Recent comments by John Powell, the deputy director of the UN World Food Program, have drawn return fire from GM CEO Rick Wagoner at the Beijing Motor Show. Powell blamed biofuels in part for the recent run up in food prices around the world that has…
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Saab jumps into British budget debate
With a new budget set to be unveiled by Chancellor Gordon Brown in the UK parliament this week, Saab has decided to weigh in on promoting alternative fuels. With their turbocharged engine lineup able to benefit even more than naturally aspirated…
Chrysler builds first pilot production Durango Two-Mode Hybrids
While General Motors has been getting most of the attention of late winning awards for the Tahoe/ Yukon Two-Mode hybrid SUVs and introducing the Two-Mode Saturn Vue, their development partners on the program have been cranking away as well. Chrysler…
GM racing manager proud to be building a greener Corvette
Click the GT1 Corvette C6R for a high res gallery from the 2008 Detroit Sports Car Challenge
Last year, at the same press conference where American Le Mans Series CEO Scott Atherton announced the Green Challenge, Chevrolet general manager Ed Peper…
New Smart ForTwo off to a quick start in Germany
The second generation Smart ForTwo and the latest generation of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class officially went on sale in Europe last week and jumped right out of the gates. Over the weekend German Mercedes and Smart dealers experienced their busiest…
Most Nissan Leaf drivers expected to lease rather than buy
Ever since the debacle with the General Motors EV1s being taken back from lease customers and crushed, electric vehicle fans have been saying that they want to straight-up buy their vehicles. The point was to ensure that carmakers can't repossess the…
Hydrogen fueled Mazda RX-8 goes to Norway
Click on the RX-8 for a high res gallery
Mazda has delivered the first of thirty hydrogen-fueled vehicles to the HyNor project in Norway this week. HyNor is the Hydrogen Road of Norway project which is working on developing hydrogen-fueled…
First Drive: 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
43.1 mpg on the streets of LA!
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
While General Motors and Chrysler basically turned out the lights on their presence at the LA Auto Show last month, Ford kicked off one of its biggest…
Detroit Free Press says ethanol, hybrids will have little impact on energy use
In an article in yesterday's Detroit Free Press, writer Justin Hyde expresses doubt that all the emphasis on flex-fuel and hybrid vehicles right now will have any real impact on overall energy use in the next two decades. A forecast of energy trends…
Lotus picks up two more green car projects
Lotus Engineering is continuing to move aggressively into the realm of greener transportation. This week two different consortia of which Lotus is a part were awarded development contracts by the UK Government Technology Strategy Board. The first of…