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JAN
08A Rant Against Radar Detectors
17How We Got Here: A History of SUV Mania
25My Motor City Roots
FEB
06Winter Wonders: Three Cars That Got Me Through Snow and Ice
07Bad Brakes: The Danger of Using Cheap Aftermarket Parts
20A Brief History of the Drive-In (and Fast Food, Too)
MAR
04The Return of the Peugeots!
14The Concours d'Lemons: Where Paint is But a Memory
28Test Driving the Range Rover Evoque in Greece
APR
07Road Trip! Getting Out and Seeing the World
07The Jeep Gladiator Girds for Battle
10The Nanny-mobile: Safety Technology From the Driver's Seat
23Shanghai 2019: China's Amazing Auto Show
MAY
07Starre Trip: Across America with an $850 Van
20Connecting the Car to the Smart Home
21Do We Have a "Right to Drive"?
24Terrific Transport Tech: 10 Ways Your Life Will Be Better
JUN
05The Air-Free Tire? It's Not Science Fiction Anymore
10Carbon Monoxide Deaths: Blame the Keyless Ignition
JUL
02The Car Talk Plaza Memorial Party for Tommy Came With a Plaque
16Nissan Plugs in for Formula E Electric Car Racing
AUG
08Bait and Switch: Car Dealers Have to Improve the Service Experience
18How to Buy the New Car or Truck You Really Need
SEP
04The Girl with the Saab Tattoo, and Other Generational Stories
JAN
07Seven Winter Driving Tips You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Before
15Detroit 2018: Trucks, Tech and Even Some New Muscle
16Detroit 2018: The Parade of New Cars
22Your "Dream Car"? Depends on Where You Live
25The Washington Auto Show: DC is All-In on Autonomous Cars
FEB
06VW's Sleeper: The $40,000 Golf R Looks Mild, but Really Roars
07Weird and Wonderful Wagons
MAR
01Our Incredibly Exciting Future With Wireless Self-Driving Cars
03We Know We're Driving Distracted, and We Do It Anyway
06Is New York the "Jeep Capital of the World"?
14The Amelia Island Concours 2018: A Photo Gallery
16From Israel's Negev Desert: Cool Tech for Cars
19Fay Taylour: Pioneering Irish Feminist, Winning Race Driver...and Nazi Supporter
23"Do You Come With the Car?"
30New York Auto Show 2018: Mostly SUVs, but Autonomy and Electrics, Too
30On the Fringe: The Weirder Side of the 2018 New York International Auto Show
APR
02Your Car, Sir: The Rise of Personal Concierge Services
202019 VW Jetta: Big Car, Small Price, Great Fuel Economy
30The Beijing Motor Show: Wild Concepts--And They're All Electric
30Checking Out China's Electric Cars
MAY
03The Future of Driving: As Seen at the Big Easy's Collision Conference
14Ford's Folly in Betting Solely on SUVs
14A Fishy Idea: Aquarium Shows off Barracuda and Sting Ray...Cars
23It's a Wrap!
31Orphan Cars: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
JUN
01Rubber Meets the Road: Airless Tires, Electric Pickups and Fuel-Cell Range Extenders
19The Car vs. SUV War Is Over, and SUVs Won
26Barn Finds: Why You Should Be Scared by the Phrase "Needs Total Restoration"
JUL
09A Fast History of Speeding
13VW Microbuses Gone Wild
14The Knotty History of the Woody Wagon
18In the Beginning: The Genesis G70
19The E in Formula E Stands for "Excitement"
25The Manifold Hazards of Early Motoring
AUG
14Weird-Looking Japanese Cars
20Gone in 60 Seconds
21Why I Love the 1952 Cadillac
31Aging Hippies Opt for Luxury SUVs
SEP
10In Praise of Convertibles
13The "Shooting Brake" Started Life as an Aristocratic Hunting Car
24In Yellowstone: Of Bears, Bison and Keeping the Park Green
OCT
02Actor David Soul (Starsky & Hutch) Restores Hemingway's Chrysler--in Cuba
10American Car Culture Is on a Collision Course with the Future
17Remembering When Sears, Roebuck Sold Cars
24Let's Take the Rocket Car: A History of Science-Fiction Auto Futurism
NOV
16Forgotten Fiberglass: Does Anyone Remember These Cool '50s Sports Cars?
16Big Ideas and Little Cars at the Web Summit in Lisbon
21What About Replacing Carlos Ghosn with...Another Carlos?
27The Chinese Love Cars--and Celebrate Them at Big Car Shows
30Los Angeles 2018: An Auto Show That Delivered
DEC
055 Top Car Chase Cliches
19Henry Makes a Lady Out of Lizzie: The Last Days of the Model T
JAN
04Fast Company: In Philadelphia, the Ultimate Collection of Sports Racing Cars
07Ford to Build Mustang and F-150 Hybrids, Plus 300-Mile Electric Car
10Detroit 2017: SUVs Dominate, Mostly Made in the U.S.A.
