Click the Sharan BlueMotion for a high-res gallery
After introducing BlueMotion variants of the Passat, Polo and Golf within the past year, Volkswagen is extending the low-CO 2 badging to its largest model yet, the Sharan minivan. The BlueMotion…
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REPORT: Two-mode hybrid joint development disbanded; Ram hybrid coming in 2010
According to The Detroit News, the big joint development program formed several years ago between General Motors, Daimler, Chrysler and BMW to develop a two-mode hybrid system for light duty vehicles is over. With all four automakers now having…
Detroit 2008: Velozzi teams up with IDC of South Africa to build hybrid cars
When our own Sebastian Blanco talked to Roberto Jerez last year about the hybrid vehicle Velozzi is developing, he explained that they were focusing on creating new technology. Velozzi was looking for companies to partner with to manufacture vehicles…
GM trying to cut factory energy bills
Everyone who lives in parts of the country that actually experience winter is familiar with the joys of paying the heating bill in those cold weather months. If it's no fun paying the utility bills for your house, imagine what it's like trying to…
Toyota looking beyond lithium for plug-in hybrids
A few months ago Toyota unveiled their fleet of prototype plug-in Priuses in Japan and some members of the media got to sample it them before the recent Tokyo Motor Show. The New York Times was one of the outlets that got to drive the PHEV Prius and…
Ford promises to keep the Ka affordable in Europe
The first generation Ford Ka was built off of the same platform as the larger Fiesta in Europe but the new upcoming model will share a platform with the recently announced Fiat 500. While Fiat has decided to follow the path of the MINI as a premium…
Mascoma and Tamarack Energy Partner on Cellulosic Ethanol; Focus on Forestry Waste
The real potential for ethanol lies not in the corn fields of the Nebraska and Iowa but in cellulose. The amount of sugar that can be converted to alcohol that is locked up in cellulosic biomass far exceeds what is available from corn kernels. The…
Geneva '08 Preview: BMW to debut green/blue concept
With European carmakers in particular seeming to favor blue (BlueTec, BluePerformance, AdBlue) over green lately, it appears that BMW will be showing off a new “blue” concept at the Geneva Motor Show in March. No details are available yet, but it…
Barak Obama swaps his hemi for a hybrid
Click on the photo for a huge high-res gallery of the 2008 Escape Hybrid
When Sen. Barak Obama (D-Il) came to Detroit In May to speak to the Detroit Economic Club he was very critical of he local automakers for the poor fuel economy of their vehicles…
Porsche 911 GT3 Hybrid makes it to the podium in second outing
Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery
Porsche's new 911 GT3 R Hybrid is making rapid progress in the Nurburgring Endurance Series. After finishing sixth in its debut outing two weeks ago, it moved up to third place this…