AutoblogGreen for 09.15.08

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A quick question for you: would you pay $25,000 for 60+ mpg Ford Fiesta? Seems like a steal, no? But is it the right steal? Perhaps John McCain's daughter should ask herself the question, since her Prius is causing problems in Michigan. Or maybe we should all be thinking about driving some classic pedal cars around. No one can hate on those, right?
- Spy Shots: 2010 Chevy Cruze spotted in the wild
- POLL: Would you be willing to pay $25,000 for 60+ mpg Fiesta?
- McCain's daughter's Prius causing problems in Michigan
- Mercedes-Benz S400 hybrid to launch in June 2009 in Europe
- New Honda City unveiled in Thailand - is this the look of the new Insight?
- RM to auction off classic pedal cars
- Peugeot shows new 908 HY diesel-hybrid Le Mans racer!
- Hummer still working the flex-fuel angle. Good luck with that
- POLL: Buy a more efficient car to save money or the environment?
- Fuel stretching Taylors 1/3 of the way around US, averaging 58.78 mpg
- Paris Preview: Venturi and Michelin to unveil electric vehicle collaboration
- New York Times looks at the Volt and GM's centennial
- BMW CEO confirms city car with electric option
- Dodge Charger, Hemi engine get more efficient for '09
More headlines after the jump.
- Audi to sell the Q7 TDI in Japan
- Young British drivers to be tested for eco-friendliness
- DOE fuel economy updates: 2009 Prius mpg, diesel tax credits
- RoboScooter still a go, could cost less than $2K
- Space-based solar transmission test successful
- First carbon capture plant starts up in Germany
- EDTA prez talks to the Senate about electric cars next week
- Autoblog drives the new Ford Fiesta in Europe
- Mercedes-Benz to be 20 percent hybrid by 2015
- Ceres, Range Fuel testing switchgrass and sorghum to make ethanol
- Friends of the Earth, Brazilian sugarcane industry fight it out on ethanol
- Paris Preview: SsangYong C200 diesel SUV
- Bills introduced to mandate E85 pumps, cut oil tax breaks, $7,500 PHEV credit
- Portland using sustainable image to woo BYD
- U.K. drivers being overcharged for fuel?
- Dartmouth researchers create new ethanol-producing bacteria



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