The National Hydrogen Association is meeting in San Antonio, Texas this week and the hurdles in the way of hydrogen cars will be a big topic of discussion. BMW, Honda, Toyota, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen are all displaying some of…
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Opel and Vauxhall reveal 325-horsepower Insignia OPC/VXR
General Motors may be on life support, but the European operations at Opel and Vauxhall are still showing a 325-horsepower pulse. The latest signs of life come in the form of the hotted up Insignia variant shown above. In right-hand drive Vauxhall…
Just in time for the daffodils Saab releases Yellow edition convertible
Click to enlarge the Yellow Edition
Just as spring seems to have finally arrived in force around here, Saab dropped us a line this morning to let us know that it's releasing a new special edition of the 9-3 convertible. The 2008 Yellow Edition is the…
REPORT: BMW will create new electric vehicle sub-brand
BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer has confirmed to Reuters that its future electric cars will be badged as BMWs. This contradicts some earlier rumors that the automaker would revive another brand such as Triumph or Isetta for its electric vehicles.
The…
Carmakers dumping the idea of performance hybrids
Last April at the SAE World Congress, participants in a panel discussion on the future of performance powertrains discussed hybrids as one of the best routes to enhancing vehicle performance without increasing emissions or fuel consumption. That…
GM will provide the fuel cell Equinoxes to customers for free
General Motors is planning to start handing over keys to fuel cell powered Equinoxes to customers of their Project Driveway program in just a few weeks' time and, unlike Honda, they don't plan on charging drivers for the privilege. GM is building up…
GSA approves Smith Electric Vehicles for U.S. government agency purchases
Smith Electric Vehicles Newton – Click above for high-res image gallery
Now that Smith Electric Vehicles is assembling its Newton electric truck here in the United States, it needs to line up some customers for them. A big potential pool has opened…
Porsche to offer Cayenne Turbo Hybrid?
The idea of hybrid version of the Porsche Cayenne first surfaced well over a year ago, but now things seem to be firming up. At the Melbourne Auto show this week, Porsche's Australian managing director Michael Winkler revealed that a hybrid Cayenne…
It's not your father's Oldsmobile diesel: checking out modern oil-burners
2007 BMW 535d
In the U.S. market, drivers who were around in the early eighties might still have some bad memories of noisy, smoky, slow diesel engines. In more recent years – aside from heavy duty pickup trucks – relatively few diesels have been…
Big GM Crossovers not going hybrid anytime soon
After a report here on ABG yesterday that General Motors was set to introduce hybrid versions of their full-size Lambda crossovers, I decided to call up Brian Corbett GM's spokesman for hybrid programs. The Lambdas include the Saturn Outlook, Buick…