18Appearances Are Deceiving at Michigan's Self-Driving Car Test Tracks
20Whatta Deal! Toyota's Prius Prime Is a Green Bargain
25Comedians in Cars Getting Karaoke
30From Washington: Where's Donald Trump on Self-Driving Cars?
FEB
03Spin Control: Smart All-Wheel-Drive Is Your Friend
06Short Takes: Reviews, Oddities and Milestones
14Why We Drive 55: The Strange but True Story of America's Interstates
21Meet the Ioniqs: A Green Trio From Hyundai
24Buried Cars: Who Says You Can't Take Your Ride With You?
28Lady Norah Docker of Daimler: The Car World's Own Marie Antoinette
MAR
06Mazda 2017: The Miata's New Retractable Hardtop, and the Quieter CX-5 Goes Upscale
15Amelia Island 2017: The Big Star Cars Come Out to Play
APR
07Atlas: Will It Hold Up Volkswagen's World?
12Ford at NAIAS: A New Explorer, and a Prediction that SUVs Are Here to Stay
13SUVs to the Front: A 2017 New York Auto Show Report
13If You've Got It, Flaunt It: Supercars at NYIAS
28The Best Green Cars Under $40,000
MAY
02If It Can Make It Here: The New Volkswagen e-Golf in Manhattan
11The Toothpaste Cure: Two Paths to Better Headlights
251955: A Great Year to Buy a Car in America
JUN
02Keep on Trucking (But Plug Them In, Add Drones, and Make Them Autonomous)
08Volvo's New XC60 is an Ultra-Safe Luxury Package
21Bucket-List Benz: From Whistler to Vancouver in the E-Class Coupe
22Barrett-Jackson Bets on a New England Casino
22The VW Microbus is Happening (Maybe) --and it's Electric
JUL
06The Big Battery Breakthrough? It's Here (Maybe)
07Volvo’s Bombshell: All-Electric and Plug-In Hybrid by 2019
21Formula E Battery Car Racing Invades New York
AUG
03The Tesla Model 3 Arrives, With Elon's Superlatives
14Pedestrians: If You're Going to be Hit by an American Car, Make Sure it's a Buick Regal
29General Motors Doubles Down on Diesels
30TV Star Cars Highlight a Labor Day Auction
31Ahead of Their Time: The Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg Story
SEP
01The Amish Don't Drive RVs. But That Doesn't Mean They Won't Build Them.
08Reviving the Rust Belt: Detroit Comes Back, With Self-Driving Cars
12Car Carnage: Harvey, Irma, and the Pitfalls for Auto Owners
25Millinocket, Maine Lost Its Mill--But is Hoping for a Revival.
OCT
09Forget Dikes and Windmills--the Modern Dutch are Focused on Green Machines
10This Hustler Was Racer Sam Posey's Personal Sports Car
11A Saab Story with a Happy Ending: Parts Cars Rule
18A Maybach Luxury Limo in Its Natural Habitat: Wall Street and Greenwich, Connecticut
25Hyperloops, Shared Autonomous Planes, and More in Paris
26If You Take My CD Player Away, How About Giving Me Something Better?
30Tomorrow's Tech: Quiet Cars with Ultra-Smooth Rides
NOV
03Adventures in the Eco-Friendly ELF
08Here Comes the First Big Electric Truck Fleet!
10Self-Driving Cars? They're Here Now. And Lots More Besides.
18Are You Ready to Buy Chinese Cars?
27Small is Beautiful: In Praise of Entry-Level Cars
DEC
06Our Man at the UN: The Car Blogger Talks About Self-Driving Cars
07Looking for Clarity: Honda's New Plug-In Hybrid
18What We Can Learn From Our Colorful Electric Car History
20A Makeover for Santa's Sleigh
JAN
05At CES, Future Visions from Bosch, Faraday and Ford
07At CES, Fast Cars with Monster Stereos
08Future of Driving? The Folks at CES Think They Know.
13In Detroit, Electric Cars on the Turntables--Whether the Public Wants Them or Not
20Winter Arrives: A History of Snow Plows, Winter Tires, and More
28Celebrating Our Auto Heritage..in a Model T
FEB
03Ford to Japan: Drop Dead
04West Coast Fever: Cutting Petroleum Use by 50 Percent With the Prius (and Cars Like It)
09Road Rage: Why We Snap
12Cars That Won't Die Are Trucks and SUVS?
18Five Dumb Car Ideas
19James Bond's Car Reborn, Thanks to David Brown (No, Not THAT David Brown)
22Koch Brothers' Anti-EV Group will Fail--Big Time
26Choosing a Reliable Car: Two Lists
MAR
02Meet the World's First Hybrid Car--Built in 1896
04Tire Pressure: Will We Soon Set It and Forget It?
08The Big Battery Breakthrough (or Maybe Not)
11Adventures With 'Ol Sparkie
14Dreams Die Hard: Crazy Concept Cars at Amelia Island
19We Volunteer: Automakers Agree to Make Auto Emergency Braking Standard by 2022
22Vintage Racing Is Not for the Faint of Heart (or Wallet)
25Hot Cars (and Lotsa SUVs) Roll Out at the New York Auto Show
28Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Lives Again!
