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BMW 335i Convertible
2007-04-25 13:25:00 When the BMW dealer handed me the plastic fob, he insisted I drive the 335i Convert ible with the top down. Despite the cool, foggy San Francisco weather, I held the plipper’s unlock button down and watched the show. As the hardtop began its elaborate three part dance into the trunk, I felt that old familiar ... More About: Reviews , Convertible , Vert
Montana raises NEV speed limit to 35 mph
2007-04-25 11:08:00 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy, American Electric Vehicle, GEM, ZENN Click on the photo for a high-res gallery of the AEV Kurrent factory tour The state of Mont ana has just passed a law raising the speed limit for neighborhood electric vehicles from 25mph to 35mph. Montana becomes the first state in the nation to allow the ... More About: Speed
Who?s Number One?
2007-04-24 23:52:00 In our efforts to predict and explain the nightly news before you get home for dinner, we bring you this story: General Motors has lost its title as the largest global automaker for the first time since 1930; Toyota took its place for the first quarter of 2007. GM lost by roughly 100,000 vehicles ? ... More About: Car Buying , Numb , Number
Chevron, NuRide stop 5,000,000 miles from ever being driven
2007-04-24 23:12:00 Filed under: Transportation Alternatives So, looks like Chevron encouraging people to use less gas is working. Chevron’s Rideshare Initiative, in its first year of operation, saved 237,000 gallons of gas and eliminated 2,300 tons of greenhouse gas emissions, the oil company said in a statement released today. The savings came through 5,874 riders and drivers meeting up ... More About: Miles , Stop , Mile , Ever
Report: Next generation Acura NSX to get 23.5 mpg
2007-04-24 23:10:00 The Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept (pictured above) was supposedly a preview of the design direction Honda was taking for the next generation Acura NSX. But it was reported in February of this year that Honda engineers ripped the whole script and went back to the drawing board since Honda executives weren’t all that pleased with the design. Well ... More About: Industry News , Report , Next , Genera
Popular Mechanics plugs in with PHEVs
2007-04-24 22:36:00 Filed under: EV/Plug -in, Hybrid “Almost ready.” “The real future.” “If engineers can get the lithium-ion batteries right.” These are some of the phrases from Pop ular Mecha nics ’ new cover story on plug-in hybrids, which provides a good look at some of the people and technologies leading the charge to all-electric (or, at least, more electric) drive power ... More About: Popular
Pay a little extra to offset the carbon of your movies and air travel
2007-04-24 21:52:00 Filed under: Carbon Offset I know carbon offset programs are nothing new - we have an entire category of posts about them which currently has 114 posts in it (click on the words “Carbon Offset” over to the right to read them) - but two new carbon offset programs have popped up recently that ... More About: Movies , Travel , Air Travel , Evan
Top 7 Luxury cars that are most likely to be stolen
2007-04-24 21:40:00 According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, every 25.5 seconds, a car is stolen in the US. Car theft is the costliest property crime in America, costing more than $8.6 billion annually. So you must be wondering what is the number 1 most stolen car in the United States? Well it’s Caddy’s big daddy, the Cadillac Escalade ... More About: Cars , Lexus , Luxury , Stolen , Most
EPA giving $700,000 for clean school buses in the Midwest
2007-04-24 21:03:00 Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Etc. Looks like enough time has passed for the EPA to announce more grant money made available for school districts in the Midwest of the U.S. to clean up their school buses. Last July, a school bus idling project got $15,000. Then, in December, various districts got $145,000. Now, the EPA’s Region ... More About: School , Clean , Buses , West , Giving
2008 Nissan Titan, Armada On Sale Now
2007-04-24 20:21:00 We love getting price-announcement news releases that say the vehicles are on sale now. It must be frustrating to read news about a price you like, then not be able to go right out and buy said car. For 2008 , Nissan has given both the Titan full-size pickup and the Armada SUV slight exterior modifications ... More About: Sale
