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Roush introduces dedicated propane powered F-150
2007-04-14 20:44:00 Filed under: Ford Jack Roush is perhaps best known to most Americans who’ve heard of him as the owner of several very successful Nascar teams, and the of a variety of modified Ford production models most notably the F-150 and Mustang that look more distinctive and perform substantially better than they did when they rolled off ... More About: Power , Cat , Pane , Cate , Intro
A very nice (but very expensive) automatic commuter bicycle option
2007-04-14 19:28:00 Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Transportation Alternatives Not too long ago we showed you a new automatic transmission that has been developed with bicycles in mind, but may very well be suitable for larger-scale machines such as motorcycles or even automobiles in the future. The transmission is now available on the Ellsworth Ride city bike. We have ... More About: Cycle , Auto , Automatic , Pens , Commute
AMG may be working on diesel powered super Mercedes
2007-04-14 17:55:00 Filed under: Diesel , Mercedes Benz How about a BlueTec CL65 with green tinted Alubeam paint? Now that Audi has demonstrated pretty conclusively that diesel engines and high performance are definitely not mutually exclusive (as evidenced by the success of the R10 TDi), it may be time for the next step. Back in the 1920s Mercedes Benz introduced ... More About: Power , Work , Super
?Hydrogen: Hot Stuff = Cool Science? second edition book out now
2007-04-14 16:28:00 Filed under: Hydrogen The best thing about the new book “Hydrogen: Hot Stuff = Cool Science ” is that it’s available in an edition with a teacher’s guide. Because it’s the students of today who might be the first to actually live in a hydrogen world. We certainly won’t see it any time soon. “Hydrogen: Hot Stuff = ... More About: Book
?Infinity Miles per Gallon?: Art Haines builds a solar car - watch the vide
2007-04-14 14:51:00 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Solar Have you ever dreamed of designing and building your own automobile? If you are anything like me, then the answer is a definite yes. Again, if you are anything like me (and you might be if you’re reading this site), you also dream of cleaner transportation. So, what’s holding you back? ... More About: Watch , Miles , Mile , Build
Auto-Biography 12: Training Wheels
2007-04-14 14:35:00 On a sunny February morning I left my family behind, hitchhiking west out of Baltimore. By Ohio I was barreling through a night-time blizzard in the cab of a semi. I reached Iowa the following morning. It was ten degrees; I needed to stop and warm up. California would have to wait. Iowa City offered refuge ... More About: Biography , Training , Auto , Rain , Auto-biography
ZAP opens a new dealership in Davis California
2007-04-14 13:10:00 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Zap Davis, Cali fornia - home to a University campus that’s doing a lot of research on a wide variety of alternative fuels - is now also home to a new ZAP dealership. Davis Electric Cars is selling the Chinese-built ZAP Xebra sedan and truck. The three-wheeled Xebra can get about 25 miles on ... More About: Open , Deal , Pens
Hyundai shows off its hybid development center
2007-04-14 11:39:00 Filed under: Hybrid, Hyundai Just because Hyundai thinks that diesels are a better option than hybrids, it doesn’t mean they aren’t hedging their bets. In the car business as with others if you want to succeed you have to offer customers what they want to buy. That’s why carmakers have been churning out as many different ... More About: Development , Show , Men , Cent
Much Needed Improvements to Commercial Truck Safety
2007-04-14 00:04:00 Car safety technology is a perennially hot topic, but less attention is typically given to commercial trucks, which are significantly deadlier than cars. Your chances of surviving a crash with a tractor trailer are significantly less compared to a car, including monster vehicles like the GM Hummer. Volvo, one of the world’s largest truck makers–not ... More About: Safety , Commercial , Truck , Men , Need
Rumor: Bluetec based Mercedes AMG diesel in the works?
