Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is proposing the construction of a hydrogen-powered commuter train in the Canadian province. During a visit to a factory in Thunder Bay where Montreal-based Bombardier builds passenger rail cars for the commuter GO…
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Radical celebrates 1,000th car, shows off electric SRZero racer
It's not often that a race car manufacturer gets to celebrate the production of its 1,000th unit, but that's exactly what happened at Radical Sportscars this week. It has taken Radical 13 years to reach this milestone, and the SR2 has accounted for…
Lifecycle analysis of gas, hybrid and electric cars
Treehugger has a post about a life cycle analysis of carbon emissions for various drive-train types that includes manufacturing and use of the vehicles. The study was originally done by researchers from Seikei University in Tokyo, Japan in 2001. They…
Ford and SoCal Edison to make plug-in hybrid announcement
On Monday July 9, the CEOs from Ford and Edison International are scheduled to make an announcement about a plug-in hybrid project. Although no further details are available right now, it seems likely that Ford will supply some plug-in hybrid…
DaimlerChrysler hybrid buses outperform CNG and diesel buses in New York City
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), which is part of the US Department of Energy, has been monitoring the performance of three types of buses in New York City for the past year and now has some results to share. They looked at buses…
Holden engineering chief says New V12 Cadillac not coming from Oz
Bob Lutz recently confirmed that Cadillac is developing a top-of-the-line model powered by a V12 to take on the Mercedes S-class and BMW 7 series. Unlike other recent rear-wheel-drive models like the Pontiac G8 and Chevrolet Camaro, the new model…
VIDEO: Mike Rockenfeller guides a tour of the Audi pit at Petit Le Mans
With the American Le Mans Series returning to Road Atlanta this weekend for its flagship event, the Petit Le Mans, Audi has returned to take on the French. Peugeot, of course, won this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans after a multi-year battle with the…
Renault and EDF reach agreement on power line communications for EVs
Kangoo be bop Z.E. – Click above for high-res image gallery
Since launching their collaboration last fall to make electric vehicles mainstream in France, Renault and power company EDF have made significant progress. One of the issues that must be…
Video: Belmar NJ police switch from scooters to GEM NEVs
The local police in Belmar, New Jersey have switched from using gas-powered scooters to patrol the beach area to GEM neighborhood electric vehicles. The scooters were apparently consuming up to fifty gallons a week of gasoline which has now been…
General Motors will build new small car in idled U.S. factory
Click image above for a high-res gallery of the 2010 Chevy Spark
General Motors announced this morning that it will build a future small car at existing U.S. production facilities beginning at some unspecified date. Also remaining unspecified is the…