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8 February 2007 posted in Etc. views
Chicago Auto Show: Toyota boss calls for more industry cooperation Even though Toyota is the most profitable automaker in the world, the company is open to more cooperative research efforts with Detroit. Jim Press, president of Toyota Motor North America, said the ch ...
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1 January 2007 posted in Green 3 views
AutoblogGreen for 01.01.07 OK, it was a really busy three days over on AutoblogGreen. Our latest feature story, an in-depth look at biobutanol, went live on Saturday, but there were plenty of other green driving stories at the ...
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30 December 2006 posted in Green 1 views
Honda will have a fuel-cell car for sale by 2018 In a recent interview, Honda President Takeo Fukui said that he fully expects to offer a fuel-cell Honda by 2018. Nissan has already gone on record as saying they plan to have a fuel-cell vehicle on t ...
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15 October 2006 posted in Green 1 views
Now Showing on Autoblog: Who Killed the Electric Car? I didn't go see the documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? when it was originally released in theaters on June 28th. For whatever reason, many of you may not have either. So I'm happy to report that ...
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20 September 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 1 views
Toyota boosts profit forecast, aiming for top spot Get those big foam fingers ready, Toyota fans - the Japanese automaker looks set to vault into the global #1 spot sooner than later. The automaker is now predicting that worldwide sales will grow 11 p ...
Tags: toyota, target, scion, reuters, general motors, vp, fuel cell vehicles, japanese automaker, fuji, worldwide sales, plug in hybrids, emerging markets, brazilian market, flex fuel vehicles, brand source, japanese yen, foam fingers, blinding flash, new numbers, investment management
18 September 2006 posted in Green 6 views
General Motors yesterday unveiled plans for "Project Driveway", a field market research project that will place 100 hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles with customers across the United States. A diver ...
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18 September 2006 posted in Green 2 views
AutoblogGreen for 09.18.06 GM moves forward with hydrogen while Ford says the way forward is through job cuts. It was a rough weekend in the auto world, but there's always a silver lining in the exhause smoke, if you know how t ...
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11 September 2006 posted in Green 2 views
GM Sequel will wear a bowtie During the 2005 Detroit Auto Show, General Motors unveiled a prototype for a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle, dubbed the Sequel. At the time, the concept flew under the GM banner, today, the General's vice ...
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11 August 2006 posted in Green 3 views
Honda's all about the alternatives Edmunds' Inside Line is reporting that Honda is hatching some serious alt-power solutions in the coming years and all of them are headed to the U.S.The Japanese automaker is already experimenting with ...
Tags: ups, europe, honda, emissions, diesels, fuel cell vehicles, japanese automaker, hybrid vehicle, arsenal, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell, diesel technology, generation cars, diesel vehicles, oil burners, hydrogen infrastructure, further down the road
31 July 2006 posted in Green 4 views
AutoblogGreen for 07.31.06 See, you go and have a good weekend (and a hot one, I'm guessing, if you're anywhere within like 1,000 miles of where I am) and you miss all sorts of news over at AutoblogGreen. So here's a round up o ...
Tags: biodiesel, fuel cell vehicles, future car, ethanol, car development, exxonmobil, compromises, hybrid development, school buses, biofuel, autobloggreen, going green, michigan governor granholm, american corn growers, fuel plan, energy consultant, cassette system, renewable fuel, hot one, saving grace
17 July 2006 posted in Green 6 views
Ford first to begin production of hydrogen internal combustion engine Today Ford began production of a dedicated hydrogen internal combustion engine at its Engine Manufacturing Development Operations in Dearborn Heights, MI, which makes it the first automaker to do so. ...
