While the crew at Zap! has yet to show off anything other than computer renderings of the three-wheeled Alias and four wheeled Zap-X, a team of students and faculty at the University of South Australia have built their own EV. The TREV or Two-seat…
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Saturn's death could hurt GM CAFE numbers
Saturn Vue Hybrid – Click above for a high-res gallery
The ultimate fate of Saturn as an automotive brand remains uncertain, pending the outcome of the offers currently being made to buy it from a shrinking General Motors. One thing is certain…
BMW opens emissions-free alloy foundry in Germany
When you look at the total life-cycle of “zero-emissions” vehicles like battery or fuel cell vehicles, the environment is not left untouched. The process of making all the parts of a car requires energy and chemicals are released into the atmosphere.…
Detroit 2008: ALMS announces Green Challenge, Corvette goes cellulosic E85
American Le Mans Series CEO Scott Atherton announced a partnership this morning with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Transportation and the Society of Automotive Engineers to make ALMS the global leader in green racing. Working…
What cars can we get today with 35 mpg?
With a new energy bill on the verge of becoming law, our friends over at Winding Road got to thinking. With the law soon to require an average of 35 mpg from the new vehicle fleet, what vehicles can we buy today that actually meet that requirement?…
EPA still not settled on MPG labels for plug-ins, Volt unlikely to get 230 mpg
Last week at the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit, we spoke with Dr. Pete Savagian of General Motors about what the Chevrolet Volt's fuel economy sticker would look like. Last summer former GM CEO Fritz Henderson made a big…
New York '08 Preview: 2009 Acura TSX to debut
Acura's entry-level TSX sedan is is a re-badged version of the European-market Honda Accord, a car that will debut on March 5 at the Geneva Motor Show. Acura has now let us know that the U.S.-market TSX will be dropping just two weeks later at the…
Who says the Japanese don't have a jobs bank?
Toyota's San Antonio truck plant
In recent weeks, as the CEOs of the Detroit automakers lobbied for a federal bailout to get then through the current financial crisis, one of the many criticisms that came up was the UAW “jobs bank.” The jobs bank was…
Bob Lutz says Wait, Wait! The Volt is more exciting than the Viper
The National Public Radio comedy news quiz show Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me! periodically takes there show on the road and this past weekend they turned up at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor. They have a segment called “Not My Job” where they ask a…
Austrian government launches 100 unit EV test program with Th!nk
The Austrian government is the latest to jump into the electric vehicle testing field with a program called the Vlotte EV project. 100 electric vehicles will be operated in the first of several such programs around the country this year. This first…