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Toyota RAV4 EV currently up on eBay
2007-04-19 21:37:00 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Toyota There hasn’t been an all-electric Toyota RAV4 on eBay for a while, but we can now watch the bidding go up in this auction until the 25th. The current bid is around $10,000 but it’s reasonable to expect this to climb to $50,000+ by the end of the auction, because that’s the ... More About: Ebay , Rent
Changan Ford Mazda plant in Nanjing will make the all-new Mazda2
2007-04-19 20:50:00 Filed under: Ford , Mazda The all-new Mazda2 (see story on the car’s debut here) will be made for the Chinese market at the Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co. plant in Nanjing, China, Ford announced today. The Nanjing-produced Mazda2 model has been “specifically developed … to suit the tastes of the Chinese market,” but what those developments ... More About: Diesel , Will , Make
Cars.com Review and Photo Gallery: 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer
2007-04-19 19:43:00 Yesterday I posted my full review of the 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer. I thought the redesign was a complete success from both a design standpoint as well as how the car drives. Check out the full review here. Since this is such a highly anticipated model, though, I know you’ll appreciate having even more up-close shots of ... More About: Photo , Cars , Review , Gallery
The Curse of the Toyota Tundra
2007-04-19 19:09:00 In a speech in Cape Town, South Africa, Robert F. Kennedy put a phrase into common usage by declaring "There is a Chinese curse which says, ‘May you live in interesting times.’" Lexicographers now say Kennedy made it up. But if it was true, you could argue that Toyota ’s been cursed. While critics focus on ... More About: Curse , Editorials , Tundra
Shanghai Auto Show: Audi unveils Cross Coupe Concept - Q5 on the way?
2007-04-19 17:44:00 We just told you earlier today that Audi will be unveiling a new crossover concept that is supposedly dubbed as S07 and today Audi has released the first images of the car. The Audi Cross Coupe Concept is a compact crossover is most likely a concept version of the long rumored Q5 SUV that will ... More About: Shanghai , Auto Show , Show , Auto
ABG video will be used in ABC News Earth Day special tomorrow
2007-04-19 16:43:00 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors Better late than never. As part of an Earth Day special airing tomorrow (Friday) on ABC, ABC News will be using some of the video that we (that is, AutoblogGreen and Netscape) filmed when we were out at the Tesla Roadster unveiling in Santa Monica last summer. The special will air ... More About: Video
Electric Vehicles Target Students
2007-04-19 16:17:00 Miles Automotive is offering a bounty to student unions that promote the use of electric vehicles. The company’s "No Gas Required" PR campaign makes electric cars available for demonstration at school events, and the company will pay $500 to university "green groups" that convince their school to buy an EV. Miles Automotive’s perform similar to ... More About: Students , Electric Vehicles , Vehicles , Vehicle , Target
Mitsubishi to introduce new diesel in Europe 1 year earlier in 2009
2007-04-19 15:54:00 Filed under: Diesel , Mitsubishi Mitsubishi had previously announced plans to introduce a new clean diesel engine in 2010, but with the introduction of the new Euro 5 emissions standards has decided to move that up by a year. The main Mitsubishi engine plant in Kyoto, Japan will start building the new 2.0L diesel in early 2009 ... More About: Europe , Intro , Arli
Majority of Californians ?concerned? about climate change, just might consi
2007-04-19 15:01:00 Filed under: Diesel At a press conference going on right now in Sacramento, officials from the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF) are announcing the results of a survey done earlier this month (from the 12th to the 14th) in California on driving green, hybrids and diesels. The big numbers are pretty standard fare: 79 percent of California ... More About: Climate Change , Climate , Change , Concerned
Vehicles now running on gas-to-liquid diesel in South Africa
2007-04-19 14:21:00 Filed under: Diesel , Emerging Technologies, Manufacturing/Plants, Mercedes Benz, Natural Gas A new diesel fuel refined from natural gas is now powering two Mercedes M-class SUVs in South Africa . Developed with gas-to-liquid technology, the two SUVs are believed to be the first regularly-running vehicles on GTL diesel. The new diesel has a cetane rating higher than diesel ... More About: Running , South Africa , Vehicles
