Buyers having a hard time seeing the value in EVs

By John LeBlanc How does that saying go? You can lead a new car buyer to electric vehicles but you can’t make them buy? That seems to be the case with many government-mandated electric cars in the U.S., where demand is not keeping up with the quotas automakers have been forced to adhere to.

Preview: Volkswagen CrossBlue Concept

Story by John LeBlanc FRANKFURT — The level of secrecy was positively Bond-like. Under a shroud of heavy fog (both of the atmospheric and corporate communications variety), I was being chauffeured in a Secret Service-black Volkswagen Transporter.

Are you ready for a front-wheel-drive BMW?

By John LeBlanc When the front-wheel-drive, Mini Countryman arrived for 2010, it may have not been obvious that at some point, parent BMW — a company that had built its reputation on high-performance, rear-wheel-drive cars — would eventually launch a small, FWD car of its own. But the new BMW Concept Active Tourer Outdoor is […]