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Rocky Mountain "Hi": Lightning Hybrids to debut prototype at Denver Auto Show

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 hydraulic hybrid powertrain. Combined, the team of engineers behind the vehicle expects it to hit 100 miles per gallon and offer up 240 horsepower. An aerodynamic shell is crucial when aiming for such high efficiencies, and the team seems to have ... Read more →

Riders on the Storm: Does car exhaust contribute to lightning strikes? Jonathon Ramsey

You can add another life-killing phenomenon to the list of deadly byproducts attributable to cars: increased lightning strikes. Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem found that in the ...

AutoblogGreen for 7.22.08 Sam Abuelsamid

It was a big day for MINI news as ABG published a full review of the diesel powered MINI Cooper D that got 47 mpg, and MINI USA VP Jim McDowell told us that the recently announced electric MINI will ...

Lightning GT EV sports car coming this month Jonathon Ramsey

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Lightning GT. This month will see the debut of the Lightning GT electric sports car at the British Motor Show on July 23. The nano-titanate battery pack will ...

In the Autoblog Garage: 2007 Ford F-150 Harley-Davidson Eric Bryant

Click on the photo above for our photo gallery of the 2007 Ford F-150 Harley-Davidson Ah, how we miss Ford's second-generation Lightning. By infusing an F-150 with 380 HP of supercharged 5.4L fury ...

New York Auto Show: Chip gives us the scoop on his upcoming Foose F-150 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above to view the Autoblog Chip Foose interview Questions remained surrounding the Ford Chip Foose F-150, so we set out in search of answers and found ourselves speaking to the man whose name appears on the truck. A couple of questions and a Chip riff or two later, here's what we ...

Caption of the Day: Electrify us with your ideas 2 years ago on Autoblog

Many thanks to Petter Terren for allowing us to use the photo you see above. Peter, you see, likes to have fun with his Tesla coil at his home in Australia. His website, TeslaDownUnder, chronicles his electrical exploits in detail. Your mission today, dear readers, is to come up with witty ...

A Crown Vic that probably won't be seen in your rear-view mirror 3 years ago on Autoblog

Ford's SOHC 4.6L V8 isn't exactly known for its potential to make big power, and saddling it with over two tons of mass means that Crown Vics aren't exactly feared on the streets unless they're being driven by a police officer. Sal Mennella from Power Surge Performance (a shop specializing in Ford ...

New York Auto Show: Ford F-150 FX2 sport truck 3 years ago on Autoblog

For those F-150 fans who are looking for a distinctive sport truck trim package but don't want 4WD and the off-road specific equipment of the wildly popular FX4, Ford is bringing the FX2 to its showrooms this fall. The package, available on Super Cab and SuperCrew trucks, includes a billet ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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