Category: Autoblog

Ford's Dagenham England engine plant is their global source for diesel engines and they've just launched a new engine line to build 1.4L and 1.6L Duratorq TDCi turbo diesel engines. The two new engines are designed to have particularly low carbon…

The next-generation Mercedes-Benz E-Class is due to hit the streets in 2010. When it finally appears, it will have a full range of engine options from a 1.8L four cylinder to a 5.5L V-8 on the gasoline side. On the diesel front, 2.2L four cylinder…

Here at Autoblog and especially over at our sister site AutoblogGreen, we've written quite a bit about the new two-mode hybrid system that General Motors is launching this fall on the Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon. We even got to drive the trucks back in…

On this side of the pond, buyers of the Chrysler 300 and it's relatives the Charger and Magnum only get a choice of gas engines to choose from. But over in Europe they can opt for a 3.0L turbo-diesel V-6, straight out the Mercedes-Benz lineup. This…

With the new series of Top Gear having started recently over in England, the team decided that it was again time to look at fuel economy. A few years back, the show made the round trip from London to Edinburgh and back in an Audi A8 TDI on a single…

Lotus Engineering and Siemens VDO are teaming up for a research and development program to reduce CO2 emissions with a high performance hybrid drivetrain. The two companies will use their combined systems design and integration knowledge to build a…

The National Biodiesel Board is working diligently to ensure that the quality of biodiesel fuels is kept at a high level. Since biodiesel can have problems with gelling at cold temperature if it's not well refined, the NBB and the National Renewable…

The New York Times is adding their first plug-in hybrid van to their New York City delivery fleet with the addition of a new Dodge Sprinter. The Sprinter is being provided by a partnership of DaimlerChrysler, the New York Power Authority (NYPA),…

Farm subsidies have long been a thorny issue in Europe, both between the EU and the rest of the world and between member states. Many of the member countries have used subsidies to support their local farmers much to their neighbors chagrin. European…

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This afternoon BMW representatives took the wraps off the first “production” MINI E, # 1 of a run of 500 that will be leased to customers in the southern California and metro New York areas starting in…