APR
04A Victory for Consumers! Online Safety Data Will Save You Money (and Maybe Your Life)
06Americans Driving More, Having More Accidents--in Gas Guzzlers
07At One with the Rain in a Polaris Slingshot
18"Barn Finds" Are Still Out There, Rusting in Peace
21Fast Times in Cuba: Racing Culture Returns
22The Buick Woody That Needed a Lift
27Can Automakers Be Trusted? Probably Not--And It Really Matters
28Silicon Valley Has the Stardust, but the Automakers Know Cars
29Chasing Tesla: Ford's Working on a Long-Range, Affordable EV
MAY
02Earworm Car Driving Songs: From "Hang on Sloopy" to "Jump"
03I've Seen the Future and It's Spelled T-E-S-L-A
06Around the Brickyard: Mario Andretti and the 100th Running of the Indy 500
09The Safest State for Teen Drivers? Can You Believe It's Massachusetts?
11Loving Old Volvos: The Obsession Can Be Catching
17Want to Lose Big Money? Buy a Zillion-Dollar Supercar.
20Big Wheels: A Clean Revolution for Trucks and Buses
23In the Driver's Seat of Hertz' New Mustang GT-H
27The Lane Motor Museum: Weird, Wonderful
JUN
01Ditch that Roof Rack and See Your Fuel Economy Soar
06Inside Nissan's Hidden, Wacky Heritage Collection
07Cheap Gas + Collective Amnesia = Big SUVs
09"Calling All Electric Cars! Time for Police Duty!"
14Want an SUV or Crossover? At Least Make It Green
17He Can't Drive 55: Sammy Hagar and His Real-Life Fast Cars
20Back to the Future: The Cars of Tomorrow, Today
23Tesla and SolarCity: For Elon Musk, it's Personal (and a Family Affair)
27The Big Brexit Vote Could Spell Curtains for Britain's Auto Industry
JUL
01Animal Survivors: Tangling With Cars and Living to Tell About It
11First Fender Benders: Tales From the Car Talk Community
11One-Percenters: Electric Cars Hit a Big Sales Milestone
12Bye-Bye Blind Spots: Japan Green Lights Cameras Replacing Outside Mirrors
15Is the End in Sight for Gas Engines?
19Infiniti's Entry-Level Crossover: The Brexit Problem
21America's Oddest Highway Attractions
26Our Roads and Bridges are Crumbling, and Nobody Wants to Pay to Fix Them
27Five Firsts: From the Pioneer SUV to the Baby Seat
29The World's Fastest Electric Car Is a Corvette
AUG
01Delivering Those Fritos: Clean-Burning Natural Gas Trucks
04Why Do Gas Prices Vary So Much, State by State (And Even One Block to Another)?
08Elvis' BMW: Lost and Now Spectacularly Found Again
12Electric Cars and Green Power: A Clean Energy Loop
15Five Steps to Being a Safer Driver
18Texting While Driving Kills, and Virtual Reality Tool Is the Convincer
23Rev Matching the BMW: Where's the Off Switch?
24Montauk by Seaplane: The Volvo S90 in the Hamptons
30The End of the Private Car? It's Coming.
SEP
02Car Sales Are Down--And Here's Why
06Virtual Car Keys Are Coming...to Your Smartphone
09Please, No: Failed Automotive Trends
13From the Cockpit, It's Ford's Self-Driving Car
16Rocky Mountain High: Volvo's New Cross Country
19Performance Tune Your Car! But Kiss Its Resale Value Goodbye
23In L.A. and Other Gridlocked Cities, Rush-Hour Traffic Never Reaches the Speed Limit
29Reading, Writing and Diesel Exhaust: Jenna Bush on Cleaner School Buses
OCT
04The Case for Winter Tires...On a Skating Rink!
04Shopping at the Army's One-Stop Trade Show
07The Great Supercar Value Drain: Why Econoboxes Rule
11Will Americans Buy Cars From India?
17Will the Old Car Hobby Die Out?
19Hardly Worth Mentioning: Features We Take for Granted
21Pickup Sales Are Down, But The Macho Truck Is Here to Stay
25Five Car Milestones: Does Innovation Pay Off?
27Are SUVs the Best Choice for Seniors? Maybe Not.
28Dogs in Cars: Common Sense--and the Law
NOV
02Kicking Tires on 7 Cartoon Cars
03Geronimo's Cadillac and Other Automotive Tales of the Old West
14Talking Robots, Connected Scooters and Sharing Rides at the Web Summit
15At the L.A. Show, an Electric Jaguar with a Big Roar
18Vanishing Rite of Passage: Getting Your License at 16
19Don't Leave Your Keys: Five (Obvious) Ways to Deter Car Theft
30After Many Failures to Launch, Here Come the Flying Cars
30Dependable Fun: Three Bargain Japanese Roadsters
DEC
04Thinking Machines: A Ride in Delphi's Self-Driving Cars, Targeted for 2019
07Two-Thirds of Americans Don't Trust Auto Repair Shops
15The New 1,000-Horsepower Lucid Air Is Chasing Tesla's Electric Tail
21Solar Panels? You're Driving on Them
29The Cars We Keep the Longest? They're All Japanese
JAN
05A Sneak Peek at the New Chevy Volt
07Wacky Concept Cars at the Great BIG CES Show
12From Chevrolet in Detroit: Bolt or Volt, Your Choice
15Fuel Cells in Detroit: Hydrogen's Moment in the Sun
19Despite $2 Gas, Consumers Still Buy Fuel Economy
22In a Global Economy, "Buying American" is Kind of Complicated
26Back to the Future with the Futurliner!
