Update: Video of the live reveal of the Vue plug-in hybrid is available
click above for more high-res images of the Vue hybrids
Saturn showed off the second and third hybrid versions of the Saturn Vue today at the Detroit Auto Show, both of which use…
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Frankfurt Preview: Lots of debuts and a green push for GM
New HydroGen4 fuel cell vehicle, Volt electric car
More than 700 million euros for new engines and transmissions until 2012
Opel/Vauxhall: Electric car concept, ecoFLEX initiative, new Agila
Chevrolet: New Aveo generation, distinctively designed…
Chrysler prices new Aspen/Durango two-mode hybrids, starting at $45,340
Chrysler has apparently been watching the lukewarm sales of the Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon hybrids and taken the lesson to heart. When the GM hybrids debuted earlier this year they were priced from $49,590 for the 2wd Tahoe to $52,885 (plus delivery…
Mitsubishi admits i-MiEV's total cost of ownership might be higher than expected due to serious depreciation
Mitsubishi i-MiEV – Click above for high-res image gallery
For years now, some electric vehicle advocates have argued that despite the higher up-front cost of batteries, plug-in cars would be cheaper to own and operate in the long run. The problem…
NASCAR to build huge solar plant at Pocono raceway
The only green typically associated with NASCAR is the cubic dollars spent every year by fans on tickets and merchandise and what the automakers spend to support their teams. On the technology side, this is a series that still uses carburetors and…
Rep. John Dingell drops his fuel economy proposal
Congressmen John Dingell (D-MI) and Rick Boucher (D-VA) said that they will not be pursuing the energy legislation that they have proposed for at least the next two weeks. The Dingell-Boucher bill had fuel economy standards that were not as stringent…
Fiat likes compressed natural gas, now offering 6 different models
Will compressed natural gas soon be a widely used automotive fuel in the U.S.? Probably not, but it could become more common if Fiat's European moves are any indication. CNG is a popular alternative in some parts of Europe and several automakers,…
Officially Official: 2011 Chevrolet Volt finally revealed!
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2011 Chevy Volt
A week after some admittedly bad photos of the production Chevrolet Volt were accidently released on the GM media website, the car itself was officially unveiled this morning as part of GM's…
More info on Better place in Denmark – you can't swap the battery if you buy it from Renault
Project Better Place battery swap – Click above for high-res image gallery
Aside from all the technical issues, there have also been commercial questions about exactly how Better Place's battery swapping program would work. With Renault and Better…
Magna may be the only serious bidder for Chrysler
In spite of the non-discrete presence of Wolfgang Bernhard around Chrysler headquarters in Auburn Hills last week, a German paper seems to think that only Magna is really serious about taking over the company. Automobilwoche reports that Cerberus, of…