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Acura took the wraps of the all-new TSX today at the New York Auto Show, although we already saw it with Honda badges at the Geneva Auto Show a couple of weeks ago. The TSX will almost certainly be the first Acura…
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Road Trip Review: 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe with Navigation [w/VIDEO]
2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe w/Nav – Click above for high-res image gallery
It's been less than a year since the Hyundai Genesis Coupe hit the streets, but the Korean automaker isn't sitting on its hands. Just as it's done in the past, Hyundai is…
Robert Zubrin talks about requiring all cars to be flex-fuel capable
Robert Zubrin has new book on gaining petroleum independence by switching from imported oil to alcohol fuels. He wants Congress to require that all new cars and trucks built be flex-fuel capable. There's an interesting interview done by Glenn…
Florida joins California in lawsuit against the EPA over new emissions rules
When the state of California got turned down by the Environmental Protection Agency in December in their request for a waiver to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, they wasted no time in suing the feds. California wants to regulate emissions of…
Volt chief engineer still thinks hydrogen is the long term answer
Volt chief powertrain engineer Nick Zielinski on the right
In recent years, Nick Zielinski has led the powertrain engineering teams on a number of GM advanced technology programs including the Chevy Equinox fuel cell vehicle and the Sequel concept.…
Is Porsche more sustainable than other carmakers?
A lot of what we write about here at ABG involves the amount of energy that cars consume while operating and how much they emit. However a big part of the total energy consumed during a cars lifetime comes during the manufacturing process and, to a…
Jaguar-Land Rover joins low carbon vehicle partnership
Jaguar- Land Rover has joined up with a new low carbon vehicle partnership to research and test concepts to cut fuel consumption. The £29 million project is being funded by the automaker, six partner companies, Advantage West Midlands and the…
Beijing 2010: BAIC (Saab) C60 and C71 and swappable batteries
BAIC C71EV – Click above for high-res image gallery
It didn't take long for Beijing Automotive Industries Company ( BAIC) to start making use of the old 9-3 and 9-5 tooling it bought from Saab last fall. After grafting on a new nose and taillights,…
California dominates hybrid market share
Automotive News (subscription req'd) today has a report on the share of registrations for hybrid vehicles in various states and California is definitely the dominant market. Through the first seven months of 2006, 26.4 percent of the more than…
Honda CEO: People will embrace fuel cells when they realize battery limits
Here at the Tokyo Motor Show, Honda introduced its first plug-in vehicle concept in many years in the shape of the EV-N. However, during the press conference, new CEO Takanobu Ito shared the main stage with only two cars, the FCX Clarity and the new…