In Brazil, ethanol tends to be the fuel of choice over gasoline thanks to favorable pricing and the local sugar cane feedstock. As a result most of the cars available there are offered in flex fuel variants that aren't for sale anywhere else in the…
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Alfa Romeo introduces cleaner, more powerful 1.4L MultiAir engine in the MiTo
Alfa Romeo Mi.To – Click above image for high-res gallery
Alfa Romeo has introduced a new downsized engine to the compact MiTo that will improve output while cutting fuel consumption and emissions. The so-called MultiAir 1.4-liter four cylinder is…
CES 2008: Rick Wagoner roundtable discussion
Prior to his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas yesterday, GM Chairman Rick Wagoner held a discussion with a group of us flacks to answer all of our questions clearly and completely without equivocation. OK just kidding, he…
Audi demonstrating Travolution vehicle to infrastructure communications
Audi Travolution – Click above for high-res image gallery
This week Audi has been demonstrating its Travolution technology on a fleet of test vehicles near its headquarters in Ingolstadt, Germany. The Travolution package actually incorporates a…
Study shows New York hybrid buses improve efficiency, reduce operating cost
The first hybrid buses hits the streets of New York City almost ten years ago and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has just done a follow-up study to evaluate the second generation. The newer buses were compared to the original Orion VII…
Winding Road examines hydrogen as a fuel
In the February 2007 issue of the online car magazine Winding Road, there is a fairly in-depth article on hydrogen. It looks at the history of hydrogen as a fuel, first in internal combustion applications, and later in fuel cells. The idea of using…
Shai Agassi's Project Better Place
One of the launching points for is in Israel and it looks like the first tangible progress might be demonstrated this weekend. The CEO of PBP is planning to drive a prototype electric car that is being developed at around noon on Sunday at the…
July gasoline sales in Minnesota down 9% while E85 jumps 16%
One of the few places in the United States where E85 is making any significant retail headway is Minnesota. Of course the fact that a lot of corn is grown and processed there and the region has more E85 pumps than anywhere is in the country helps. In…
Van rental company becomes first in the nation to go carbon neutral
Bandago Van Rentals has announced that they are teaming up with DriveNeutral to completely offset their national rental fleet. Bandago specializes in renting full-sized vans for longer trips, particularly for touring musicians and anyone else who…
Japanese rail company to build $45 billion MagLev train
In the United States we've squandered hundreds of billions of dollars in the last five years. Our political “leaders” bicker over fuel economy rules that ultimately still won't get us to where most of the world already is today. Meanwhile the rest of…