30Winter Tires: Here's Why You Need Them
FEB
02Cars are Safer Today, But Bigger Isn't Always Better
06Mid-Life Crisis Cars: Make Mine a Miata (But Americans Vote for Mustangs and Corvettes)
12Oddities and Crazy Moments at the Chicago Auto Show
17Apple and Google: Tomorrow's Carmakers?
19A Green Choice for Suburbia: Volvo's Seven-Seat, 59 MPGe Plug-in Hybrid
24Apple Builds a Car: The Evidence Mounts
MAR
03Gone in 60 Seconds: Using High-Tech DNA Coding to Stop Car Theft
04Automotive Firsts. (And Here Come the Arguments!)
09How to Buy a Really, Really Cheap Car
13Why Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson Is the Teflon Man
17Will Formula Racing Make EVs Cool?
23Big Daddy (and Mommy) Are Watching: The 2016 Malibu Offers Built-In Teen Safety
24EVs Could Be Cheaper than Gas Cars by 2020
27Alcoa's $259 Million Windfall for Lightweight Cars
APR
02New York Auto Show: Boy-Genius Designs 48-MPG Chevy Malibu, and More
06Audi President Scott Keogh on "Piloted Driving"
113,000 MPG: Student Teams Innovate to Save Fuel at Shell's Eco Marathon
12For the One-Percenter Who Has Everything. A $2.9 Million McLaren You Can Drive Only on the Track
15Ads on Wheels: Meet the Goldfish Car, the Big Banana and the Kissmobile
22On Earth Day: Automakers--Except Chrysler--Clap for the Tough Fuel Economy Rules
24Will Car Sales Go Online? The Kicking Tires Factor Says Not Yet.
27Flying is Better for the Environment Than Driving. Really?
MAY
01From Cattle to Cars: Kansas City's Transportation Hub
05How's This for Dumb? Leaving Your Keys in the Car.
08Will Auto Manufacturers Help Save Cyclists?
12A Big Classic Car Weekend--With Lots of Stories to Tell
15Waiting for Godot: Three Horror-Filled Hours at the Department of Motor Vehicles
20Paul Newman's V-8 Volvos: Getting the Groceries in Style
22Saying No to Big Oil: Four Bright Ideas Compete for $125,000
27Car Insurance: Are We Getting the Discounts We Deserve?
JUN
015 Extra-Cool eBay Listings: Green Day's camper and Miss Hurst Golden Shifter
055 Ways Tomorrow's Cities Will Kick Cars into the Background
09Beware Masquerading Flood-Damaged Cars From Texas
11Seven Great Summer Driving Songs, and Six Misses
16Student Teams Build Green Camaros for Fun--and Good Jobs
195 Auto Industry Black Hats
24Better Ideas: Ford's Future Mobility Visions
25Lexus' Hoverboard and Ford's Around-the-Corner Camera
JUL
01Five Top Companies for Brand Loyalty (But Where's Tesla?)
02Deadly Holiday Ahead: The Fourth of July is America's Most Dangerous Day
07Muscle Mania: Why Dodge's 707-Horsepower Hellcat Shouldn't Be Your Next Toy
13The Millennials: Actually, They're Just Like Everybody Else
16Best Car Threads on the Incredible, Imploding Reddit
21Do Uber and Lyft Redline Low-Income Communities?
28Fast Times in the All-New Mazda Miata
30It's Like LEED Certification--But for Parking Garages
AUG
04Spin Control for the Lion-Killing Dentist--and Fiat Chrysler, Too
11Soaring Prices for 7 Japanese Collector Cars
14Audi's Long-Range Electric SUV Is Aimed at Tesla's Model X
18Highway Deaths Up in 2015, and Lots of "Cheap Gas" Driving Is the Cause
19Solar Cars? Very Cool, but Still a Pipe Dream
25$2 a Gallon: What It Means
27Can Keyless Entry be a Deadly Option?
SEP
02Honda's Sports Car Past--and Its Future
04Not in Love: Americans Losing Their Passion for Cars
08The Big Gamble: Supercars Without Track Records
10Toyota Rolls the Dice: Previewing the Prius in Las Vegas
14Who Was the First Person Arrested for Drunk Driving?
16From Frankfurt's Motor Show: Electric Cars and Luxury SUVs
28VW Diesel Owners: Here's What We Know
OCT
04Liftoff! Tesla Debuts its $132,000 Model X (With Bio-Hazard Protection)
07Meet America's Grid-Neutral Honda Dealer
09They Won't Let Me Drive... And I'm Going Nuts!
