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Detroit 2009: E85-powered Mustang, the HP2g, gearing up for the Auto X Prize

Down in the basement (the smelly, smelly basement) of Cobo Hall at the Detroit Auto Show, we found Doug Pelmear and Jennifer Rodgers. They were sitting next to a car we didn't expect to see at the show, a 1987 Mustang. Why was the car there? Because Pelmear is still promoting his claim to get 110 mpge with the car and will be participating in the Progressive Automotive X Prize. This Mustang is called the HP2g, and Pelmear told us that he and his team are gearing up for the business plan portion of the X Prize, specifically how they'd sell ... Read more →

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Detroit 2009: All Fords to eventually get auto start stop Sam Abuelsamid

Automatic start-stop systems are becoming increasingly common in Europe where many non-hybrid cars are equipped with the relatively inexpensive systems that shut down the engine to prevent idling. ...

Tesla confirms smart ed battery supply deal Sam Abuelsamid

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Tesla_Motors_will_provide_batteries_for_electric_smart_cars'; The rumors were true. At the Society of Automotive Analysts outlook conference this morning, ...

Detroit 2009: Concept C, the smallest Lincoln ever Sam Abuelsamid

Prior to the holidays, Ford invited members of the media to Dearborn to see many of the products that would be debuting at the Detroit Auto Show this week including the new Taurus, GT500 and ...

NYT drives electric Ford Focus mule Domenick Yoney

While it took months for GM to let the media drive its Volt mule, Ford has wasted no time in giving Bill Vlasic of the New York Times a chance to try out its own all-electric Ford Focus-based ...

Detroit 2008: 2009 Ford F-150, diesel and EcoBoost coming, mpg increased 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the F-150 for a high res gallery Ford unleashed the latest generation of their top-selling F-150 pickup truck today at the Detroit Auto Show and the truck got a thorough revamp as we head toward the second decade of this century. The new full-size haulers start off with a platform made of ...

Does AFS Trinity's hybrid deserve the hype? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above is a news report about AFS Trinity Power's new hybrid from CNN. The New York Times has an article about the hybrid which will be at the Detroit Auto Show. Grist, a popular green blog, says they were interviewed for a report by CBS New that will air this weekend. Some of our readers ...

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 ...

Detroit 2008: Ford Verve Sedan concept brings "Kinetic design" to the U.S. for the first time 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Verve for a high-res gallery At this year's Detroit Auto Show, the U.S. public will get their first up close look at Kinetic design. The Ford Verve sedan concept is making its debut in its latest form. Ford first showed off a three-door hatchback version of the Verve at the Frankfurt ...

Detroit 2008: Seven X-Prize teams to be on hand at Cobo Hall 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Automotive X-Prize organizers are gearing up to officially kick off the competition early this year and people will get their first opportunity to meet some of the competitors next week at the Detroit Auto Show. Seven of the teams that have signed letters of intent to compete will be on hand at ...

GM CEO: "Expect an announcement on the VUE plug-in hybrid very soon" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In his CES keynote, part of which you can watch above, General Motor's CEO Rick Wagoner hints that an announcement with the release date for GM's first plug-in hybrid is coming "very soon." GM told us the release date for Saturn Vue plug-in might be in the end of 2008 or "2009-ish" range. From what ...

Automotive X Prize looking for host cities for 2009-2010 race 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

This is a post for all of the American city officials we have who read AutoblogGreen (or readers who know someone in city government). The Automotive X Prize is looking for cities in America to host stages of the fuel-efficient vehicle race in 2009-2010. An official Request for Proposal (RFP) will ...

Detroit 2008 Preview: Video of the Audi R8 V12 TDI, 737lb-ft and 23 MPG! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A Video has now leaked out of Audi's new monster diesel concept that's going to be revealed at the Detroit Auto Show in just a few days. Audi is taking the 5.5L TDI V-12 they had in Q7 TDI concept at last year's show and stuffing it into the rear end of the R8 sports car. That's a combination that ...

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 ...

