Joe Jobe, the CEO of the National Biodiesel Board recently took advantage of Chrysler's new discount program for NBB members to buy a new Dodge Ram. Jobe was replacing an eight-year-old Ford F350 with the new clean diesel powered Dodge. The updated…
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Hyundai gets 1,000 retail orders for its Avante LPI hybrid in South Korea
Hyundai only launched retail sales of its first hybrid a couple of weeks ago, but the South Korean automaker has already received 1,000 orders in its home market. Hyundai's hybrid system has been installed in the Avante (which is sold elsewhere as…
Fisker gives Quantum $10.2 million contract for powertrain development
Fisker Karma – Click above for high-res image gallery
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies has been working with Fisker Automotive ever since the latter company started its efforts to be build a luxury plug-in hybrid a couple of years ago. Quantum has…
Mazda declares it will cut consumption by 30% by 2015
Mazda has declared that by the middle of the decade they will have replaced their entire powertrain lineup and cut fuel consumption by 30 percent. On the powertrain side, engines will be upgraded across the board including a new direct injected…
AMG confirms that it will launch high-performance diesel by 2011
Volker Morningweg, the head of Mercedes' in-house tuning division AMG has confirmed that it will introduce its first diesel model within three years. Morningweg told AutoCar that the first diesel will likely be a smaller, more efficient model rather…
Daimler buys 10% stake in Tesla, will supply parts and engineering
Mercedes-Benz/Tesla press conference – Click above for ABG's liveblog coverage
During a press conference held at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart this morning, Dr. Thomas Weber, the head of research and development for Mercedes-Benz, announced…
Audi puts 2.0L TDI in high efficiency version of the 44.4 mpg large A6
Audi is now offering a TDI e version of its large A6 sedan with the same 2.0L diesel engine that is being installed in the Jetta TDI here in the US market. In the A6, the engine is rated at 134 hp, slightly less than 140 hp available in the Jetta.…
Hyundai Tuscon Fuel Cell gets perfect score in Challenge Bibendum
South Korea's Hyundai sent one of their prototype fuel cell powered Tucson crossovers to Shanghai China last week for the Challenge Bibendum and it put in a pretty good showing. The fuel cell Tucson was the only vehicle of it's type to get a perfect…
Next gen Mini could be looking for a new engine dance partner again
It looks like BMW will be looking for their third different engine partner for the next generation of the Mini. The engines for the first Mini were co-developed and built in a joint venture with Chrysler while the current second-generation models…
Dubai starts testing 10 Chevy Tahoe hybrids as taxis
While New York City is using Ford Escape Hybrids as taxis, that simply wouldn't do in the Middle East. General Motors has delivered ten of its Chevy Tahoe hybrids to the Dubai government for a taxi fleet test. The test program was kicked off by His…