Sporty four-seaters a joke to executives
The only driving I've done is indoors, in first gear, sideways. This is the problem with the Top Gear Live world tour. We are supposed to be spreading the gospel of speed around the globe but the...
Convertible glory: The taming of the wind
In Canada, owning a convertible makes as much sense as owning a swimming pool....
Rowing a viable way to go green
As a kid, I wanted one of those little cars you could sit in like a real driver...
Bribing people to buy electric cars is folly
Britain has joined Ontario, China and the U.S. in promising to reward those who...
Motorcycles, scooters big polluters
Despite their reputation as being more earth-friendly than other motorized forms of transport, motorcycles and scooters are actually some of the...
The higher cost of hybrids
When it uses its electric motor or generator instead of its gas engine, a hybrid vehicle can sip less fossil fuel and emit fewer tailpipe emissions...
Volt edges closer to production
Toronto Star
Feb 20, 2010
It can take a while for the future to arrive. Back in 2007, GM unveiled the Chevrolet Volt, a snarly, low-slung concept with a new electric-drive system. A year later, the company rolled out a...
Plug-in Prius is careful step forward for Toyota
Toronto Star
Feb 20, 2010
The Chevy Volt drew oohs and ahhs as it gleamed under the lights of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
EV enthusiasm may have perverse side effects
Toronto Star
Feb 13, 2010
Europe just gave electric vehicles a big jolt.
Toronto auto show: Wheels blog
thestar.com
Feb 10, 2010
Wheels correspondents Jim Kenzie and John LeBlanc blogged from the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto.
Hamilton: Zero-emission Tesla always draws a crowd
Toronto Star
Driving around the city in a Tesla Roadster for a day, not consuming a single drop of gasoline, I found myself getting a little smug.
Cities jockey for chance to be EV trailblazers
Toronto Star
Feb 05, 2010
What makes a city ready for electric cars?
The greening of the Soo
thestar.com
Jan 30, 2010
The Soo is generally viewed – at least from those in Ontario's deep south – as a dull, depressed little city.
Industry's big goal: get small in a hurry
thestar.com
Jan 23, 2010
Smaller and lighter. Yet far more powerful and efficient. Oh, and cleaner. That's the challenge as engineers design the next internal combustion engines.
Trio battles for big prize: your buck
Toronto Star
Jan 22, 2010
With seating for five and lower purchase and operating costs, small vehicles are where it's at in the Canadian new-car market.
We're all riding the small-car wave
thestar.com
Jan 22, 2010
Europeans have always enjoyed some major distinctions from us colonialists here on the other side of the Atlantic: football with no helmets, stinky cheese and people who actually ride their bikes to...
Where Corvettes never go out of style
thestar.com
Jan 21, 2010
Auto mechanic Brian Cassells apprenticed on Lamborghinis, Morgans, Aston Martins, Jaguars and other high-end Euro marques that he could never afford. But he always had a thing for Corvettes.
Kenzie's law
Toronto Star
Jan 16, 2010
Jim Kenzie's use of the constitution defence in his column is another example of the Charter of Rights and the Constitution being among the most used, and least understood, documents in Canadian...
The fill-ups of the future
Toronto Star
Jan 16, 2010
One major question about electric cars is how to recharge them.
Toyota Scion debuts at Montreal show
Toronto Star
Jan 15, 2010
Opening the same week as the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the Montreal Internatiional Auto Show is often overlooked. But it shouldn't be.
Rocking down to Electric Avenue
Toronto Star
Jan 15, 2010
Hybrids and battery-electric vehicles have moved from the fringe to the mainstream in the past decade as many in the auto industry acknowledge they will play an important part in our future.
The search is on for rare earth elements
Toronto Star
Jan 09, 2010
Last year I wrote about whether a shortage of lithium would stall electric vehicles. Pour a congratulatory beer if you remember the conclusion: There's more available, in more places, than alarmists...
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