Detroit 2008 leak: Saab's 9-4X BioPower CUV concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It sure gets leaky before an auto show, doesn't it? While GM and Saab would like to keep a lid on the news of the Saab 9-4X BioPower concept CUV, the word is out, thanks to Automotive News (subs req'd). The full details of this eathnol-ready CUV will be coming on Sunday at the Detroit Auto Show, ...

Detroit 2008: Cadillac Provoq E-Flex fuel cell concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Cadillac Provoq for a high-res gallery var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Cadillac_Provoq_Concept_debuts_at_CES_2008'; Almost a year to the day after we first showed you the Chevrolet Volt, General Motors is unveiling the third body style (the second was the Opel Flextreme) based on ...

"Petroleum-free" Cadillac Provoq will be unveiled at CES tomorrow 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

What does it mean to Provoq if you're Caddilac? We'll find out the details sometime in the next 24 hours, but GM released a statement today (available after the jump) saying that the Provoq concept will be "a vision for a petroleum-free future of luxury transportation." I guess that leaves us with ...

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 ...

Detroit 2008: Saturn Vue 2-mode hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Two-Mode Vue for a high-res gallery var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/GM_introduces_Saturn_Vue_Two_Mode_hybrid'; Saturn introduced the first General Motors production hybrid vehicle when the Saturn Vue Green Line appeared in 2006. The Vue was equipped with GM ...

Aston Martin launches E85-ready GT2 race Vantage 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Aston Martin is not a brand that's ever been associated with fuel efficiency or alternative fuels. However, at the Autosport International Show in Birmingham England next week, they will unveil their latest race car based on their "entry level" Vantage model. The GT2 class Vantage will come ...

Detroit 2008 Preview: Audi R8 V12 TDI concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The latest episode in the embargo follies comes from Germany's Auto Motor und Sport. They have revealed that Audi will be dropping the diesel V-12 from last years Q7 V-12 TDI into the R8 sports car for the Detroit Auto Show. Audi is obviously looking to capitalize on the racing sucess of the R10 ...

Holy extensive gallery BAT(man)! Toyota's A-BAT fully revealed 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've seen the first batch of pictures with the preview, the video and now we can go on A-Bat overload. Toyota has just released a slew of pictures of the A-Bat hybrid truck concept that will be on the stand at the Detroit Auto Show in the very near future. The bed of the unique-looking A-Bat can ...

Detroit 2008: BMW X5 xDrive35d and BMW 335d with BluePerformance 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

BMW 3.0L twin-turbo clean diesel At last year's Detroit Auto Show, BMW started showing off their latest six cylinder clean diesel and told us that they would introduce them to the U.S. market in 2008. What they didn't say was which vehicles would be powered by the diesel. In the run-up to the 2008 ...

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

Click the Vision GLK for a high-res photo gallery Following the pattern set by Mercedes-Benz in recent years, the Stuttgart manufacturer will be showing their next production model at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show as a concept with a Vision prefix attached to its name. In this case the new model is a ...

Detroit Auto Show 2008 video preview: LRX, Land Rover's 40 MPG, diesel-electric concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above shows us an early look at the Land Rover "baby" LRX concept before it debuts at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show this month. The video includes Land Rover's design director Gerry McGovern saying the LRX "clearly conveys messages that we take sustainability seriously." The LRX is the ...

2008 Detroit Auto Show preview videos: A-BAT Toyota's hybrid concept truck, BMW X6 Active Hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Above is a video all about the A-BAT, Toyota's hybrid concept truck, that will premiere at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show. The video does not show the A-BAT driving around but it's still a nice look at the concept that just might be the star of the Detroit Auto Show. Some have said the truck is ugly ...

Detroit 2008 Preview: Mazda Furai completely exposed 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Some people just can't keep a secret. Such is the case for the concept that Mazda will display at the Detroit Auto Show in a couple of weeks. Mazda released a teaser shot a couple of weeks ago of the Furai concept. The car is based on the chassis of the Courage C65 that Mazda ran in the American Le ...

Detroit '08 Preview: Toyota A-BAT Concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click to enlarge the A-BAT concept Toyota is going back to their compact truck roots with their 2008 Detroit Auto Show concept the A-BAT. The uni-body pickup has a four-foot bed that can be extended two feet forward via a fold down mid-gate and another two feet back with the tailgate down. Even ...