12Americans Defer Car Repairs Big Time (Especially if They Don't Trust Their Mechanics)
152016 Green Car of the Year: No Diesels or Electrics, Please
19It's Back to the Future Time, and the DeLorean Is Back (and Plugged In)
23Rust Never Sleeps (But Scientists Are Trying to Put it in a Coma)
26The All-American Camaro, Made in Canada
NOV
03Bob Lutz Slams Tesla, But Is He Just Jealous?
06Rolling Sculptures: The Keno Brothers' Car Auction
09This Dune Buggy Is Electric, 3-D Printed and Crowd Sourced
136 Things Cars Don't Have Any More (Good and Bad)
16The 84-mpg, $6,800 Elio Coming to the LA Auto Show--With an Engine!
20Turning the Electric Corner at the LA Auto Show
24Columbo's Car: It was a Rare (and Ratty) 1959 Peugeot 403 Cabriolet
30A Short History of the Taxi
30Are Luxury Drivers the Biggest Jerks on the Road?
DEC
07"Bikes vs. Cars": A Film That Fights the Tyranny of the Tailpipe
08It's a Long Story: Buick's First U.S. Sales of a Chinese Car
11Time for Tougher Car Safety Ratings
15One More Time, the Return of VW's Microbus
18Big Cat Roars: Through Arizona in the Jaguar XF
23Colorado's Great EV Deal: A $10K Leaf and Plug-In Pale Ale
28If People Buy Tiny Houses, Will They Also Buy Tiny Cars? Futurist Trends for 2016.
JAN
03Audi and Google: High-Tech Collaboration in the Car
08Elio's $6,800 Car Edges Closer to Production
13Chevy's Detroit Balance: Green Cars and 620-Horsepower 'Vettes
14Ford Rolls Out Aluminum-Bodied F-150
16Detroit Auto Show 2014: The View From the Floor
22Hackers Have a New Target: Your Car
FEB
03Steel vs. Aluminum: The Lightweight Wars Heat Up
06Cars Talking to Each Other Will Save Lives, the Feds Say
12Plugging In: The First Electric Cars
13About that Corvette Sinkhole...
18A Remedy for Discriminatory Auto Loans? That Will Have to Wait
255 Annoying Things About Today's Car Stereos
27Exploring Oregon...In an Electric Car
MAR
06Tesla's Gigafactory: Meeting Today's Big Battery Demand
07Pedestrian Deaths Down (But the Toll's Still Too Damned High)
11People Lie on Their Car Insurance Forms. Who Knew?
13Sakti3's Big Claim: EV Batteries with Double the Energy Density and Half the Weight and Cost
19What's Next After the Car?
21Pothole FAQ: All About Those Big Holes in the Road
25The High Cost of Owning a Car (Any Car, But Especially an SUV)
28Tesla Cleared in Federal Safety Inquiry
APR
01GM: Don't Fight the Victims' Compensation Fund
04Tesla Petitions the Feds for Mirror-less Cars
09Americans Would Love to Swap Cars Like Cellphones
11Around the World in a Solar Plane
17New York Auto Show 2014: Green Under the Glitz
23Company Man: Mark Fields Takes Over at Ford
25Big Oil vs. Big Ethanol: A PR Battle Royal
27First in Flight: The Wright Brothers or Connecticut's Gustave Whitehead?
MAY
01The Good News (and the Bad Loopholes) on Fuel Economy
06Buyers Aren't Dumb: Huge EV Subsidies Sell Tons of Cars
08Baby Boomers Still Driving (But, Mostly, Staying Safe)
13Apply Here: $16 Billion in Green Car Loan Money
16Wheeler Dealers: British TV Show Restores Cars for Fun and Profit
21Breakthrough Batteries: Fighting to be the Next Big Thing
23Recycling Windshields: It's the Right Thing to Do
28Crowd Pleaser: The $6,800, 84-mpg Elio is Getting Closer
30Dart vs. Dart: Our '63 Dodge Against a '14 GT
JUN
03Way, Way Back: The '60s Through the Back of a Station Wagon
06Ready, Set, Innovate: The College Car Challenge That Leads to a Job
09All Aboard! Reno's Electric Shuttle Bus (Tomorrow's Answer Today)
13American Car Fleet Hits a Record 252 Million
16NHTSA Goes After the Phones in Drivers' Pockets
20Chevy and Google: Two Votes for Self-Driving City Cars
24Tesla Wrecks the Curve. Volvo: See Me After Class
30The Beetle and the Mouse That Roared
JUL
09Slow Summer Sales for Convertibles
09The 5 Greatest Classic Car Radio Songs
11Nissan Leaf Charging: It's Free!
14Bill Ford: You May Be Buying Your Last Car
18By 2035 Most Cars Will Drive Themselves, and by 2040 Forget About a Driver's License
21Did the White House Own This Car?
25With the Hyundai Sonata Eco Getting 32 MPG, is a Hybrid Necessary?
28Iceland Plugs In (With EV Chargers From Israel)
AUG
04London's 100-mpg Taxis: The Mayor Loves 'Em
05EVs vs. Conventional Cars: What's the Difference?