2007-04-13 21:38:00 Europeans love diesels like they love their own mother. Okay, well maybe not that much, but enough to stay away from the market momentum, which is on its way to pump out petrol-hybrids for a greener environment. BMW announced yesterday that they will not be considering a hybrid car until unless its more economical than ... More About: Rumor , Mercedes , Diesel , Work , Blue
A Propane Powered Ford F-150
2007-04-13 20:58:00 Roush, known for its custom Mustangs, debuted the first dedicated propane-powered F-150 pickup today. The company says it has the same horsepower and torque of a gasoline-powered F-150 with a 5.4-liter V-8 engine: 300 hp and 365 pounds-feet of torque. The car features a 20-gallon propane tank mounted where the spare tire would normally reside, under ... More About: Power , Ford , Pane , Prop
Aston Martin workers to walk out over wages
2007-04-13 20:55:00 Just a month after Aston Mart in was sold for £479 million ($925 million), workers are threatening to walk out on the new owners. The workers will stage a one hour walk-out to in order to dispute salaries and will also ban working overtime. The union says that the 656 members of their team were concerned about fellow ... More About: Workers , Work , Over
Tesla Dead Ahead! The Automobile’s Energy-Lean and Speed-Restricted Futur
2007-04-13 19:16:00 Word, Excel, Acrobat Reader, Photoshop, Powerpoint… The computer programs you depend on are filled with bloat: unused features that hog your hard disk, crowd the CPU and drain your laptop’s battery– without adding to the action on the screen. Ditto SUVs. They are extraordinarily capable vehicles whose unused features guzzle gas, add weight and drain ... More About: Mobile , Tesla , Energy , Auto , Lean
Roush introduces propane powered F-150 LPI
2007-04-13 18:54:00 Roush today introduced the the Roush F-150 LPI, the first propane-powered F-150 pickup truck using advanced liquid propane injection system that allows it to provide the same horsepower and torque. The Roush F-150 LPI can be ordered, delivered and serviced through Ford dealers nationwide. The price on the base LPI option is $6,500 and includes a 20 gallon toroidal ... More About: Power , Pane , Intro , Roush , Prop
Porsche spending more than planned to produce Panamera
2007-04-13 18:03:00 It seems Porsche needs to spend a little more money than it planned on the Panamera. The company will be spending a quarter more than it had originally planned in order expand its Leipzig plant where it will begin producing the four-dour Porsche Panamera coupe next year. While there is no official word on the specs of the ... More About: Name , Spending , Ending , More
Brembo wins contract for Lexus IS-F 350 brakes
2007-04-13 17:36:00 Brembo, an Italian auto parts maker and one of the most respected brands in the braking system industry, said today that it has won the contract for the Lexus IS-F 350. Brembo said that it will be producing the braking system for the Lexus IS-F 350, for which production will start in the second-quarter of ... More About: Contract , Contra , Trac , Wins
Nissan and NEC Team Up for Lithium Ion Batteries
2007-04-13 17:00:00 Lithium ion batteries for vehicles will be commercially viable by 2009, according to NEC and Nissan . The companies are now co-owners of the Automotive Energy Supply Corporation, a Japan-based venture that promises to have products in mass production in 2008. Lithium ion batteries have the potential to reduce the cost and increase the fuel efficiency ... More About: Batteries , Team , Lithium , Teri
Freight Trains Derail Emissions
2007-04-13 16:33:00 Here’s another tidbit about how increasing train use — this time for moving freight, not people — can reduce our fuel dependency and emissions. According to train line operator Norfolk Southern, moving 25 percent more freight out of trucks and onto trains would save more than one trillion gallons of fuel over the next 18 ... More About: Emissions , Rain , Missions , Train , Trains
Nissan and NEC group team up to produce lithium-ion batteries
2007-04-13 15:43:00 Nissan and the NEC group said today that they are teaming up in a joint venture to produce lithium-ion batteries in 2009 that will be used in hybrids an other electric cars in order to challenge their competitors. Nissan, an automaker who is not one of the biggest players in the green-push, is hoping this ... More About: Nissan , Batteries , Team , Group , Lithium
Audi TT
2007-04-13 13:44:00 The last generation Audi TT had more show than go. The German roadster’s dynamics were tarnished by massive turbo lag, an over-eager paddle shift gearbox and an entirely flappable suspension. In fact, the TT’s iconic exterior design and interior quality were its only saving graces. Now that TT 2.0 has arrived, and a decent enough ...
