Elon Musk who has already committed to personally to guaranty resale values for Model S buyers is again putting his money where his mouth is. The maverick CEO and Tesla co-founder intends to purchase $100 million worth of common stock announced as being made available for public sale today and expected to raise about $830

Backed by Warren Buffett, BYD is short for “Build Your Dreams,” but the Chinese electric car maker has dreams of its own, such as dominating the world, or at least local markets. Previously the company has projected it will become “China’s No. 1 automaker by 2015 and the world’s leading car maker by 2025,” but

As Honda prepares for the projected 2015 launch of its Acura NSX which will be reborn as a hybrid “supercar,” yesterday it announced its project leader, and Ohio assembly plant. The global development of the production car based on the NSX Concept will be led by Honda R&D Americas chief engineer Ted Klaus. It will

Since its launch in December 2010, Nissan’s Leaf which is now assembled in Tennessee, has become the best-selling electric vehicle in the world, and has just crested past 25,000 units sold in he U.S. with 62,000 sold globally. In the process of getting there, Nissan has opened up a dialogue with its owners to help

Among gas-electric hybrid powertrains, there are those like the Prius uses that tilt the balance of mpg vs. speed toward maximum economy, and then there are others such as by German makers and the Infiniti M35h, that offer somewhat better mileage and equal or better performance also. On that note, Porsche, which already offers the

The first production model of the Infiniti Q50, the brand’s all-new premium sports sedan, rolled off the assembly line at the Tochigi production plant May 14. The official off-line ceremony was presided over by Carlos Ghosn, president and CEO of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., and Johan de Nysschen, President of Infiniti Motor Company Ltd. The