Sweden is one of the leaders (besides Brazil of course) in promoting the use of biofuels, particularly ethanol. The Scandinavian country's latest environmental effort involves trying to address the biggest variable of all, the driver. Since the start…
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NISSAN, SAN FRANCISCO COLLABORATE TO DEVELOP BAY AREA EV CHARGING NETWORK
2010 Nissan Leaf – Click above for high-res image gallery
Nissan is steaming ahead at full speed on its electric car plans but it's not ignoring the infrastructure elements required to make those vehicles a viable proposition. This week, the…
Ford launching nine engines and six transmissions by the end of 2010
2010 is shaping up to be an extremely busy year for Ford's powertrain engineering and manufacturing teams. By the end of this year, the folks in Dearborn will have launched nine engines and six transmissions that are all-new or substantially…
Aston Martin to ramp up production, sights on Bentley
Click on the photo of the Rapide for a gallery of high-res pics of modern Aston-Martins
It was not so many years ago that Aston Martin celebrated the production of their 10,000th car. Ever! It took more than five decades for the company to build it's…
Volkswagen developing car even smaller than up! with 117.6 mpg!
Click above for high-res gallery of the VW up! Concept
In Fall of 2007, Volkswagen unveiled a series of three mini car concepts called the up!, Space up! and Space up! Blue. Apparently the German automaker has determined that the tiny “four seat” up!…
Tata moving Nano production to new site
After several weeks of protests by people who didn't want to give up their land for Ratan Tata's dream of building an Indian People's car, the plant will apparently be moved to a new location. Work has been stopped at the site in Singur, West Bengal…
Where are the most important MPG increases, at the upper or lower end?
Imagine, if you will, taking a sheet of paper and cutting it in half. Now take one of those halves and cut it in half again. Now keep repeating the process. As you keep cutting, the difference in the size of the subsequent pieces gets progressively…
ABG reader writes a rebuttal to our Indian car growth post
AutoblogGreen reader Manu Sharma dropped us a line to let us know about a rebuttal he's written to my post the other day on the potential problems related to the growth of the car population in India. Manu makes some excellent points about some areas…
Review: 2009 Lotus Exige S 260 offers even more power and lightness
2009 Lotus Exige S 260 – Click above for high-res image gallery
Over its 61-year history, Lotus Cars has spent a considerable amount of time clawing its way back from the brink of insolvency. The company's most recent bout with financial disrepair…
Cars hacked by researchers through wireless tire pressure monitors
We heard the first reports of researchers proving that you could hack into automotive electronic systems earlier this year. That work was based on tapping into the OBD-II port normally used by mechanics for reading diagnostic codes. That method of…