Hybrids/Alternative
National Public Radio has a quirky quiz show called "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me." GM Vice chair Bob Lutz was a guest on Saturday's show. And he said something interesting... in the spirit of the show, ... Tags: gm, chrysler, bob lutz, pimp my ride, personal transportation, choices, viper, spirit, dream car, chair bob, vice chair, quiz, absolute hoot, national public radio, break room, christina
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Jalopnik got the skinny from a Ford Motor Company snitch they've dubbed "Electric Throat" (ahem), who says that a hybrid Fusion will be launched in concept form at either the Los Angeles Auto Show thi ... Tags: ford, automaker, ford motor, lawmakers, bottom line, ford motor company, los angeles auto show, hybrid, international auto show, north american international auto, american international auto show, north american international auto show, ford fusion, wee bit, peeps, arnold, rumormill, jalopnik, celebrity mole
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On any given Sunday morning, if I were offered the keys to either a Saturn Sky or a Chevy Tahoe with a big boat hitched to the back, 110 times out of a hundred I would put down that gnarly top on the ... Tags: gm, bmw, suvs, gas mileage, gas prices, mileage, saturn, daimlerchrysler, general motors, hybrid system, chevy tahoe, saturn sky, long wait, autobloggreen, sunday morning, any given sunday, personal biases, interest check, abg
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It is only a 30-day delay -- for now -- but the Lexus LS 600h L launch has been pushed back. Meant to launch in June, the new date is late July or early August. A Lexus spokesman said the company was ... Tags: cars, lexus, launch, limited edition, japan, car company, neiman marcus, spokesman, automotive news, foray, attention to detail, early august, lexus ls 600h l, lexus ls 600h, flagship product, lexus ls hybrid, number one car, extreme attention, new date
Click on the photo for a gallery of the LF-A concept at Detroit At the Detroit Auto Show in January, Lexus showed a re-styled version of the LF-A concept that originally appeared on the show circuit i ... Tags: detroit auto show, sports car, lexus, hybrid technology, car concept, rear wheels, supercar, hybrid version, prius, next generation, counterpoint, drivetrain, nurburgring, nsx, lithium ion batteries, lithium, lexus gb, lexus lf a concept, leftlanenews, hs
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Hybrid Technologies has created a way for you to be kinder to the planet, save on gasoline, and look great doing it -- but it's going to cost you. The seven-year-old company out of Nevada is developin ... Tags: gasoline, mini cooper s, mini cooper, style points, electric cars, hybrid technologies, smart, base price, math, lithium, gas price, deep pockets, hot models, electric mini, environmental responsibility, lithium batteries, wheeled vehicles
Popular Mechanics reporter Benjamin Chertoff was leaving the New York Auto Show on Saturday when a bright red roadster lurking down a side street caught his attention. Turns out it was the Mullen Moto ... Tags: performance cars, international auto show, electric cars, hybrid technologies, popular mechanics, new york auto show, new york international auto show, largest auto, hybt, emerging leaders, benjamin chertoff, red roadster, dead silence, product demonstrations, product demonstration, public attraction, vip clients, launc, conducting interviews, otcbb
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Honda is recalling 43,335 Civic hybrids for a possible voltage converter problem. The problem vehicles, which were manufactured between September 2005 and September 2006, could have engine failure if ... Tags: hybrids, accidents, honda, business week, short circuit, mail, engine failure, problem vehicles, source business, sliding door locks, japan market, elysion minivans, voltage converter
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Well, that didn't last long. Turns out that while we may not have known much about Chevy's Sunday afternoon plans, the New York Times did. And again shorted out the wiring in the old embargo system. D ... Tags: detroit auto show, chevy, gm, surprise, sunday afternoon, photos, new york times, embargo, fuse, winding road, kitten, nyt, mystery car, farts
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It's official, our favorite Monopoly piece did not survive Hasbro's update in its new Here and Now edition. While the trusty racecar (What? You thought we would be fans of the top hat?) can still be f ... Tags: limited edition, prius, toyota prius, monopoly, times square, donuts, autobloggreen, trusty, hasbro, times square new york, fenway park, world airports, chance cards, classic versions, game piece, edition game, jail space, community chest, top hat, railroads
