatic or manual transmission, its drivers will wave goodbye to such things as oil changes and tuneups – a scenario most other motorists can only dream of.

(February 8, 2011) Federal safety officials at the Department of Transportation said today that a comprehensive investigation has found no evidence that electronics were to blame for runaway Toyota vehicles.

"The jury is back. The verdict is in. There is no electronic-based cause for unintended high-speed acceleration in Toyotas. Period," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a packed press conference at the department's headquarters. "Our conclusion is Toyota's problems were mechanical, not electrical."

(February 8, 2011) For the first time, Volvo Trucks’ Dynafleet web-based transport information system has helped the police to recover a stolen truck and its cargo. Tracking the vehicle using Dynafleet online, every step taken by the thieves was identified and addresses were clearly identified.