05The Pros and Cons of Owning an EV
07Electric Vehicle Explainer
07Is an EV Right for Me?
07Electric Car FAQs
07Electric Car Buying Guide
14Plug-in Hybrid Conversions: A Year to Get Your Investment Back
21The Renovo is a $500,000 Electric Cobra Daytona
25Road Trip America: Heading for the Highway on Labor Day
27Apple's CarPlay Could be Great, But Delays are Ominous
29The Future of Package Delivery: A Hybrid Truck With Drone Backup
31The World's Most Expensive Celebrity Cars.
SEP
03Supercar Taxis: The Only Way to Travel!
05Tesla and Uber: Disruptive Tech Fights the Old Guard
0910 Used Car Bargains
15Eco-Activism in Disguise: The Fastest Electric Motorcyle
17The Revolving Door: From Auto Safety Regulator to the Big Three
19Forget that SUV: Five Great Alternatives
24An F-150 Near 30 MPG: Ford's Big New Winner?
28Five Reasons VW Should Bring Back the Bus
OCT
01Gay-Friendly Automakers, with GM and Subaru in the Lead
06Caught Speeding: These Cars Are the Top Ticket Magnets
10Tesla's $2 Billion Reveal: A Hopped-Up AWD Model S on Autopilot
14Fuel Economy Gains Slowing Down--Blame the Trucks and Muscle Cars
17Traffic Congestion Could Cost $4.4 Trillion
21Classic Cars: The One That Got Away?
23In a Horsepower Race, Cobra-Maker Shelby Offers Power Plus Fuel Economy
27City Cars on a Human Scale: Elio, ELF and Schweeb
NOV
02The Fast Track From Propane Grills to Propane Cars
03Fiat's Car-Sharing Deal
12The Art of Bugatti: A Family Saga with Stories Attached
16On the Horn: VW's CEO on the Company's Golf-Flavored Future
18Toyota's Big Bet on the Fuel-Cell Mirai
DEC
03What Drives Owner Loyalty?
07Racer Ray Evernham Tells Auto History Lessons
10Tesla's Model X Will Have Lots of German Competition
12Ford's Better Ideas: Improved SYNC, a New Focus RS and a Museum Tour
18Classic Cars Are Better Investments Than Art, Real Estate and Wine
29Driving Costa Rica's Wild and Wooly Dirt Roads
312014: The Year in Greenwashing
JAN
04The Highway Death Toll Rises: Here's Why
09Automated Cars Are Coming, but in Las Vegas It's Safety First
16Detroit 2013: It's Not Always Easy Being Green
22What Americans Want in a New Car: Everything
30Chinese Acquisition of Federally Subsidized A123 Batteries Seems Likely
FEB
06I Want an MX-5 Miata
13The Connected Car: Here Tomorrow, If Not Today
19Honda and SolarCity Offer Cut-Rate Electricity from the Sun--for Car Customers Only
28Consumers Having Trouble Affording New Cars
MAR
07The Check Engine Light: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
14Fisker Loses Fisker: Can the Company Survive?
APR
01Jeep, McDonald’s Team Up for Biodiesel Win-Win
02Lessons from the New York International Auto Show
10The Shell Eco-Marathon: On the Path to 3,587 MPG
17The Eco-Celebrity Earth Day SUV Blindspot
23Oil Company Outrage: Is It Really about Protecting Windfall Profits?
MAY
02General Motors Affirms that Climate Change Is Real
10Mom's Taxis: Picking a Ride for Mother’s Day
16Dropping Wrenches at EcoCAR as the Auto Industry Courts Student Engineers
22Code Breakers: How Access to Mysterious Repair Data Can Help (and Hurt) You
30Honda Cuts the Fit EV Lease Price by $130. What Am I Waiting For?
JUN
14On Father's Day: My Dad's Cheap Cars
18Losing Winter: Climate Change Will Hit New England Hard
21Thin Skins in the Classic Car World: Can Irreverence Get You Blacklisted?
28"Little Tokyo": Japanese Honda Familes Adjust to Life in Ohio
JUL
04Stellar Car Sales in June: It's Back to 2007
10Rich Salmon: The Man With the 100,000th Electric Car
17Buick and BMW: Very Big in China
19The Hybrid Wars: Toyota vs. Ford
24Who'll Buy the Land Speed Record Jaguar?
26Hyundai's Equus: Gunning for the Luxury Kingpins
30BMW's i3 Electric Has Gala Global Launch Party
AUG
01Pedaling the ELF to Cambridge (Our Fair City)
07Teens Give Reasons (a/k/a Excuses) for Not Getting Driver's Licenses
09Tesla Motors Earnings: Elon Musk Tackles the Doubters
14Riding the Future: Cross-Country Electric Trek Aims for the Guinness Record Book
22Taming Blood Alley: A Tragic Hollywood Death, and a Film to Make it Safer
24Tesla's Top Safety Score: The Answer is in the Stars
29After Two Almost-Rebirths, the Iconic VW Microbus is Finally Gone
SEP
02Three Wheels, 84 mpg and $6,800
0590 Percent of Cars Will be Turbo-Powered...For Fuel Economy
06The Bottom Line: A Japanese Butt Sensor to Protect Your Car
12Electric Cars on Hawaii's Big Island: A Few Challenges
16On Hawaii's Big Island, a Road to Nowhere
18California Jump-Starts the Hydrogen Economy
25Saab's Best Bet: Going Electric
27Fatal Teen Crashes Up Sharply - When They Have Friends in the Car
OCT
01Car Borrowers Are Big-Time Snoops
07What Chattanooga Needs: A Green Airport Link
10New York's "Texting Zones." If They Don't Work, Blame the Teenage Brain
16Is Cadillac's Near-Volt, the ELR, Worth $76,000?