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U.S. federal tax breaks for buyers of hybrid cars will start shrinking this fall, with Toyota hitting the production limit of 60,000 units after only five months of sales.The declining scale for tax c ... Tags: toyota, lexus, ford, hybrids, tax break, honda, hybrid cars, five months, redline, first quarter, s market, tax credit, 192, maximum tax, hybrid tax credits, current rate, federal tax
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BP plans to make a major investment in alternative energy sources, funding "radical research" at a new bioscience energy research lab. Outlining a ten-year program costing $500 million, BP chief execu ... Tags: blends, universities, chief executive, alternative energy sources, bp, efficiency, petroleum, energy research, feedstock, bp energy, energy biosciences, food crops, radical research, lord browne, academic center, initial focus, bioscience, plant species
The Japanese-market Estima debuted in 2001 as the world's first hybrid minivan, and on Monday Toyota launched a completely redesigned version of the seven-seater hybrid.The Estima powertrain features ... Tags: powertrain, second generation, awd system, hybrid system, hybrid synergy drive, japanese market, ft lb, drivetrain, battery pack, gasoline engine, peak power, vehicle stability, vehicle dynamics, high efficiency, minisite, generation system, torque performance, hybrid minivan, integrated management, ths
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Michiyoshi Hagino, a Senior Managing Director at Honda Motor, sees profit margins inevitably falling as vehicles incorporate more and more advanced technologies to reduce emissions and increase fuel e ... Tags: automakers, powertrain, reuters, diesels, gasoline engines, cheap cars, sticker price, fuel cell vehicles, hybrid powertrains, honda motor, getrag, profit margins, development efforts, increase fuel economy, powertrain products, powertrain development, hybrid products, ultracapacitor, development effort, smaller companies
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In an interview with Reuters, the head of agricultural development for oil company Total flatly stated that Europe needs more biodiesel production rather than competing alternative fuel ethanol, sayin ... Tags: target, reuters, alternative fuel, passenger vehicles, biodiesel production, rapeseed, oil company, oil and gas, diesel market, ethanol gasoline, feedstock, agricultural development, gasoline blends, fuel ethanol, neste oil, oil exec, transport fuels, european leader, oil and gas company, oilseeds
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A week after announcing the diesel-powered Jeep Grand Cherokee, DaimlerChrysler announced on Monday that it has stopped production of its diesel Jeep Liberty.The oil-burning Liberty launched in 2005 t ... Tags: jeep grand cherokee, grand cherokee, chrysler, launch, emissions standards, reuters, jeep, daimlerchrysler, jeep liberty, appetite, s market, diesel technology, diesel power, jeep liberty diesel, libertys
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BusinessWeek gets a shoutout from us for saying what's gotta be said (as many of our readers have) -- Americans need to get over their perception of diesels as being stinky, loud slowpokes already. Tr ... Tags: gasoline, europe, businessweek, jeep, diesels, daimlerchrysler, truth, jeep liberty, counterparts, perception, diesel models, oil burners, mercedes e class, slowpokes, sulfur fuel, shoutout, stinky
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Toyota doesn't usually give much away in advance of an auto show, so it didn't surprise us that the two-graph press release announcing that the company would launch the Lexus LS 460 luxury hybrid at t ... Tags: toyota, lexus, gasoline, autoblog, unveiling, hybrid, autoshow, new york auto, new york auto show, imagination, lexus ls 460, press release announcing that, graph
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Just in time for the first deliveries of Saab's 9-5 BioPower flex-fuel car, supermarket chain Morrisons opened the UK's very first E85 pump Wednesday. Pump 1 will open in Norwich, followed by four oth ... Tags: liter, gasoline, reuters, saab, ethanol, deliveries, auto fuel, bioethanol, pence, car supermarket, supermarket chain, morrisons, fuel car, eastern england, norwich
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Details are emerging about the upcoming auto-related challenge to be issued by the California-based X-Prize foundation. The organization’s new challenge will award a prize of $25 million to the ... Tags: vw, automaker, handful, caveat, rsquo, x prize foundation, new challenge, average joe, 1 litre
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