2008 BMW M3 Coupe Pricing Confirmed: £50,625 gets you 420 hp
2007-04-24 20:19:00 If you live in the UK and are looking forward to getting yourself behind the 3.2 liter V8 420 horsepower engine of the new 2008 BMW M3, you’ll have to cash out a total of £50,625 ($68,989). The BMW M3 Coupe hits dealerships in September of 2007. The new 2008 BMW M3 Coupe has the ability to ... More About: Gets
Sir Richard Branson talks to Saab about the economic benefits of going gree
2007-04-24 20:08:00 Filed under: Ethanol, Saab Saab UK has released a teaser taste of its interview with Sir Richard Branson on biofuels, his personal actions to reduce his carbon footprint and his latest idea: creating the first carbon-neutral resort in the Caribbean, on his home of Necker Island. The interview will be published in full on Thursday at ... More About: Power , About , Talk
The Truth About EPA Mileage Estimates
2007-04-24 14:07:00 The Environmental Protection Agency’s current Federal Test Procedure (FTP) for city mileage was originally designed to represent a typical trip on Los Angeles streets. The test– codenamed FTP-72– begins with a cold start from 70 degrees. It then runs for 7.5 miles at an average of 19.6 mph, with a peak speed of 56.7 mph ... More About: Truth , Editorials , Green , About , Mile
Indian GP - More development
2007-04-24 10:22:00 When we last wrote that the proposed Indian Grand Prix will possibly be held on the streets of New Delhi, it was still a possibility. But as per the latest reports, the F1 track architect Hermann Tilke is currently in New Delhi and he is, said to be, finalizing the proposed track for the street ... More About: Development , Formula 1 , More , Dian
Hyundai Adding Elantra Wagon in 2008
2007-04-24 01:22:00 A few weeks ago, Hyun dai showed off a wagon called the FD at the Seoul Auto Show. Today, we?ve learned that the new compact wagon will come to the U.S. as the Elan tra Wagon . The wagon will be powered by the same 138-hp four-cylinder engine that?s in the newly redesigned sedan, and it can?t arrive ... More About: 2008
Top 10 Coolest New Cars Under $18,000
2007-04-23 23:17:00 Looking for a cool new car under $18,000? Check out Kelly Blue Book’s list of Top 10 Coolest New Cars Under $18,000. In choosing the elite 10 Coolest Cars under $18,000, Kelly Blue Book’s ‘editorial staff used the same combination of objective and subjective criteria that many consumers use in examining this category. Safety, fuel ... More About: Nissan , Honda , Chevrolet , Daimler
GM discontinues the parallel hybrid Silverado and Sierra trucks
2007-04-23 23:05:00 Filed under: Hybrid , Chevrolet, GMC 2006 GMS Sierra Para llel Hybrid Truck A few years back General Motors silently introduced the PHT versions of the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups. The parallel hybrid trucks (PHT) had GM’s first cut at a mild hybrid system. Unfortunately, they never provided much fuel economy benefit only giving about 2mpg more ... More About: Trucks
Teaser sketch of the MINI Clubman
2007-04-23 22:46:00 MINI has just put up a teaser sketch of the MINI Club man which is set to debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show. Thanks MINI, but it’s not like we already knew the shape the MINI Clubman is taking with the spy shots that have been floating around the web. Anyway, if you guys are dying ... More About: Teaser , Mini , Sketch , Ease
EuroStar train wants to go completely carbon neutral
2007-04-23 22:17:00 Filed under: Transportation Alternatives, Carbon Offset The EuroStar train service that operates between London and Paris through the English Channel tunnel already bills itself as ten times less polluting than air travel on the same route. Now they are aiming to be completely carbon neutral. They are aiming to reduce the carbon emissions they are directly ... More About: Eurostar , Train , Want
Daryl Hannah, Willie Nelson pushing for biodiesel standard
2007-04-23 21:33:00 Filed under: Biodiesel We know Daryl Hannah and Willie Nelson are big into biodiesel. In Singapore recently, the Sustainable Biofuels Alliance (set up by the two celebs and biodiesel producers Bob and Kelly King) got its start by asking for sustainable standards for biofuels in the United States, according to Reuters. Obviously, biodiesel standards (a la ASTM) ...
