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Hecha en Argentina: First official drawing of VW's new pickup {Autoblog}
Mar 10th 2008 5:11PM Exactly - VW is probably using a unibody frame and they need the flying buttresses to make the bed rigid. Just like the Ridgeline. Autoblog should just can the editorial comments - they continuously embarrass themselves.
Exclusive: GM to hybridize Saturn Outlook, GMC Acadia, GMC Sierra {Autoblog Green}
Jan 29th 2008 9:41AM "6. SUV's and pickups are the lowest-hanging fruit, and we get the most environmental benefit per dollar in light duty vehicles by focusing on them."
However, if the buying public gets sufficiently freaked out by high gas prices they'll start shopping and consider fuel economy to be very important. GM needs a hybrid Saturn Astra, Chevy Cobalt, or something similarly small in the mix as a hedge against this.
World's first kite-towed cargo vessel makes first commercial transport {Autoblog Green}
Jan 23rd 2008 11:13AM #1: Posting out of ignorance is never advised. Winds are higher at altitude - meaning you need less sail/kite area, and the attitude of the kite can be adjusted for maximum efficiency. If they weren't effective no one would bother with them at all.
New York '08 Preview: GMC to show four-door Holden ute {Autoblog}
Jan 22nd 2008 3:32PM Didn't Subaru just try this with the Baja?
Detroit 2008: Saturn Vue 2-mode hybrid {Autoblog Green}
Jan 7th 2008 10:55AM "12. I wonder what the result might have been if they had reduced the weight of the vehicle and used a 4-cylinder with the dual-mode system."
EXACTLY. If we're heading towards $4+ for a gallon of gas, people will be much more interested in absolute mpg's over acceleration and towing.
Tom Cruise proves Scientologists ≠ green by spending $1,000,000 a year on fuel {Autoblog Green}
Jan 7th 2008 10:47AM "7. "I'm growing tired of people casting stones at Al Gore. "
Well, get ready for severe fatigue. The house is HUGE!!! Like 8x bigger than it needs. His house is like driving a Hummer by yourself through rush hour traffic when taking a nice compact car would do the trick just as well."
1) it's a family home, he didn't build it that big.
2) it's also a workplace which accounts for much of its energy use. Most homes don't use much energy during the day when occupants are working
3) he buys carbon credits to offset CO2 production related to the house
4) he made the house quite efficient, as posted above, or did you miss the "LEED Gold" phrase?
5) and what exactly have YOU done to reduce your energy usage lately? "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone"
Daimler wants to be one of the world's largest turbo suppliers {Autoblog}
Dec 3rd 2007 12:29PM why not the LS2/LS7? : "There's no such thing as a no-lag gas turbo engine."
Actually, that's not true in R&D: electrically-assisted turbos coming down the engineering pipeline will be lag-free.
http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_1250/article.html
LEAKED! Corvette ZR1 6.2L LS9 V8 sees light of day {Autoblog}
Nov 27th 2007 10:18AM Why would sitting in traffic in a twin turbo test your cooling system? At idle the turbos won't be doing too much and there won't be too much exhaust gases to heat them up. If you do have a cooling problem, add an intercooler fan or mister.
LA 2007: 2009 Chevy Silverado Hybrid {Autoblog}
Nov 14th 2007 2:53PM That diesel engine looks awesome. I want to put one in the back of an '89 Porsche 911.
Honda Soltec solar cell facility opens today {Autoblog Green}
Nov 13th 2007 11:51AM " don't know a whole lot about solar power, but the power output of the panel seems a little low. (That's probably b/c it is made from the environmentally friendly stuff instead of sillicon) I hope the decrease on energy required to manufacture the cells is not negated too much by the amount needed.
Posted at 9:49PM on Nov 12th 2007 by Joseph"
Silicon is found everywhere on earth...it's a primary component of sand and is hardly environmentally unfriednly. CIGS is used because it can be cheaply applied as a thin film. Efficiency is 1/2 that of silicon crystal solar panels but CIGS can be put on top of plate glass.