Quality Schmality
2007-04-19 13:55:00 In a recent study of new vehicle owners, Ford products came second in "overall initial vehicle quality." Honda took the top slot, while Toyota tied for second. Yes, well, it turns out The Glass House Gang paid for the report, which mirrors the format of J.D. Power's Initial Quality Survey (IQS) without reproducing the results. ... More About: Editorials , Mali , Ality
Miles Automotive offers EVs to campus groups
2007-04-19 13:42:00 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Mile s Automotive College campuses are one of those ideal locations to use all-electric low-speed vehicles. You don’t usually have to go very far, you can’t go 70 mph, and there are often a lot of environmentally-aware student groups. So it makes a lot of sense for Miles Automotive to announce today ... More About: Campus , Offers
NADA Guides: Driving green doesn?t mean leaving style behind
2007-04-19 10:54:00 Filed under: Diesel, Green Culture, Hybrid, Lexus, Mercedes Benz, Toyota Tell me something, do you think driving a car that’s better for the environment than, say, a 1980 Buick, is a surefire recipe for getting a “Ha-ha!” when you’re driving down the strip? I think there are plenty of people who see driving green is totally ... More About: Driving , Style , Nada , Guides
Spy Shots: 2009 BMW 7-Series goes drifting at Nürburgring
2007-04-19 08:43:00 The KGP Photography guys caught the new 2009 BMW 7-Series prototype drifting at high-speeds at Nürburgring in Germany. That’s right, the large heavy BMW 7-Series drifting at high-speeds, you have to see the video at edmunds to believe it. Anyway, edmunds is saying that the 2009 BMW 7-Series will be more evolutionary than revolutionary and will tone done ... More About: Spy Shots , Shots , Ring , Shot
Shanghai Auto Show: Audi to unveil S07 Concept - compact SUV/crossover
2007-04-19 08:03:00 For us it’s just 12:53 on April 19th, but in China today it’s the kick off of the first day of the Shanghai Auto Show and we just learned that Audi will unveil the new S07 Concept at the Shanghai Auto Show on Friday. According to Audi’s Chinese website, the German auto maker will unveil ...
Spy Shots: Lincoln MKS Sedan
2007-04-19 07:37:00 We reported last week that Ford’s luxury brand Lincoln is finally showing some sign of life after having an increase of 8.1 percent year-to-date with a 6 percent increase in deliveries in March. While the Lincoln MKX crossover and the MXZ contributed greatly to the increase in sales, Lincoln is really putting its money on ... More About: Spy Shots , Sedan , Shots , Shot
Petroleum Institute Reaches Out
2007-04-19 04:50:00 Red Cavaney, the president of the American Petro leum Institute had a conference call with bloggers and newspaper reporters today. The API is also doing a press tour across the country to educate the media on energy issues. An API PR person explained the reason for the tour: "API and its members clearly need to do a better job ... More About: Reach , Role
Funny but true: Ford vehicles comparable to Toyota in quality
2007-04-18 23:33:00 Even our last week’s ‘Funny but true’ post was about Ford being the ‘most trusted’ brand in the UK, and Ford steals the honor again this week. It seems that the quality of Ford vehicles is up to par with their Japanese competitors including Toyota and Nissan. According to the first-quarter 2007 model-year Global Quality Research System ... More About: Vehicles , Vehicle
SAE World Congress: AutoStudi A-Trix scooter
2007-04-18 23:16:00 Filed under: Hydrogen, SAE World Congress Auto Studi is a Turin, Italy based engineering and design studio that does work for most of the car-makers that are based in the Piedmont region of northern Italy that includes towns such as Maranello and Modena. At the the SAE World Congress they are displaying an interesting stand up electrically ... More About: Scooter , Trix
Spy Shots: Inside the 2008 Honda Accord Coupe
2007-04-18 23:05:00 Late last week we brought you spy shots of the 2008 Honda Accord Coup e taken by wizard8873 of howarforums.com. While the shots were amateur and taken from a camera phone, they still gave us a good idea of what the 2008 Honda Accord Coupe looks like. Now Brenda Priddy and her crew have captured high-res ... More About: Spy Shots , Shots , Shot
LaSorda: Plans for recovery must go on even as sale talks go on