Tags: detroit auto show, mazda rx 8, steel crankshaft, internal combustion engine, cast iron block, fuel cell vehicles, zero emissions, focus fuel, greenhouse gases, hydrogen internal combustion engine, hydrogen internal combustion, shuttle bus, e 450, twin screw compressor, dearborn heights mi, hydrogen as a fuel, aluminum heads, beech daly, cylinder valve, manufacturing development
13 June 2006 posted in Hybrids/Alternative 7 views
Honda: high tech means low profits 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
7 June 2006 posted in Green 3 views
AutoblogGreen for 06.07.06 As the top story in today's Daily AutoblogGreen round-up tells us, American car brands can be quite environmentally aware when pressured. In Brazil at least, Ford is finding sucess with small-engine e ...
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6 June 2006 posted in Green 2 views
AutoblogGreen for 06.06.06 Good and bad biofuel news yesterday on AutoblogGreen, with posts on cleaner diesel, moldy ethanol (which is good) and contaminated ethanol (which is bad). Also, Detroit keeps seeing its sales numbers ...
Tags: small cars, japanese cars, fuel cell vehicles, google, sales numbers, electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell, low sulfur diesel, fuel cell cars, s green, low sulfur diesel fuel, hydrogen fuel cell cars, ultra low sulfur diesel fuel, ultra low sulfur diesel, autobloggreen, tax rebates, diesel buses, japanese car makers, summer music festivals, state researchers
30 May 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 6 views
Suzuki's three-prong strategy for triple growth by 2010 2010 is going to landmark year for automakers. General Motors plans to roll out its first commercial fuel cell vehicles by decade's end, while Chrysler may debut the Imperial. Hyundai plans to be one ...
Tags: automakers, automaker, hyundai, general motors, fuel cell vehicles, fuel efficient vehicles, three times, gm stock, upswing, landmark, american suzuki motor corp, suzuki motor, koichi suzuki, commercial fuel cell, suzuki dealerships, buffalo news, ambitious goal, quarter sales, dint, prong
5 April 2006 posted in Concept Cars 9 views
Competitors pushing GM to bring fuel cell vehicles before 2010 deadline General Motors has touted its plans to have a fuel-cell vehicle available for public consumption by 2010 for years. But according to Larry Burns, head of research and planning at GM, the automaker nee ...
Tags: gm, toyota, automaker, honda, daimlerchrysler, general motors, fuel cell vehicles, fuel cell vehicle, larry burns, fuel cell development, rsquo, public consumption, fcv, precarious financial situation, development budget, development source
5 April 2006 posted in Green 4 views
18th Annual Tour de Sol on for mid-May The Tour de Sol is a car show and competition for environmentally friendly vehicles put on by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association based out of New York. It’s been going on for 18 years ...
Tags: automakers, gasoline, mileage, hybrids, fuel cell vehicles, highlight, naught, car show, high mileage, 18 years, tour de sol, saratoga, private teams, biofuel, sustainable energy association, northeast sustainable energy association, northeast sustainable energy, saratoga area
25 January 2006 posted in Hybrids/Alternative 6 views
U.S. government announces $119 million for hydrogen vehicles Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman announced Tuesday that the Department of Energy will provide $119 million in funding for hydrogen fuel cell research. Speaking at the Washington Auto Show, Bodman also u ...
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18 January 2006 posted in Hybrids/Alternative 10 views
Improving hybrid-car batteries The lithium-ion batteries ubiquitous in cell phones and laptops may find their way into hybrid powertrains in the next decade. Lithium-ion batteries have two to three times the energy density of the n ...
Tags: prototype, fuel cell vehicles, electric hybrids, laptops, hybrid powertrains, u s department, department of energy, three times, lithium ion batteries, lithium, energy density, next decade, nickel metal hydride, hybrid car batteries, metal hydride batteries, nickel metal hydride batteries, sandia national labs, exploding cell phones, freedomcar
24 December 2005 posted in Trends 6 views
Hyundai's 2010 resolution 2010 looks like a busy year. General Motors has declared numerous times plans to roll out its fuel cell vehicles by that year. Honda plans to have EVs at the same time.Now Hyundai Motors has declared ...
Tags: hyundai, honda, general motors, alternative fuels, fuel cell vehicles, hyundai motors, tucson suv, tucsons, south korean company, korean government