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AltCar 2009: Dan Neil, "Some Inconvenient Questions," and GM hints it could sell Chevy Volt gliders

On top of the test drives (Wheego Whip), test rides (Coda Sedan) and a visit to the unlimited energy booth, a highlight of the AltCar Expo last weekend was getting to hear the LA Times' premiere auto scribe Dan Neil moderate two sessions called "Some Inconvenient Questions." Neil was lucky to have on his panels some of the most knowledgeable people in the green car world who were able to discuss and promote their favored technologies (plug-in hybrids, hydrogen, etc.) without beating each other up. Well, Neil dished out a few critical hits ... Read more →

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General Motors opens new Global Battery Test lab in Warren, Michigan Sam Abuelsamid

On Monday, General Motors officially inaugurated the new Global Battery Systems test lab that was announced at the Detroit Auto Show in January. The lab, which GM claims is the largest such ...

Trying out the new Insight in Spain at the EcoDesafío Honda Insight Xavier Navarro

Click on image above to see a full gallery of the EcoDesafio Honda Insight in Barcelona The first generation the Honda Insight wasn't offered for sale in most European markets, including Spain. ...

HP2G acrimoniously drops out of Auto X Prize Sebastian Blanco

January was a simpler time for the relationship between Doug Pelmear/Horse Power Sales (makers of the HP2G engine that was in the Mustang we saw in Detroit a few months ago) and the Automotive X ...

Patent comparison: Ford Fusion hybrid = 119, EV1 = 23 Sebastian Blanco

When we saw the Ford announcement that the new Fusion Hybrid is "the most patented car in history," we wondered how it stacked up against a truly revolutionary car like the EV1. Turns out, ...

Detroit 2008: Cadillac's Ed Welburn says the new CTS Coupe concept would be great as a diesel, no? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Cadillac has just unveiled the CTS Coupe Concept and there was a line in Caddy design head's short presentation of this amazing-looking two-door (which I wasn't recording, because who expected something greenish from Cadillac after they already introduced the Provoq on the stand?) about the CTS ...

Detroit 2008: Land Rover LRX concept live reveal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A Land Rover that emits 120 grams of CO2 per kilometer? That's the promise of the LRX, the new concept SUV with a turbodiesel hybrid powertrain Land Rover unveiled yesterday at the Detroit Auto Show. Land Rover's press event made big deal of the history and future of Land Rover (with the very first ...

Detroit 2008: Mercedes Vision GLK Freeside live reveal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mercedes has built the world's most expensive shopping cart. The Mercedes Benz Vision GLK Freeside, revealed today at the Detroit Auto Show, is a clean diesel from the three-pointed star and, if the Mercedes press announcement today is anything to go by, the back is supposed to be filled by nothing ...

Detroit 2008: Hummer HX Concept live reveal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The look and feel of the Hummer HX concept has been on our computer screens for a while now, but today was the first time we got to look at the baby Hummer in the metal for the first time. And, surprise, surprise, GM is saying with a straight face that the Hummer brand and the environment can get ...

Detroit 2008: GM press event with pictures, audio and video 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At its press conference this morning, GM made a bigger deal of the Coskata partnership than I expected. Not only were many of the people from the Chicago briefings at the show, but Mr. Ethanol Moneybags (by which I mean an investor who funds a lot of ethanol companies, including Coskata) Vinod ...

Detroit 2008: Saab 9-4X BioPower live reveal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

This morning at the Detroit Auto Show, GM officially revealed the Saab 9-4X BioPower concept. This car was part of a glamorous press conference (gaudy, in fact, just like all the big automakers have here) that also introduced the Hummer HX concept and the GM-Coskata partnership (more on that, ...

Detroit 2008: GM and Coskata announce worldwide cellulosic ethanol partnership 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors vehicles and biomass materials are two things that you can find pretty much anywhere on the planet. GM and Coskata Energy announced a partnership today at the Detroit Auto Show that certainly hints at a future where you we will find biomass materials fueling GM vehicles in a lot of ...

Detroit 2008: Mazda CX-9 and Chevy Malibu win North American Car and Truck of the Year awards 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Last fall, the Chevy Tahoe 2-mode Hybrid won the Green Car of the Year award at the LA Auto Show. The hybrid SUV couldn't pull off a similar victory in today's North American Truck of the Year award at the Detroit Auto Show. Instead, the Mazda CX-9 crossover took top honors, beating the second-place ...