AutoblogGreen Podcast #16 - Pimp My Ride's Beau Boeckmann 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We're back for AutoblogGreen Podcast #16. In this installment, Sebastian updates us on some of the really amazing things he saw while at EVS23 in Anaheim. Speaking of really cool stuff, our interview this time is with Beau Boeckmann of Galpin Autosports. Sebastian and Beau talk in depth about the ...

GM skipped E85 for new LS9 V-8 to preserve low speed drivability 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of the big stories today over on our sister site Autoblog is the new Corvette ZR1. The ZR1 is propelled by a new LS9 version of the classic small block V-8 that's been heavily beefed up and supercharged to yield at least 620hp. On several previous occasions here at ABG we've covered ...

Detroit 2008: Nissan Forum concept - diesel-powered family transport 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Forum concept for a high-res gallery Nissan today unveiled their concept vehicle for the 2008 North American International Auto Show. The Forum is an exploratory design concept based on the idea of a family transportation vehicle. Although it undeniably has the profile of that most ...

Land Rover LRX: will it include a hybrid powertrain? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As our colleagues from Autoblog have just published, Land Rover has a smaller and more compact concept vehicle, the LRX. While the vehicle should have remained a secret until a big unveil in Detroit next month, you can see it now thanks to German enthusiast mag Auto Motor und Sport. If the car ...

Detroit 2008 Preview: Honda CR-Z Hybrid concept comes to North America 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Honda unveiled what is expected to be their next-generation hybrid vehicle in October at the Tokyo Motor Show in the shape of the CR-Z coupe. The CR-Z is a twenty-first century successor to the old Civic base CR-X coupe now powered by Honda's Integrated Motor Assist hybrid system. The CR-Z will ...

Detroit 2008 Preview: Mazda Furai concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

For next month's Detroit Auto Show, Mazda will be taking the design language from their 2007 concept cars. The wave-like zen garden patterns have now been carried over to a race car concept. The Furai is built on top of a Courage C65 chassis that Mazda formerly ran in the American Le Mans Series. ...

Detroit 2008 Preview: 2009 Ford F-150 could add hydraulic launch assist 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of Ford's most important debuts at the upcoming Detroit Auto Show is the new 2009 F-150. While Ford doesn't have a gas-electric hybrid system suitable for big trucks like GM's Two-Mode system, they will have offer some technology to improve fuel economy and emissions. Back in 2002 at the Detroit ...

Detroit 2008 Preview: BYD to show plug-in hybrid and battery electric cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A Chinese company plans to jump into the green parade at January's Detroit Auto Show. BYD Auto, which has previously announced plans to build a battery electric car later in 2008, will be one of five Chinese companies showing their wares at Cobo Hall. Along with their internal combustion engined ...

Detroit 2008 Preview: Diesel powered Mitsubishi Concept-RA concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the sketch for a high-res gallery Mitsubishi has just released sketches of the concept coupe they will be showing at the January's Detroit Auto Show that looks set to take the best of the original Eclipse, the Audi R10 and the latest Evo X. Like so many other cars, the Eclipse has grown ...

Detroit 2008 Preview: Dodge Zeo Concept 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click to enlarge Dodge's entry in the 2008 Detroit Auto Show concept sweeps is the new ZEO, a concept that is perhaps the polar opposite of the Viper. The four-door, four-seat sport-wagon has the typical Dodge aggression but, like its partners this year, big eight- and ten-cylinder engines are out ...

Detroit 2008 Preview: Chrysler ecoVoyager Concept 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click to enlarge As usual, Chrysler is bringing a trio of fresh concept vehicles to the Detroit Auto Show in January, and following in the footsteps of the recent shows in Frankfurt, Tokyo and Los Angeles it looks like the theme will be alternative power-trains. The Auburn Hills company has just ...

Detroit 2008 Preview: Jeep Renegade Concept 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click to enlarge The 2008 Detroit Auto show concept from Jeep revives an old name on a whole new vehicle. The sub-compact sized Renegade is a sci-fi-styled off-roader with a range-extended electric power-train. Like the other two Chrysler concepts this year, the motor's electron supply comes from a ...

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