For those of you that like to collect memorabilia related to electric vehicles or simply like to collect stamps, Nissan and the Japanese post office have a deal for you. Starting February 1, a limited edition sheet of postage stamps chronicling the…
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Geneva 2009: Magna Steyr Mila EV concept
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Like most other suppliers, Magna International and its contract manufacturing unit Magna Steyr are pushing hard to diversify into the area of hybrid and electric powertrain components and…
Galp Energia and PetroBras launch biodiesel joint-venture
Portugese energy company Galp Energia is hooking up with Brazil's PetroBras on a new biodiesel project for the European market. The plan is produce 600 thousand tonnes per year of vegetable oil in Brazil that will be converted to biodiesel fuel. The…
Why is Ford only building 25,000 hybrid Escapes and Mariners this year
Click the 2009 Escape Hybrid for a high res gallery
Prior to our drive of the 2009 Ford Escape the other day, several Ford representatives talked about the changes for the new model year along with how the Escape is doing. Since the debut of the 2008…
Peugeot 908 HDI wins LeMans Series
The Le Mans Series wrapped up it's 2007 racing season this past weekend at the Interlagos track in Sao Paulo Brazil, and the Peugeot team finished it's clean sweep.The new Peugeot 908 HDi diesel powered prototypes took six victories in six races…
LA Preview: Hyundai Sonata hybrid coming, diesel Genesis unlikely
During a media event in Ann Arbor, John Krafcik, the VP for product development at Hyundai Motor America, revealed some interesting plans about they have coming to this market as well as something that isn't. Hyundai's first hybrid destined for this…
Toyota develops “SMART” process for quick on-site evaluation of unintended acceleration cases
Ever since the whole Toyota recall debacle exploded late in 2009, one of the company's biggest problems has been the way it has responded to the problems. Many have criticized Toyota for either ignoring the problems or pretending that there is…
Toyota to delay introduction of lithium ion batteries in the Prius
Click on the photo for a gallery of high-res images of the Hybrid-X Concept
At the same time that Lithium Technologies is showing off their plug-in conversion of a Toyota Prius comes word from Japan that Toyota themselves are delaying the…
Porsche finally confirms a diesel for the Cayenne
German magazine AutoBild is reporting that Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking has finally confirmed that a diesel powered Cayenne will indeed appear in 2009. Porsche has long denied that would build a diesel powered vehicle because it would be out of…
Car of the Future
Tuesday night the PBS science program NOVA will feature an Earth Day look at “the Car of the Future.” WGBH, the Boston PBS station that produces NOVA sent us an advance copy of the show to take a look at. Tom and Ray Magliozzi, who are perhaps better…