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Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel to enter production?

Could the Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel enter production? According to a post on Lotus Enthusiast, that's an entirely real possibility due to interest from Youngman Auto, which is the British automaker's Chinese partner. It seems that the Tri-Fuel was a big hit at the recent Shanghai Motor Show, leading Youngman to submit a formal application to Lotus requesting that the car be built for the Chinese market with the hope that sales could begin sometime before the end of the year. First unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in 2008, The Lotus Exige ... Read more →

Lotus developing efficient two-stroke OMNIVORE engine Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel Lotus Engineering has been hard at work developing new engine technologies that allow the use of sustainable alcohol fuels. It's ...

Geneva '08 Preview: Lotus goes tri-fuel with Exige 270E Alex Nunez

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel While assorted activists, politicians and random individuals carry on about the spectres of global warming, imported oil, CO2 ...

Will requiring flex-fuel capable cars free us from foreign oil? Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Suzuki unveils MIO: the fuel-cell powered wheelchair Frank Filipponio

From sister-blog Engadget comes word of an adorable new Suzuki that should have people rolling in the aisles. Not because it's funny looking, but because it will offer mobility to those who need the ...

Green Flag: IndyCars run on 100% Ethanol at Daytona 3 years ago on Autoblog

Yesterday marked a historical milestone for open-wheel racing and for the movement towards alternative energy motorsports as former IndyCar champions Tonny Kanaan and Sam Hornish Jr. ran tests on 100% ethanol fuel. The champs ran the new 3.5-liter Honda V8s around the road course at Daytona all day ...

Biodiesel plant caught polluting 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Seattle Times reports that the Washington State Department of Ecology has sent a warning to a biodiesel-crushing plant in the state that it is releasing methanol, a toxic vapor, without a permit. Further investigation has shown spilled vegetable and biodiesel oil on the premise, as well. The ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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