Should we ban the catalytic converter? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The catalytic converter is a good example of engineering our way to cleaner cars. What am I saying? It may be the single, shinning, GREAT example of green car technology. That little thing that fits in your exhaust pipe has kept pollution out of the air since its introduction in 1975. Heck, in the ...

AutoblogGreen Q&A: The latest on Volt batteries with Denise Grey 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/The_Latest_on_Chevy_Volt_Batteries_Q_A_with_GM_Director'; At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week we were able to catch up again with Denise Grey, the Director of Energy Storage Systems for General Motors for another update on battery ...

Video: Toyota's "EV mode" TV commercial 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

You might remember a post I wrote about a Toyota TV commercial that prominently featured the EV (electric vehicle) mode button. You can watch that commercial for yourself in the video above. Turning your hybrid into an electric car at will is really an interesting idea. The range on the battery and ...

EVS23: A few late thoughts and an interview with Brian Wynne 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As I was cleaning out my digital files and getting ready for the Detroit Auto Show that starts for us media folks this weekend, I noticed I have a few EVS23 items left to process and post. I'll try to the them all up before NAIAS overwhelms us, but the one I have for you now is an interview I did ...

Detroit 2008: HUMMER HX Concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the HUMMER HX for a high res gallery Almost since the launch of the HUMMER H2 in 2003, the brand has been the whipping boy of environmentalists everywhere and the hero of global warming deniers. As a company that has a fiduciary responsibility to it's shareholders to try and make a profit, ...

Detroit 2008: Saab 9-4X BioPower Concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the 9-4X for a high-res gallery Several months ago word started circulating that Saab was working on a new crossover that would share a platform with a similar vehicle from Cadillac. We still haven't seen the Cadillac but spy photos of a mule with a Chevy Trailblazer body shell and Saab 9-7x ...

So, you want to start an electric car company? Read this Top 10 list first 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Start_an_electric_car_company'; Starting an electric car company is the newest hobby of the super rich. Just ask Miles Rubin or Elon Musk what they do on the weekends and they will tell you it's electric. But what about cost, you say? I can only scrounge ...

The real reason Tata's Rs 1-lakh will change everything: it's green! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Tata's Rs1-lakh will debut at the Delhi's Auto Expo, which starts January 10th. The Rs1-lakh will also be at the Geneva Motor Show this March. Tata group chairman Ratan says Tata won't make a hybrid Rs1-lakh (also known as the people's car) because it would be too expensive. The Rs 1-lakh will be ...

Detroit 2008: Ford EcoBoost Gasoline Turbo Direct Injection engines 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click to Enlarge var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Ford_announces_EcoBoost_engines_to_give_20_mileage_boost'; Now that all the major automakers have acknowledged the reality of both climate change and the need for increased fuel efficiency, they are all looking for ways to address the ...

A view of the 21st Century: Bjorn Lomborg's "Cool It" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

On October 22, 2007, Newsweek columnist George Will wrote his column entitled "An Inconvenient Price." He was dissecting a new book by economist Bjorn Lomborg entitled "Cool It - The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming. Based on that column, I got the book and have spent the ...

Would the Tesla Roadster be a suitable track car? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Tesla Marketing VP Darryl Siry and the Tesla Roadster When I went for a ride with Darryl Siry in the Tesla Roadster following the Los Angeles Auto Show, we discussed a wide array of topics relating to the car. One of those areas was the use of the Roadster as track car. Given the heritage of the ...

ABG Q&A: Beau Boeckmann's tricked out 2008 Ford F-450 Super Duty runs on biodiesel and hydrogen 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Beau_Boeckmann_s_tricked_out_2008'; In the latest AutoblogGreen podcast, we spoke with Beau Boeckmann, the president of Galpin Auto Sports (they do the Pimp My Ride cars), about the truck you see in the picture above. What started out as a normal Ford F450 ...

21st Century carpooling: nearing perfection? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Carpooling is a great way to cut your carbon footprint. Throw another warm body in your car and you halve your carbon emissions per person. You also halve the amount of traffic you create if previously have both gone SOV (single occupancy vehicle). It is also a great way to justify your SUV. A ...

Videos: NY Mayor Bloomberg test drives Javlon, Popular Mechanic test drives Aptera 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above shows New York mayor Bloomberg speaking in China and saying he will test drive Miles Automotive's Javlon electric car. Recently, we told you early versions of the car had rolled off the production line and the company was checking them out in China. Below is a video about another ...