Too fast for it?s own good: 2007 Mazdaspeed 3 has too much horsepower
2007-04-23 21:25:00 While the 263 horsepower engine in the Mazdaspeed 3 may sound very appealing at the price of $22,835, the 2.3 liter direct-injection turbocharged engine may be too much for the car to handle. Mark Phelan of the Detroit Free Press took the Mazdaspeed 3 out for a test drive and discovered that the 263 horsepower in ... More About: Speed , Fast , Much , Good , Horse
Too fast for its own good: 2007 Mazdaspeed 3 has too much horsepower
2007-04-23 21:25:00 At $22,835, the 263 horsepower the Mazdaspeed 3 may sound appealing, but the 2.3 liter direct-injection turbocharged engine may be too much for the car to handle. Mark Phelan, of the Detroit Free Press, took the Mazdaspeed 3 out for a test drive and discovered that the 263 horsepower in the car undermines steering and ... More About: Speed , Fast , Much , Good , Horse
Hybrid Technologies working on Mini Cooper EV
2007-04-23 20:44:00 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, MINI Click the photo for a high-res gallery of the new Mini Cooper D Would you pay almost 60 grand for a Mini Cooper? What if it was propelled by by batteries alone? Hybrid Technologies is working on a battery powered Mini Cooper that they expect to have on sale in 2008. HT’s sales ... More About: King
Reader Review of the Week: 2007 Chevy Silverado
2007-04-23 20:20:00 This week we???re pointing out not just one but two of our consumer reviews as the best of the week. The first is from an enthusiastic 2007 Chevrolet Silverado owner from Ohio who rates the new model compared to his 2005. The reader even gives us some small negatives he found. We also had to ... More About: Review , Reader , Read , View
Going Small: HUMMER H4 confirmed for 2010
2007-04-23 20:08:00 Late September of this year Bob Lutz, Vice Chairman, told reporters at the opening of Hummer ’s new dealership in Paris. “Hummer needs some more products. It needs two or three more products to give it sufficient market coverage.†While the Hummer H4 has been rumored for some time now, Hummer’s General Manager, Martin Walsh, has ... More About: Small , Mall , Going , Goin
A Call for Linux Support in the Indy 500
2007-04-23 19:25:00 Sponsors of the Formula 1 Chastain Motorsports Panoz/Honda car say they are about to paste Tux, the fabled symbol of Linux , on the side of the racer for the Indy 500 race. There is one catch, though: they are asking for the Linux open source community’s to contribute $350,000 in funding to get Tux on the ... More About: Support , Call
IIHS and NHTSA Agree: SUV’s Safer Than Cars
2007-04-23 19:13:00 So here we are, trying to convince American motorists to abandon their SUV’s for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles, to do their bit to reduce global warming and eliminate the need for messy military entanglements. And along comes a scientific study from a reputable independent organization that concludes that you’re safer in an SUV than a ... More About: Cars , Safe
Rolls-Royce CEO confirms: ‘We are working on a small car’
2007-04-23 17:50:00 Ian Robertson, CEO of Roll s-Royce, told journalists at the Geneva Auto Show that the company was planning a small car. Now in an interview with Reuters at the 2007 Shanghai Auto Show, he confirmed that the company has finished designing the car and the first prototypes should be on their way very shortly. Cost of the car will be ... More About: Rolls Royce , Small , King , Mall
No Volkswagen Scirocco for the US
2007-04-23 16:53:00 Adrian Hallmark has been asking his bosses over at Volkswagen AG to expand the US vehicle lineup and after much push, his plan has cleared major obstacles set by his German bosses. But now, Automotive News reports that when it came to the Scirocco , Hallmark said “We don’t want it.” Even though the popular vehicle, that ... More About: The U , Volkswagen Scirocco , Swag
GM Shows Off Plug-in Fuel Cell Car
More articles from this author:2007-04-23 16:43:00 General Motors demonstrated the second generation of its E-Flex platform, building on the Volt plug-in hybrid concept with a version powered by a fuel cell or battery. GM is now on its fifth generation of fuel cells, with this iteration compressing the same amount of power from the Chevrolet Sequel into a smaller package. GM ... More About: Fuel , Cell , Plug , Fuel Cell 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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