When talking about the (hopefully coming in 2010) Chevy Volt, Bob Lutz repeatedly said he was waiting on battery makers to provide GM with battery packs that were up to the challenge, seeing as the show car relies on technology that doesn't exist. GM.
Diesel engines continue to be all the rage in Europe while they're just beginning to gain ground again in the U.S. As proof that diesels aren't just considered high-mileage motors for city cars, we offer up these spy shots of the BMW 635d, a version.
UPDATE: Ed Hellwig from the Straighline Blog totally disagrees.click above image for high-res gallery of Toyota's FT-HS ConceptToyota's next-generation Supra is veiled in mystery, but we tend to take seriously any news coming from Winding Road's Pete.
Usually in this space, we bring you the green car news from yesterday's AutoblogGreen (and, on Mondays, the weekend as well). We've still got that down below, but for all of the Memorial Day drivers out on the road today, we've got two recent stories.
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Is_Tesla_Motors_thinking_about_getting_into_the_gas_station_business'; When AutoblogGreen interviewed Tesla Motors CEO Martin Eberhard a couple of months ago, Martin emphasized that they were intent on creating a.
Right now in the U.S., hybrids are all the rage among drivers who want to be more green in what they drive, but it may not stay that way for much longer. New research by Ricardo and UBS is projecting that total sales of hybrid and diesel vehicles wil.
var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Ford_and_Ohio_State_building_Fusion_to_capture_fuel_cell_land_speed_record'; Ford and Ohio State University are teaming up to attempt a double land speed record for fuel cell-powered vehicles. Ohio State alrea.
From the new all-hybrid taxi fleet coming to New York City by 2012 to the islands of Hawaii and the potential for using sugar cane to make ethanol, AutoblogGreen covered the whole of American yesterday to find the coolest, greenest car news. Oh, and.
Well, chopping your car in half certainly is one way to reduce weight. And lightweight cars usually get better gas mileage than heavier cars, but I'm not sure if these will overcome the increased friction. Still, kinda fun to tool around in for a min.
click above image to view more high-res pics of Wal-Mart's green machine var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Walmart_s_hybrid_fleet'; Wal-Mart has embarked on a wide-ranging environmental campaign it calls "Sustainability 360," and one of the.
If you think ethanol = green, consider the possibility of an ethanol plant in Iowa (that uses potatoes or sugar beets as a feedstock) that's powered by excess heat from a nuclear power plant. It's supposed to be cheap, and it does reuse energy that m.
The AutoblogGreen that was. Yesterday we looked into the future, with a will they or won't they question on the future of the Chevy Volt. Then we looked a little into the past, with a story on the engineering work that is now finished on the Chevy Se.
AutoblogGreen (and Autoblog) writer Sam Abuelsamid was one of the few journalists invited along for what we're pretty sure was the longest-ever hydrogen fuel cell road test. 300+ miles through New York State in a Chevy Sequel. If you've wondered what.
Having controlling interest in Volkswagen is looking as if it could be a boon to Porsche. Until now, Porsche's small size has forced the automaker to keep its focus on its bread-and-butter products: high-powered gasoline-engined sports cars and SUVs..
AutoblogGreen podcast #5, with guest expert Gary Smyth of GM, went live yesterday. We also found out the Chevy Volt might not have the engine we've been led to believe. And how about that U.S. auto industry? Will it need billions in government bailou.
Last month we had the Triplets, and yesterday two more small city cars were announced, the GM Agila and the Suzuki Splash. It's a good time for small car fans, and there will be more and more fans if gas in America stays above $3/gallon for a while..
Renault goes eco all over; another Chinese "clone" might be headed to market, and a Toyota VP says his company will make nothing but hybrids by 2020. All the latest in the green car world ready for you on AutoblogGreen this Monday morning. Tesla engi.
Toyota has done a terrific job the past few years of saturating its dealerships with plenty of Prius hybrids, with sales expected to grow by 40-percent to 280,000 units in 2007. The boys and girls from Aichi, Japan have plenty of other hybrids in the.
Click photo for Autoblog Green's FCX test drive.At a demonstration of its FCX fuel cell concept in Los Angeles, Thursday, Honda confirmed what we reported in December: that they will have a limited number of FCXs on the ground for real-world testing.
With 12,600 people in America already plopping down $100 deposits for the currently-unavailable-here Smart ForTwo, does the company really need to do a lot of promotional work? Whether they need to or not, they're going to. A lengthy cross-country to.
click above image for galleryUniversal Electric Vehicle first unveiled its all-electric Spyder last December at the AltCar Expo in Santa Monica. AutoblogGreen was on hand at the unveiling, but there wasn't much to report in terms of specs and pricing.
New engines, new pictures, and announcements of new production models. All in the links below. And also listen for the Governator saying all kinds of sweet things about trains in California. GM builds their 1 Millionth DuraMax diesel V-8 Updated stat.
click above image to enlargeDomino's Pizza (The Official Pizza of NASCAR, btw) delivers piles of pizzas every day and probably burns several gallons of fuel, or at least pays their drivers to burn it. So going electric probably sounds pretty good to.
The U.S. Senate will vote on a bill to raise CAFE standards to 35 mpg by 2020 in June. There are lots of critics, but Democrats say it'll pass. What does it mean for automakers? Will Chrysler survive? Learn more at AutoblogGreen. Beefed up CAFE stand.
When we told you last month about the return of Volkswagen's Jetta wagon, many of you were unimpressed by the car's bland styling and we don't totally disagree. Now, however, we find out what VW's hiding under those dowdy clothes. Inside Line is repo.