2007-04-18 22:59:00 Tom LaSorda, Chrysler’s CEO, said today that joint projects with Mercedes-Benz will still move ahead as discussions of Chrysler’s sale proceed. LaSorda said it is essential to move forward with plans to produce new and more fuel-efficient engines and components. “Those projects have to continue.” He said his main focus is to worry about the 80,000 employees ... More About: Recovery , Sale , Talk , Plans , Cover
3D solar cells built from arrays of millions of tiny vertical carbon nanotu
2007-04-18 22:31:00 Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Solar I feel the need to level with you, dear reader, and let you know that much of the technical bits in this article are over my head. But, let me do my best to describe what I think is going on here… Like a standard photovoltaic solar cell, a wafer is ... More About: Carbon , Lion , Tiny , Lions
Spy Shots: 2009 Saab 9-4x crossover
2007-04-18 22:18:00 While Saab dealers may be happy to see the new 9-1 and 9-5 headed their way, it’s the 9-4x crossover that really has everyone excited. The 9-4x crossover is said to be a sporty SUV that takes most of its look from the Aero X in the front and is a shortened version of the ... More About: Spy Shots , Cross , Shots , Shot
ZAP announces $79 million electric vehicle order and Earth Day free tree of
2007-04-18 21:48:00 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Zap Here’s the understatement of the day: “ZAP is pleased to announce their largest order for consumer electric vehicles.” That’s how Zap! starts off their press release to announce a huge order - $79 million! - for electric vehicles from the Chicago-based Electric Vehicle Company (EVC). “Pleased”? Please. They must be dancing ... More About: Earth , Earth Day , Free , Lion
Lutz: New Cadillac CTS-V is “flat-out incredible. I’ve never driven any
2007-04-18 21:39:00 Seems like Cadillac ’s CTS-V is ready to take on BMW’s M5 in high-performance driving. In a recent interview with CARandDRIVER, Lutz said the next-generation Cadillac CTS-V is “flat-out incredible. I’ve never driven anything like that.” He went on to say that the CTS-V “will be at a power level only described as unexpectedly high.” So what does that mean? Well that ... More About: Ever , Never , Incredible
No more 250 miles: Tesla Roadster drops range to 200 miles
2007-04-18 21:08:00 In a recent letter sent out to first customers of the Tesla Roadster, Tesla Motors said that the Tesla Roadster will not meet the company’s original target of the 250 mile range it claimed during the release of the prototype. Based on the first driving tests on a EPA-compliant dynamometer, the range on the Tesla ... More About: Miles , Mile , More
Revised 2008 EPA mileage numbers may cause more vehicles to qualify as &ldq
2007-04-18 20:51:00 Filed under: MPG, Chevrolet, Nissan, Legislation and Policy You remember when we let you in on the news that for 2008 the EPA was revising their testing procedures to more accurately reflect the type of gas mileage that consumers are likely to get on their own, right? This change leads the numbers that a car is ... More About: Vehicles , Vehicle , Numb , Numbers , Mile
Tuner Cars: Novitec Rosso’s 656 hp Ferrari F430 Evoluzione
2007-04-18 20:47:00 Novitec Rosso has modified the Ferrari F430 managing to squeeze out another 20 horsepower. After Novitec’s touch, the 4.3 liter V8 engine produces a total of 656 horsepower and 488 lb-ft torque. That gives the Novitec Rosso Ferrari F430 Evoluzione the ability to do 0-60 mph in 3.7 seconds with a top speed of 216 ... More About: Cars , Tuner , Zion , Tune
Number of Alternative Fuel Autos on California’s Roads Increased 17%
2007-04-18 20:08:00 Filed under: Diesel, Ethanol, Flex-Fuel , Hybrid Here’s a bit of information that directly ties into the post I wrote earlier today, and helps explain that story a bit, too. In the earlier piece, we found out from the LA Times that overall gasoline consumption in California dropped by 0.7 percent last year, even though nationally the trend ... More About: Autos , Alternative , Auto
South American Ethanol Debate Highlights Alt Fuel Insanity
More articles from this author:2007-04-18 19:21:00 Yesterday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez did something unusual: backpedal. The South American Bush basher “clarified” his opposition to an agreement between the U.S. and Brazil to promote ethanol production. Chavez claimed he objected to the development of corn-based ethanol– not Brazilian sugar cane-based ethanol. Echoing last month’s interminable diatribe by Fidel Castro, Chavez condemned America’s ... More About: Ethanol , Editorials , Fuel , Debate 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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