Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn with Leaf EV – Click above for high-res image gallery
You certainly can't argue with Carlos Ghosn's commitment to battery-powered vehicles. No one else in the auto industry has placed such a huge bet on plug-in vehicles.…
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Dartmouth researchers create new ethanol-producing bacteria
Mascoma Corp is one of the two cellulosic ethanol companies that General Motors invested in earlier this year. Dr. Lee Lynd is one of Mascoma's co-founders and he and his collaborators at Dartmouth College have published a paper that gives some more…
BMW Z4 moving back to Germany
Since their introduction in the mid-nineties the BMW Z3 and its Z4 successor, along with their M and coupe derivatives, have always been built at BMW's Spartanburg, South Carolina manufacturing facility. That all looks set to change with the…
GM tells NHTSA not to include plug-ins in setting CAFE standards
When the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published an initial draft of the new fuel economy rules this spring, they gave automakers and other interested parties until July 1 to comment before finalizing the rules. That comment period…
MINI explains the drop in estimated range for MINI E
Those paying close attention might have noticed that as MINI USA has been delivering battery-powered MINI Es in recent weeks, the range estimate is being quoted as 100 miles. Last November, when we first saw and drove the MINI E, the range was…
Washington Post writer thinks the Chevy Matiz is too small for US
Washington Post writer Warren Brown recently spent some quality time in Switzerland with a Chevy Matiz and came away feeling that it's not suitable for American roads. Since General Motors have given no indication that they will ever bring the…
Kiplinger site shows how much sticker mileage will drop next year
Everybody knows that the EPA mileage numbers on window stickers of new cars are seriously inflated compared to real world numbers. For 2008, the EPA is changing the way they calculate the mileage numbers in an attempt to make the estimates more…
EPA Administrator declares that CO2 CAN'T be considered for power plants!
With just weeks to go before the Bush administration cedes power, executive orders and regulatory decisions gutting all sorts of federal rules are flying out from Washington. One of the most recent has come from the office of EPA administrator…
Detroit Auto Show: Dodge reveals the new Avenger with flex-fuel option
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Dodge finally unveiled the production version of the new Avenger mid-sized sedan here at Cobo Hall today. A concept version was shown at the Paris Motor Show last fall, and the…
Mitsubishi could launch i MiEV retail sales in mid-2009
Mitsubishi had been planning to start leasing its i MiEV electric car to commercial and government fleets in 2009, with a Japanese retail launch following in 2010. It now looks like that plan might be accelerated by a year. The Nikkei business daily…