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0Bentley planning flex-fuel Mulsanne, all-wheel drive and hybrid tech ruled out 1273672860
2011 Bentley Mulsanne – Click above for high-res image galleryGreetings from England, where we are attending the international launch of the 2011 Bentley Mulsanne. We've just returned from touring the model's new assembly line in Crewe with Project Leader Ashley Wickham, and ... -
All 2011 Buick Regals to be flex-fuel capable starting this fall 1272895140
2011 Buick Regal Turbo – Click above for high-res image galleryStarting this fall, all new 2011 Buick Regals will have flex-fuel capability. The first boatloads of Regals from Germany have begun rolling off the docks in New Jersey in the past week and are being sent out to dealers. The ... -
All Bentley Continental models going flex-fuel in June 1268488500
2010 Bentley Continental Supersports – Click above for high-res image galleryIt may not be the most interesting news you read all week, but we now have a date at which all Bentley Continentals will be able to gulp down whiskey with the best of 'em: June.( Well, not exactly whiskey, but ... -
Not Done Yet: Hummer H3, H3T get biofuel capability, new colors for 2010 1257531600
2010 Hummer H3 - Click above for high-res image galleryCan a Hummer be green? The brand that most obviously represents American excess in the minds of environmentalists – though Hummer's vehicles aren't actually worse than any other large SUV – has seemingly been fighting off its ... -
REPORT: Bentley to delay flex-fuel capability for 2010 Continental Supersports 1254920220
Bentley Continental Supersports - Click above for high-res image galleryWhile the environmental merits of any 621 horsepower, twelve-cylinder behemoth that's capable of traveling at speeds of up to 204 miles per hour are, at the very least, debatable, Bentley hasn't exactly been shy about ... -
Top Ten "green" cars that met their fate during Cash for Clunkers 1254003720
One rule that all clunked cars needed to adhere to was a maximum rating of 18 MPG from the federal government, right? What wasn't required was that the clunked car be considered dirty. After all, it's pretty clear that CNG vehicles burn clean, but that didn't stop 232 of them from meeting their ...
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From Royal Blue to Green: the Queen retrofits her Bentleys to run on bio-fuel 1230767880
Click above to view the Bentley State Limousine in our hi-res galleryBritain's royal family may not have the power to legislate any new initiatives, green or otherwise, but the heads of state still wield influence over public opinion and have taken up the cause of environmentally-conscious ... -
2009 HUMMER H2 and H2 SUT will be E85 compatible 1206907380
In Dallas, a businessman has spent half a million dollars to install nine pumps that dispense E85, E10, and biodiesel. The catch: the businessman is a HUMMER dealer, and the pumps are next to his dealership. The station is called Classic Clean Fuels, and it is intended to make a statement for next ...
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2010 HUMMER H3 to get direct-inject 3.6L V6 as base engine 1206097260
Our friend Mike Levine, proprietor of PickupTruck.com, was trying out the new H3T pickup out in Moab, Utah this week and learned that the H3 will finally lose its hoary old five-cylinder base engine in favor of something a little more modern. A new flex fuel-capable direct-injected 3.6L V6 like the ...
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Will requiring flex-fuel capable cars free us from foreign oil? 1199305620
Robert Zubrin thinks so. Zubrin is an aerospace engineer and long-time advocate of manned missions to Mars. While going to Mars is a highly dubious proposition given the issues we need to deal with on our planet right now, making all gasoline engines flex-fuel capable as Zubrin promotes in his new ...