Maximum Bob leaks news about Bio-Diesel E-flex in Frankfurt
2007-04-13 13:11:00 Filed under: Biodiesel, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, GM During an interview at the New York Auto Show last week Bob Lutz let it slip that there would be another concept car based on the E-Flex platform that underpins the Chevy Volt coming out at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The fact that the car to be shown ... More About: News , Diesel , Rank , Maxim , About
AFVI Show: Cute kids tell us about green cars (VIDEO)
2007-04-13 12:42:00 Filed under: Biodiesel, EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Zap, Phoenix, Natural Gas, AFVI Show OK, so we heard from more than just cute kids, but watch the end of this video and you’ll see why it’s the kids that are highlighted in the headline. As the AFVI show was winding down and the expo floor was opened to ... More About: Video , Cute , Kids , Cars
Spy Shots: 2008 Honda Accord Coupe caught on road
2007-04-13 03:21:00 wizard8873 from howardforums.com was on his way back from work when two white test mules passed him at an intersection. At first glance he didn’t recognize them, but later realized they were the new 2008 Honda Accord coupes. He managed to take some shots of the two white 2008 Honda Accord coupe test mules with ... More About: Spy Shots , Coup , Shots , Shot
Schwarzenegger: Keep SUVs, but Green Them
2007-04-13 01:56:00 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says people shouldn’t be guilted into being green, and that SUVs can be part of the environmental solution as well as part of the problem. Speaking at Georgetown University, the Governator said that SUVs shouldn’t go away, but we should make them more fuel efficient, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. "We ... More About: Green , War , Keep , Them
Lincoln finally showing signs of comeback
2007-04-13 00:01:00 Rarely do you hear Lincoln ’s name when one speaks of American luxury cars (usually it’s all about the Caddy). But now struggling Lincoln is finally showing some hope after having a terrible drop in sales from 200,000 in the mid-90s to only 120,000 in 2006. Show ing its struggling parent company Ford that it is still breathing, ... More About: Signs , Back , Final
FEV to show off direct injection work at SAE World Congress
2007-04-12 23:01:00 Filed under: Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, Ford The Lincoln MKR concept that graced the stand at the Detroit Auto Show in January will be making a return visit to Cobo Hall next week for the SAE World Congress . FEV Engine Technologies will displaying the car in their booth on the show floor. FEV is an engineering consultancy that ... More About: Work , Direct
Say it isn?t true: VW to sell Lambo and Bugatti after Porsche takes over
2007-04-12 22:56:00 At first when we heard Porsche was taking out $46.67 billion dollars to take over Volkswagen, we were very excited about the move. But now in a recent interview with AutoCar Porsche boss a Volkswagen board member are saying that once the Porsche deal goes through, Volkswagen could get rid of Bugatti and Lamb orghini. When ... More About: Take , True
So sad (and yet good): Phoenix SUT passes first round of crash tests
2007-04-12 22:16:00 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Phoenix The good news from Phoenix Motorcars is that the company’s all-electric SUT has passed the first round of crash tests. On Tuesday, at the Adelanto-based KARCO Engineering lab, the SUT completed front, oblique and offset impact crash tests. KARCO is independent lab that is recognized by the NHTSA to perform these passenger safety ... More About: First , Test , Good , Pass
Subaru CEO: Without Toyota there would be no Subaru
2007-04-12 22:12:00 Since 2005, Toy ota has owned an 8.7 percent stake in Subaru ’s parent company, Fuji Heavy Industries. During an interview with TheCarConnection Subaru’s CEO, Ikuo Mori, admitted that without Toyota’s input, Subaru would probably not exist. It seems now that Subaru is open to be taken over by Toyota if such an action takes place. But Subaru’s ... More About: With , Here
BMW thinking of diesel-hybrids with next-generation 5-Series
More articles from this author:2007-04-12 21:46:00 German automakers have always promoted diesel powered cars over petrol engines and even when its comes to hybrids, they believe that diesels are up-to-par with fuel-efficiency when compared to petrol-hybrids. So it comes as no surprise when BMW said they will not launch a hybrid unless “it is more economical in the real world than ... More About: Hybrid , Hybrids , Diesel , Series , Bmw 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