21The Flying Car Tries Crowdfunding
24Electric Shoot-Out: BMW vs. Mercedes
28Cutting Weight with Aluminum Cars: Is the Ford F-150 Next?
NOV
01The Big Auto Loan Debt is in Tea Party States
05Why Are We Still Subsidizing Fossil Fuels?
11Big Brother Video Camera Can Improve Your Driving
13Ed Begley, Jr., America's Favorite Environmentalist, is Moving
18A Zero Emission Fuel-Cell Future....For Japan
20Norway Is Electric Car Heaven
25Electric Cars on the Move: The View From Europe
27Driving the High-End Auction Cars
DEC
04Buying a Used Prius? It Pays to Shop Around.
05Ford's 2015 Mustang Debuts, Goes Global
10Interview: GM's New CEO, Mary Barra
13Driving VW's Astonishing 200 MPG XL1
17Snow Patrol: All-Wheel Drive Won't Help Without Winter-Friendly Tires
235 Oddball Car Moments in 2013
30Futurist's New Year's Prediction: Gas Cars Will "Decline Massively" in 2016
31Five Big Auto-Centric Trends for 2014
JAN
06A Big Year for the Big Three
11The 2012 Detroit Auto Show: Everybody's Gone Green
23Bob Lutz: The Green Car Guy Who Says Global Warming Is @#$%&*
FEB
01Our Fuel-Cell Future
10Electric Frito and Coca-Cola Trucks: The Bottom Line in Dollars and Cents
15Two Billion Cars
1610 Reasons to Hate the Transportation Bill
23The Sparks Fly
29Audi’s Audacious Electrics
MAR
07The Big Battery Breakthrough
14War Clouds Over a Green Campus
21Super Models
29Running Out of Gas
APR
04Back to the Future…Again
12Glitter, Glitz…and Fuel Economy
24Battery Breakthroughs
26The Great Ethanol Debate: Food vs. Fuel?
MAY
04The Amazing World of Cargo Bikes
10Wiring the World
16Flying vs. Driving: It's Complicated
25The Miata's Second Coming: As an Alfa-Romeo
JUN
01The Tesla Model S: Preparing to Launch
07Charged Up at the Cracker Barrel!
13Driving Audi's Electrifying E-Tron
21The World's First Electric Fleet? Maybe Iceland.
26"Taxi!" And Make it a Battery Electric
JUL
17Perfecting Paradise: Hawaii Plugs in to Electric Cars
17The Messiest Car Ever
20Coming Soon: The Idiot-Proof, Thinking Car
24Fast Forward: First Pedal to the Metal in Tesla's Model S
AUG
01Stick Figures: The Last Days of the Manual Transmission
09Will the VW Microbus Keep on Truckin'?
23It's a Gas: The Powerful Argument for CNG and LNG 18-Wheelers
30Obama's Green Car Plan Is a Job Creator (or Not)
SEP
07My Back Pages: The Worst Cars I've Ever Owned
14Electric Cars By the Numbers
28Tomorrow's Tech Today: Cool Innovations, from Smart Windshield Wipers to Start-Stop
OCT
10Killer Aps: Plugging Chevy Volts into the Smart Grid
18Cars That Swim: The Cool Story of Amphibious Vehicles in the Marketplace
25Roadkill: The Tragedy That No One Talks About
NOV
01My Buick: A Post-Sandy Parable
02How Not to Buy a Storm-Damaged Used Car
08All About Algae: Danforth's Quest to Turn Pond Scum Into Gasoline
15Making the Case for Propane: From Gas Grills to Cars and Trucks
20Crime Watch: Buying Protection with Radar Detectors and LoJack
DEC
03Winding Down: The Last Days of American Suzuki
06The Battle Over Biofuels
12Hurricane Sandy, Solar Power, and an "Aw Shucks" Moment
19The Open-Source Car: An Audacious Bid to Transform the Auto Industry
JAN
06The Consumer Electronics Show: Fancy Hardware, Driver Distraction...and Artichokes
13Oh My Aching Feet: Two Days on the Floor at the Detroit Auto Show
FEB
18The President's Big Plan for Green Cars
23A Million Electric Cars: A Big Load, but Manageable
MAR
04This Volt Owner was Texaco's Production Chief...And he Thinks Peak Oil is Imminent
18R.I.P. to Station Wagons: The Death of a Noble Breed
2440 Years After the Pinto's Debut, Remembering its Exploding Gas Tanks
APR
01Three Reasons EVs Will Make Your Life Better (And Three Reasons They Won't)
12Student Greens Let the Sunshine in for Campus EV Charging
20New York Auto Show 2011: The Extravaganza Grows
26The Electric Car Is Back: And Chris Paine's New Film Chronicles Its Triumphal Return
MAY
03The Big Three, Off Life Support and Profitable, Are Making Good Cars Again
12Carbon Pioneers: A Swedish Family Dramatically Cuts Its CO2 Production
20The Hydrogen Highway: Lots of Fuel-Cell Cars, But in Pockets of America
27Memorial Day Memo: Don't Drive Like an Idiot (or My Brother)
JUN
03No C-Minus Cars but the New Window Stickers Are Revealing Anyway
10IBM's Watson, a Jeopardy Champ, Could Deliver Natural Voice Recognition That Actually Works
15The Cat Fight Over the Fuel Economy Rules: Would 62 mpg Bankrupt Detroit?
