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It's time for another in our ongoing series of reviews of high mileage cars that Americans can't buy at any price. This time around we have Honda Civic i-CDTi from our friends at…
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First Lotus Evora delivered to an American customer
Bruce Rice with his new Lotus Evora
2010 is big for Lotus, as the new Evora has it its first full year of production and the legendary marque returns to both Formula One and Indianapolis. On the road car front, the first customer Evora in the United…
That cool new electric car could cost you a lot more to charge up
A basic principal of economics is that of supply and demand. If demand for a commodity rises and the supply does not, the price increases. With demand for electricity in the US expected to increase by fifty percent over the next three decades and…
Hybrid sales at GM looking slightly less barren in April
A month ago during GM's monthly sales conference call, it was revealed that the company had sold a measly 843 hybrid vehicles in the first three months of 2008. Although I don't partake in the most recent sales call, one of the readers over at TTAC…
Lotus 2-Eleven even faster than anticipated
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The Lotus 2-Eleven, unveiled just prior to the Geneva Motor Show, recently hit the track for the first time. Apparently the results were good — very good, in fact! AutoCar ireports…
Frankfurt Preview: Volvo ReCharge – The Swedes go series hybrid
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While Toyota is clearly not enamored with the concept of series hybrids (at least publicly) plenty of other companies are jumping on the idea. The latest to join the party is Volvo with a new concept that they…
Rendered speculation: 2010 Lexus HS250h, 2011 Toyota Camry hybrid
We've known since last January that Toyota will debut a pair of hybrid cars at the next Detroit Auto show. One is the replacement for the current Prius, while the other is a Lexus-badged car sharing the same architecture. Japanese magazine Mag-X has…
Prometheus Energy starts production of LNG from landfill
Back last November at the Honda FCX concept ride at Laguna Seca, Honda Alternative Fuels Marketing Manager Stephen Ellis, mentioned a company called Prometheus Energy that was producing liquefied natural gas from land fill gas. Prometheus has…
LA 2008: Hyundai announces Blue Drive efficiency strategy, 2010 Sonata hybrid
Hyundai has joined the “Blue is the new green movement” at the LA Auto Show, where the Korean automaker has announced its “Blue Drive” efficiency strategy. The core of the plan is meet the federally-mandated 35 mpg fleet average economy requirement…
Pose your questions to Hummer and Cadillac leaders at GMnext.com
GM launched their GMnext web site last week where, among other things, company leaders will be holding on-line Q&A sessions from time to time. People (that means you) can log on to the web-site at the appointed times and fire off your queries to a…