The 2018 Honda Clarity model line was named the "2018 Green Car of the Year" by Green Car Journal earlier today during AutoMobility LA at the 2017 LA Auto Show.

It's official. The 2018 Chevy Cruze Diesel has broken the 50 mile per gallon barrier according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates. But while that's certainly something to crow about, after taking a closer look it appears that a lot of buyers won't see that number on their window sticker, much less get close to it in real-world driving.

For model year 2015 (the latest year measured) Mazda vehicles had a fleet-wide adjusted fuel economy performance of 29.9 miles per gallon. That's up from last year's 29.4 miles per gallon, which was also up from a 28.1 mpg average in 2013. Mazda also has the third-lowest average CO2 emissions at 290 (down from 300 in 2014 and 302 in 2013) behind Fiat (240) and Mini (298) although, in all fairness, neither of those two brands offered a compact or midsize crossover in 2015.

According to Hyun Jin Cho, a member of Kia's Sustainability Management Team, Kia will be introducing a new system on the Optima designed to encourage more efficient driving habits.

Ford Motor Company begins production of its new line of fuel-efficient low-emission engines at Cleveland Engine Plant Number 1.

There is a new age of automotive engines dawning as we see it here at LotPro.com. And although the greenies would have you believe that hybrids and electric vehicles are just around the corner, the attendant costs of these new technologies, as well as their current range limitations means that, at least for the time being, most of us will still be driving vehicles with internal combustion engines in the foreseeable future.

GM's dedication to fuel cell technology dates back more than four decades when, in 1966, the company applied technology used during the Apollo space program to produce the world's first fuel cell powered vehicle, the 1966 GM Electrovan.

Audi looks into the future of gas stations and from what it sees, we'll be pumping a lot less gas and spending a lot more time consuming organic food and reading magazines and coffee-table books while we wait for our electric vehicles to charge up.

In a departure from the past, the Eco model, as opposed to the more traditional versions, will be the first to hit dealer showrooms sometime in early 2012, followed by the LS, LT and LTZ versions in the summer.

Earlier today, Volkswagen of America announced the new car prices of its third-generation "people's car" along with additional model and equipment information.