When the Canadian government announced plans for new tax credits for more fuel efficient vehicles, Honda Canada was not pleased. Their most efficient conventional model, the Fit, fell just shy of the arbitrary qualification threshold. Honda engineers…
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First sugar beet ethanol plant opens in the UK
The first sugar beet-fueled ethanol production facility has opened in eastern England near Norfolk. The opening of the plant operated by British Sugar was attended by Britain's Minister for Sustainable Food and Farming and Animal Health Lord Rooker.…
Tesla Roadster gets Gold International Design Excellence Award
The Industrial Designer's Society of America (ISDA) and BusinessWeek have chosen the Tesla Roadster to receive a Gold IDEA award. ISDA gives the awards annually in a variety of categories and the Roadster won in the EcoDesign category. A jury made up…
Chevrolet Volt, Holden EFIJY concepts win 2007 Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards
At a ceremony last week at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, MI, General Motors won two awards for its recent concept vehicles. The Chevy Volt won in the category of best Specialty concept and also got the Most Significant Concept of the Year.…
2007 Barrett-Jackson, Scottsdale: Last Sting Ray Sold at $600,000
Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the “Last Stingray”
This ProTeam Corvette Sting Ray was simply amazing, and deserved the $600,000 it drew as the top bid at Barrett-Jackson on Saturday. The winning bidder received not only the…
Read the rest of John True's unhappy hybrid story after the jump
Southern California musician John True recently filed suit against American Honda Motor Company over their mileage claims for the Civic Hybrid. In an era of rising fuel costs he thought the hybrid would help save some money but his new car failed to…
PG&E adds four Phoenix SUTs to their EV fleet
California utility Pacific Gas and Electric has picked up four Phoenix Sport Utility Trucks to add to their fleet of clean fuel vehicles. The utility will be testing the trucks in daily operations in central and northern California. PG&E's clean…
Nissan says the Cube will not be targeting the xB
The Nissan Cube and Scion xB may both look like the boxes they came in, but Nissan doesn't expect their car to compete directly with the larger Scion when it arrives in the United States in early 2009. Nissan vice president of product planning Larry…
China Clean Energy Inc. buys land to expand biodiesel production
Chinese biodiesel producer China Clean Energy has purchased land in the Fujian Province of China to build a new factory. The new facility will be about 15 miles from an existing plant in Fuqing and has a deep-sea harbor that can handle 300,000 ton…
Detroit 2008: Chrysler ecoVoyager fuel cell RE-EV concept
Click the ecoVoyager to see the whole vehicle in high-res
For nearly two decades some of the most anticipated new concept vehicles at the Detroit Auto Show every January are those from Chrysler. Past concepts have included the likes of the original…