The Other Green 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Greenbacks! That is the other green. How much have Americans paid to move themselves around in 2007 vs. prior years? Well the Energy Information Administration monitors fuel prices all over the country to tell us. Money, as you know, is convertible into all kinds of things. We can turn it into ...

In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2008 Toyota Highlander hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Highlander for a high-res gallery Toyota unveiled the second generation of their Highlander crossover last February at the Chicago Auto Show and it followed the all too familiar pattern of bigger, wider, heavier. Fortunately it didn't grow a whole size class the way some vehicles have. ...

On Being An 800 lb Gorilla 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

An 800 lb gorilla. That is what our own Al Gore called the U.S. while at the UN Climate Change meeting. Now, I know Al Gore is not a big hero with everyone who reads this website, but I respect his honesty. All the Chevy Volts and Opel Flexstreams, Segways and Vectrix vehicles won't look so good in ...

EVS23: A ride on the Brammo Enertia electric motorcycle? Sweet (video) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Covering a conference like EVS23 can be a bit draining. There is so much to try and capture and post on that by the end of the event, I'm looking forwards to falling asleep in my cramped airplane seat on the way home. The last day of EVS23, though, brought with it a special treat: a chance to ...

No Joy in Mudville 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I attended a luncheon where Michael J. Stanton, President and CEO of the Association of American Manufacturers, Inc (AIAM) was the speaker. AIAM represents 14 firms who import and/or build vehicles in the U.S. The biggest, by far, are Toyota, Honda and Nissan, followed by Subaru, Kia, Hyundai and ...

AutoblogGreen rides the Quantya electric motorcycle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Not too long ago, we introduced you to an electric motorcycle from a Swiss company knows as Quantya. At that time, we wished that the machine was available here in the States so that we could take a ride on one. Guess what? Our wishes have been granted! Not only is the bike available here, but we ...

EVS23: Testing out the Chevy Malibu hybrid (video) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Driving the soon-to-be-released Chevy Malibu around the Anaheim Convention Center wasn't earth-shattering. Then again, I don't think that earth-shattering is what GM has in mind with this mild hybrid. For one thing, this car won't be all that widely available when it goes on sale for around ...

EVS23: Droolworthy all-electric Mustang Ronaele 300 can be yours in early 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The all-electric Shelby Cobra 427 we were just introduced to by Michael Kadie was not the only ridiculously awesome EV available for pictures at the EVS23 showroom floor. At the end of the video about the Cobra, we moved over to a bright red electric Mustang. Here, now, is that video, with ...

EVS23: The baddest Shelby Cobra 427 around is all-electric (video) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

For me, one of the true highlights of the EVS23 showroom floor was a booth that featured two cars that never make the pages of AutoblogGreen: a new Mustang and a classic Shelby Cobra 427. But they're fair game when the engines have been taken out and replaced with batteries and electric ...

EVS23: We go for a ride in the plug-in Prius prototype (video) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There are very official few plug-in Priuses currently cruising the world's streets. One of them was part of the Ride and Drive at EVS23, and there is no way we could pass up the chance to drive one. The trouble was, by the time it was our turn, the extra NiMH battery pack that provides up to ...

EVS23: Ford's plug-in Escape hybrid handover videos 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Back at EVS23, Ford handed over the keys for a plug-in hybrid Escape to Southern California Edison. I've finally had time to edit together the video I shot that day, so watch it already. :) In the first part of this video (above) we see the PHEV Escape arrive at the Anaheim Convention Center ...

In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2007 BMW 535d. Yes, it's a diesel! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the diesel Bimmer for a high-res gallery digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/BMW_goes_green_with_the_new_Diesel_535d'; At the 2007 Detroit Auto Show, BMW was prominently displaying their diesel engine technology, particularly the latest 3.0L twin turbocharged in-line six cylinder. At the ...

ABG Top 10: Greenest toy cars for the holidays 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/arts_culture/Top_10_Greenest_toy_cars_for_the_holidays'; It's almost Christmas, so I compiled a list of the top 10 green toy cars for you. Any toy on this top 10 list would be a great gift for that green, gear-head kid (or kid at heart) on your Christmas/holiday ...

Editorial: John McElroy on the burst of the oil bubble 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Over on Autoblog, veteran auto writer and new contributor John McElroy provides an interesting take on gasoline prices and the potential for the bubble to burst. Looking at gasoline pump prices in real terms (factoring in inflation) as recently as the beginning of the current decade, they were at ...

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