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LA 2009: Volkswagen Up! Lite Concept teases with practical, lightweight innovation

Volkswagen has just taken the cover off an all-new concept called the Up! Lite, a sinister looking diesel hybrid that gets (according to VW) 70 mpg combined. As in both City and Highway. Impressive, even if that only ends up being 90 percent accurate. In fact, should Volkswagen decide to green light the unfortunately named Up! Lite, it would be the most fuel efficient and environmentally friendly four seat vehicle on the planet. Again, if the Up! Lite comes to fruition, we'll all be impressed. Interestingly, this concept isn't the most fuel ... Read more →

REPORT: Diesels paying financial dividends back more quickly than hybrids Michael Harley

In the ongoing battle between hybrids and diesels for "payback time" supremacy, the latest round goes to the oil burning posse. That's the report from Edmunds, which did a recent numbers crunch ...

Volvo announces diesel plug-in hybrid for 2012 [w/video] Domenick Yoney

Volvo and Vattenfall have just made an announcement that should hurry the Swedish car maker along the hybrid highway. The two companies have partnered to develop a plug-in diesel hybrid that is ...

Rendered Speculation: Citroen DS5 premium diesel hybrid Noah Joseph

Last week, French automaker PSA-Peugeot-Citroen announced the development of the world's first hybrid diesel powertrain. Called HYbrid4, the propulsion system is earmarked for initial implementation ...

SsangYong brings diesel-hybrid Eco C200 CUV to Seoul Sebastian Blanco

The Seoul Motor Show was the first place new versions of SsangYong's C200 compact urban vehicle (CUV) saw the light of day. The C200 Eco (above) puts up a green flag with a diesel hybrid ...

Rocky Mountain "Hi": Lightning Hybrids to debut prototype at Denver Auto Show 9 months ago on Autoblog

In less than a month at the Denver Auto Show, a new contender for the Progressive Automotive X-Prize is scheduled to be revealed by a startup automaker called Lightning Hybrids. There's plenty of innovative thinking here, including the use of a 2-stroke engine running biodiesel mated with a ...

Acura delays diesel due to business conditions, not technical hurdles 1 year ago on Autoblog

Early last year, Acura announced that we would see a 2.2-liter diesel in its lineup in the 2009 model year with a V6 diesel expected to follow in 2010. According to a conversation with AutoblogGreen yesterday, Acura's diesel program has been put on hold – indefinitely. Honda of America ...

Mercedes outlines its "Road to the Future" 1 year ago on Autoblog

Mercedes-Benz has laid out a long Road to the Future, detailing its efforts to create "fuel-efficient and environmentally-sustainable premium automobiles without the need to forgo the characteristic brand features." That's fancy talk for having your German chocolate cake and eating it, too. The ...

Toyota to sell diesel hybrid by 2010 thanks to Isuzu 3 years ago on Autoblog

AutoblogGreen has reason to be happy, having found evidence that Toyota's recent purchase of a 5.9% stake in Isuzu will bear fruit in 2010 when the Japanese juggernaut marries its Synergy hybrid drive system with a diesel engine. Presumably such a hook up was made possible, or at least hastened, by ...

UPDATE: Efficient-C project delivers ultra-low carbon car 3 years ago on Autoblog

[Lots more information about this interesting project has surfaced since our original post. Thanks to Alex over at noonzwheels.com for the tip! Click any pic for a high rez version] After nearly three years of development, the U.K.-based team led by specialist engineering company Ricardo has ...

U.K. Efficient-C project delivers ultra-low carbon car 3 years ago on Autoblog

After nearly three years of development, a U.K.-based team led by specialist engineering company Ricardo has delivered a full-hybrid diesel version of Citroen's Berlingo. Built in response to the U.K. Department of Transport's Ultra Low Carbon Car Challenge, the fully-equipped van emits just 99 ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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