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2010 Nissan Leaf electric car: In person, in depth - and U.S. bound [*UPDATED w/vids & live photos]

It would be easy to paint Nissan as late to the burgeoning U.S. green party, as the company essentially only counts the Altima Hybrid to sell among its alt-fuel offerings – and that sedan utilizes technology borrowed from Toyota, and it's only sold in a few states in small volumes. While that may be the case, Nissan says their near-term prospects are really quite different. While the company has admittedly been cautious in marketing alt-fuel vehicles in North America, they have been hard at work developing electric vehicles – as ... Read more →

A Call for Green: AT&T to add 15,000 alt-fuel vehicles to fleet Sam Abuelsamid

Although AT&T claims it wants to be more sustainable, today's announcement from the telecom behemoth is more about cutting operating expenses as fuel costs climb. Whatever the reason, the ...

Toyota seriously considering separate Prius brand Chris Tutor

This isn't the first time we've heard that Toyota might spin off the Prius as a separate brand much like Scion. But we now have the most concrete news about the automaker's plans we've seen yet. ...

Could U.S. become net exporter of gasoline? Jonathon Ramsey

A number of factors are conspiring to create a situation that recently would have been unthinkable: the United States as a supplier of gasoline to world markets. According to Booz & Company, those ...

Ronn Motors' Scorpion: 450 horses, 40 miles to the gallon Jonathon Ramsey

Hydrogen has been touted as a viable fuel source for decades, and seemingly every day, some new or upcoming hydrogen-powered milestone is reached or discussed. However, in nearly every case, hydrogen ...

GM tells the Feds that the Volt and plug-ins aren't going to help with CAFE 1 year ago on Autoblog

With the Feds eager to keep raising the bar on CAFE standards, and apparently doing so based on proposed future technologies, General Motors Corp. bluntly told federal regulators not to count on the Chevrolet Volt, or other planned plug-in hybrids, when proposing new rules. GM is maintaining the ...

VW working on internal combustion 2.0 2 years ago on Autoblog

Picture this: we're no longer beholden to energy resources from unstable regions and we're no longer burning petroleum-based fuels in our cars. Despite the radical change in fuels, engines are largely the same, as is the fuelling infrastructure. While it sounds like a nice dream, Volkswagen has ...

Paris Preview: methane-powered Fiats 3 years ago on Autoblog

In addition to the higher-output Panda Sport, Fiat will be showing two new methane-powered vehicles at the Paris show at the end of the month. Over the past year, across Europe, Fiat has sold 24,000 methane-powered cars; the major advantage being reduced CO2 emissions. The rather oddly-named Panda ...

BP announces $500 million biofuels research center 3 years ago on Autoblog

BP plans to make a major investment in alternative energy sources, funding "radical research" at a new bioscience energy research lab. Outlining a ten-year program costing $500 million, BP chief executive Lord Browne said Wednesday that the company plans to site the lab at a major academic center ...

Cadillac Escalade leading charge as gas guzzlers flourishing despite fuel prices? 3 years ago on Autoblog

Despite all the carping about gasoline prices these days, sales of Cadillac's new Escalade and their ilk are boomin' louder than the gigawatt stereos they often house. So says MSNBC, which points out that despite post-Katrina price shocks and media outlets trumpeting hybrids and new small car ...

GM, DaimlerChrysler, BMW debut new full hybrid system 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Global Hybrid Cooperation partnership - a joint venture of General Motors, DaimlerChrysler and BMW - took the wraps off its new state-of-the-art "full hybrid" system Thursday. The system integrates electric motors with a fixed-gear transmission into a unit comparable in size and ...

Toyota to venture into E85 3 years ago on Autoblog

Could it be? Toyota is taking a page from a book by General Motors and other U.S. automakers by announcing plans to offer flex-fuel vehicles that run on E85 fuel or gasoline by 2008. Toyota had resisted the urge up until now, due to the risk of fuel corroding the rubber engine seals, but the ...

Transcontinental with a little help from Daryl Hannah, cow patties and corn whiskey 3 years ago on Autoblog

Cable network Outdoor Life Network (OLN) is set to debut a 13-part television series featuring actress Daryl Hannah, a modified Chevrolet S-10, hemp oil, and an AstroTurf-covered 1982 Volkswagen Jetta that runs on bio diesel. Coolfuel: Roadtrip charts the journey of Australian Shaun Murphy (and ...

SAE puts a timeline on powertrain futures 3 years ago on Autoblog

At the annual Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress this week, speakers and members outlined what powertrains and alternative fuel sources will move tomorrow's vehicles. All agreed the gasoline engine will continue to dominate the North American market, the world's largest, until at ...

Rapeseed of War between food industry, biodiesel advocates 3 years ago on Autoblog

According to the Nutraingredients.com, there is currently a heated debate between the food industry and biodiesel advocates in Europe over the use rapeseed oil. The European Union seeks to increase the percentage of biofuel used in transportation from the current 2.5-pct to 5.7-pct by the year 2010 ...

Autoblog Podcast #28 3 years ago on Autoblog

Boom shalaka-laka, the 28th Autoblog Podcast is here. On today's episode, the intrepid Christopher Paukert and myself go over Audi's ostentatious debut of its new TT coupe, observe a moment of silence for the industry's loss of MPH Magazine and finally, we get all green up in this thing talking ...

Alternative Fuels Act introduced in Congress 3 years ago on Autoblog

Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) introduced the American Fuels Act of 2006 to the U.S. Senate last week, a bill designed to promote bio and alternative fuels in the hopes of reducing the nation’s dependence on foreign oil. The bill includes some interesting ideas, ...

Hybrid vehicles to gain same tax deductions as large SUVs 3 years ago on Autoblog

Senate Finance Committee chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana, have submitted a bill that would give tax deductions available for large SUVs (those weighing more than three tons) used by businesses to those companies using hybrid vehicles in their fleets. The bill adds up ...

Does the U.S. face dependence on foreign ethanol? 3 years ago on Autoblog

Well, not exactly, but President Bush's current fascination with E85 fuel aside, problems with widespread adoption of high ethanol content fuels go far beyond the lack of special pumps at your corner gas station-- the U.S. has an E85 shortage, and we're importing ethanol from Brazil to make up ...






Autoblog Podcast #153: With Phil Berg

Phil Berg puts his reputation on the line and hangs with the podcast crew.

 
 

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