Power Racing Series – Click above for high-res image gallery
One of the highlights of this weekend's Detroit Maker Faire was the Michigan premiere of a new grassroots racing event: the Power Racing Series. The brainchild of Jim Burke, the Power…
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Using cow manure to produce ethanol in Texas
Making ethanol from corn requires steam which is typically generated by burning natural gas. Dallas-based Panda Ethanol is trying a new approach. Instead of natural gas they are planning burning cattle dung in an ethanol plant. The facility in…
Carbon Trust launches algae biodiesel challenge, commercial by 2020
One of the more promising sources of biofuels in recent years has been algae. While there are a number of small scale tests along with some larger scale commercialization projects, the UK's Carbon Trust wants to accelerate the process. The Trust has…
Scooters could help reduce CO2 emissions in New York City
The Piaggio Group of Italy has commissioned a new study conducted by the Sam Schwartz Engineering consultancy on the effects of increased motor scooter use in New York City. The engineering company created computer simulation models of a section of…
Volkswagen starts taking orders for Passat BlueMotion
Volkswagen Passat BlueMotion – click above for high-res image gallery
Volkswagen has started taking orders in Europe for the new BlueMotion edition of its mid-size Passat. Like other models bearing the BlueMotion badge, the Passat has been optimized…
Corporate CEOs want tougher fuel economy standards
The Energy Security Leadership Council is a group of corporate executives and military leaders committed to helping the United States reduce its dependence on foreign sources of energy. On Wednesday they called on the Congress and White House to…
Canada to get the Mazda2 within a year
Mazda2 – click above for a high res gallery
Toronto's Globe and Mail is reporting that Canadian car buyers will soon have a new small car option available when Mazda introduces it's B-segment 2. The little 2 shares its underpinnings with the Ford…
Audi R10 TDI to debut at Spa-Francorchamps running on GTL fuel
Two years after its racing debut at the 2006 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the Audi R10 TDI is making its first ever visit to the classic Spa-Francorchamps track in Belgium. The R10s are running in the European Le Mans Series for the first time this year…
Detroit Auto Show: Live reveal of the Jeep Trailhawk with BlueTec V-6
At the Detroit Auto Show today Chrysler Group Senior VP-Design Trevor Creed and percussion group Drum Cafe unveiled the Jeep Trailhawk concept. Described as the result of a Jeep Wrangler and Grand Cherokee being left alone too long, the open top…
AutoblogGreen First Drive: Chevy Tahoe Two-Mode Hybrid
On any given Sunday morning, if I were offered the keys to either a Saturn Sky or a Chevy Tahoe with a big boat hitched to the back, 110 times out of a hundred I would put down that gnarly top on the Sky and make my way to the beach via the twistiest…