Our own team member Shane went to the HybridFest in Madison, Wisconsin, last weekend and he's got lots of coverage already posted and still more to come, but he wasn't the only one there. ABG friend Matt Kelly of the NextGear and Amanda Congdon of…
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Maker Faire Detroit 2010: The Twinkie-mobile, it's all sweet sugary goodness inside
Big Dog quadri-cycle – Click above for high-res image gallery
Among other classic machinery inside the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI is one of the earliest mid-1930s Oscar Meyer weinermobiles. In the parking lot outside was another motorized…
Tesla launches customer referral program to spur Roadster sales
Tesla Roadster – Click above for high-res image gallery
If you already plunked down some cash for Tesla Roadster or Model S, now is your chance to earn some of that money back. All you have to do is convince one or more friends to buy and take…
Hybrid version of LF-A supercar confirmed by Lexus
Click on the photo for a gallery of the LF-A concept at Detroit
At the Detroit Auto Show in January, Lexus showed a re-styled version of the LF-A concept that originally appeared on the show circuit in 2005 and has turned up periodically running…
Lotus announces Safe and Sound hybrid demonstrator
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For the past two decades, Lotus has been working on active noise cancellation technology to make cars quieter. While that may have been a good thing on internal combustion cars, the spread of hybrid and electric cars has made…
Former General Motors marketing exec Michael Jackson heads to Coda
Coda EV Sedan – Click above for high-res image gallery
As it prepares to launch its first car later this year, Coda Automotive has plugged in another high profile former Detroit auto executive to its management team. Michael A. Jackson was last seen…
New ACE diesel engine claims to cut nitrogen oxide emissions 80%
New ACE Institute in Japan claims to have devised some new technology for diesels that they are claiming reduces nitrogen oxide emissions by up to eighty percent when the engines are fueled on canola-based biodiesel. They are using a mix of exhaust…
VIDEO: Ferrari F430 hits the wall while filming PGR4 commercial
Our colleague Noah will surely be saddened by this news and might want to avert his eyes now. An alert AutoblogGreen reader tipped off ABG the other night to some videos on YouTube of a Tesla Roadster street racing with a Ferrari F430, '63 Corvette,…
You may have to wait a while to get a 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid
One of the highlights of the redesigned Ford Fusion that will debut in less than two weeks is the new hybrid model. The new Fusions, along with the Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ, will start production in December shortly after the LA Auto Show at…
VIDEO: Red Green demonstrates that corn can be a viable fuel
While the Mythbusters are often accused of being less than scientific in the process of doing their experiments and demonstrations, no such accusations can be thrown at Red Green. Science has absolutely no place in Red's demonstrations. Nonetheless,…