24The Little EV That Couldn't: High Prices Lead Think into Bankruptcy
JUL
08Where the EV Revolution Should Start: With FedEx, UPS and Wal-Mart
15Fixing Electric Cars: Will the Bill Be Big?
22Electric Cars Need "Corridors," Just Like the Big Cats
27Flying Cars: They're Closer Than You Think
AUG
04Four Cars They Should Build (for People Like Me)
11Power to the People: How to Run Your House on Your Car
18Michelle Bachmann's $2 a Gallon Gas: Don't Count on It
24Making Hondas (and Organic Soybeans) in Ohio
30Range Anxiety: 100-Mile EVs Make Some People Nervous
SEP
09Weird But True Facts About Fuel Economy
15Self-Driving Cars: Look, Ma, No Hands May Be Around the Corner
21Concours D'Elegance: High-End Car Shows Weather the Recession
28Oil Around Us: Energy Pundit Says We're Awash in the Stuff
OCT
08Forward Thinking: BMW Goes Electric and Ponders the World's Urban Future
12Wireless Charging: From Tesla to Today's EVs
21Reinventing Fire: Visions for Building a Clean Transportation Grid
28The Big Dog Garage: Inside Jay Leno's Car Collection
NOV
04Copper Theft: Are EV Charging Stations the Next Target?
10Ford, Its Sync System Under Attack, Plans an Emergency Fix
17We CAN Drive 54.5
24Cars We'd Love to Buy (But Can't)
29The Big EV Crapshoot
DEC
07Volt Owners: All You Need Is Love
192011 in the Rear-View Mirror: Eight Trends to Watch
21The Last Saab Story
29Six Cars I Want in 2012
MAR
02About Jim
29At Car Talk Plaza, a New Blogger
APR
07Don't Come Knockin' ... This Electric Van is Rockin'
19Tom Sullivan's Hydrogen Highway: Fill-er-Up From Maine to Miami
MAY
03Heavy Metal: Reclaiming End-of-Life Cars
13Volts Wagens: Old Bugs go from Gross Polluters to EV Stars
13Motavalli Raises the Level of Discourse... a Bit
25A Johnny Appleseed for Solar "Trees" and "Groves"
JUN
04Dirty Power, Clean Cars: Even From Coal, EVs are Cleaner
17A Chinese Car in Your Future? Yes, if They Fix the Big Safety Problems.
25Are the EV Buyers Out There? Watch What they Do, Not What They Say.
JUL
08Wanna Bet? Putting Money Down on the Future of EVs and Fuel Cells
19Plugging In: Juice Bars and Charging Farms for Urban EVs
24What the World Needs Now: The X Prize's Foam Car
AUG
03Charged Up and Ready to Roll: Volt vs. Leaf
07Against the Odds, At-Risk Kids Learn by Building Their Own EV
23Whoppers: The Cars That Got Away
31Hydrogen Heats Up, and the Car Talk Blogger Gets a Long-Term Fuel-Cell Ride
SEP
10More Pit Stops on the Highway to Hell: Road Trip Horror Stories, Part One
24Iceland: From Financial Ruin to Green Car Oasis
OCT
01Jay Leno on EVs: Hurray for No-Compromise Chevy Volts and Porsche Spyders
15Guerrilla Marketing: Start-up EVs are Game Changers
25Car Sharing is an Idea Whose Time has Come, and it's Getting Personal
29Fast Times in New Jersey: Driving Mercedes' Hydrogen F-Cell
NOV
12Turnabout Is Fair Play: Car Talk's Auto-Related Practical Jokes
17Americans Like EVs, But Don't Want to Pay Extra for Them
24Lessons from the Los Angeles Auto Show: Bring a Wetsuit for the Mermaids
DEC
02Five Auto Repair Mishaps: True Stories from My Garage
10The Tata Nano Hasn't Set the World on Fire, But It Has Burst into Flames a Few Times
22A Car for Christmas: "Oh My God!!!"
23Car Tunes on Car Talk: The Envelope Please for the "Jimmys"
31Five New Year's Resolutions: Rubber on the Road