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Mazda's outlandish electric racer, the KAAN, wins design award
Click on image above for a high-res gallery of the Mazda KAAN and more from the Design Challenge The collection of outlandish green racing design concepts submitted as part of the "Motor Sports 2025" at the Los Angeles Auto Show has been whittled down and we have a winner: the MAZDA KAAN (above). The KAAN is an all-electric four-wheeler (see the two in the back?) that could theoretically go up to 400 km/h (about 250 mph). Wouldn't that be fun to see speeding down the tracks 17 years into the future? Apparently, judges were not put off by ... Read more →
Nancy Gioia discusses hybrids, plug-ins and battery leases Sam Abuelsamid
Following the reveal of the Ford Fusion Hybrid at the Los Angeles Auto show last week, Ford's director of sustainable mobility technology Nancy Gioia spoke with Green Fuels Forecast about a number of ...
LA 2008: A GEM with a fireball and official custom line Sebastian Blanco
Click above for high-res image gallery of the Fireball GEM So, there's an LA-based custom car service called Fireballed that provides all sorts of vehicles to those who want to experience the ...
LA 2008: CSULA's Super Eagle II gets 853 mpg Sebastian Blanco
Click above for high-res image gallery of CSULA's supermileage ride Far from the major automakers' glitzy unveilings - which, granted, were less crazy than in past years - at the LA Auto Show, the ...
SoCal Edison gets its Mitsubishi i MiEV Domenick Yoney
Right on schedule, Southern California Edison (SCE) and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG & E) have received all-electric Mitsubishi i MiEVs to begin their testing programs with. Although the cars ...
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ABG Quick Drive: Battery-powered MINI-E w/VIDEO 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the MINI E for a high res gallery For three days before and during the media previews for the Los Angeles Auto Show last week, BMW had about a dozen electric MINIs available for evaluation drives. We finally got our crack at one Thursday morning at the LA convention center. The 6.5 mile ...
LA 2008: smart madness bring you butterfly door fortwos 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
see more smart madness by clicking above One reason there are so many versions of the smart fortwo (see: Batsmart, the smart ed, the edit10n) is that the tiny cars were designed to be modular. SoCal's Smart Madness takes this to the reasonable limit and offers new body panels, rims, accessories, ...
LA 2008: HH2 display is downstairs, folks 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The tireless promoters of the HH2 hydrogen system are in the basement of the LA Convention Center this week, not too far from the Intimate EV. Four vehicles, only one that was actually outfitted with the HH2 materials, are sitting in the tuner hall awaiting visitors. If you go, you'll be full in ...
LA 2008: Intimate electric vehicle is "the quiet car" 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
get intimate with the Quiet Car by clicking above Charging up the basement of the LA Convention Center this week is the Intimate electric car, a bright red slope with the tagline: "The Quiet Car." Show workers were still unwrapping the tiny vehicle when we happened by, but that didn't stop us ...
Lotus Engineering director talks about Dodge EV 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
click the Dodge EV for a high-res gallery from the show While strolling around one of the smaller exhibit halls at the Los Angeles Auto Show I ran into an old acquaintance I hadn't seen in about 15 years. I met Roger Becker early in my engineering career when I was working on the ABS system for ...
LA 2008: Honda shows off Insight's Eco Assist dashboard 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for more shots of the Honda Insight Eco Assist dashboard Honda joins Ford in the green dash race with its latest piece of clever technology, the Eco Assist dashboard, which the automaker has revealed here in LA and will come with the 2009 Insight hybrid. There's an ECON button on the ...
LA 2008: Kia's offers ex-Scion buyers a Soulful alternative 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for more live shots of the Kia Soul in LA Toyota has taken a bit of heat for seemingly ungreening its Scion xB, which used a small, efficient engine housed in a small, efficient package that seated four occupants comfortably with room left over for their various belongings. Now, many ...
LA 2008: Volkswagen Touareg V6 TDI, 25 mpg highway 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click for a high-res photo gallery of the new Touareg V6 TDI Volkswagen is showing off the new Touareg V6 TDI at the LA Auto Show before it goes on sale in around March of 2009. The V6 TDI replaces the old V10 TDI in the lineup and uses the same 3.0L V6 diesel that's going into the Audi Q7 TDI. ...
LA 2008: AFS Trinity booth 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Not sure if this is exactly the LA Auto Show booth that AFS Trinity refused two weeks ago, but it might as well have been. Instead of their false claims of 150 mile per gallon equivalent hybrids here at the show, we have, well, nothing. As I said, we're more than willing to accept their claims that ...
LA 2008: Brabus smart fortwo revealed 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click for a high-resolution gallery of the smart fortwo BRABUS The smart fortwo BRABUS, unveiled today at the LA Auto Show, looks pretty sweet in person. I can do without the BRABUS name stuffed everywhere - floormat, hand brake, gas cap, etc. - but if you're willing to fork out the $17,990 for ...
LA 2008: smart officially announces 2009 smart fortwo BRABUS coupe and cabriolet 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
America, baby, don't feel neglected. Just because smart gives the Europeans a boatload of special editions (the Hermes version and the Edit10n, for example) of the fortwo doesn't mean she doesn't love you. In fact, on the one-year anniversary of the smart introduction to the US - a year in which ...
LA 2008: Green Car of the Year is the Volkswagen Jetta TDI 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Green Car of the Year digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/VW_Jetta_TDI_named_Green_Car_of_the_Year'; 8:45 am - So, the choices for the 2009 Green Car of the Year are: BMW 335d Ford Fusion hybrid Saturn Vue 2 Mode hybrid Smart ...
LA 2008: Nissan unboxes its Cube 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Nissan Cube Although we got an early peek at the new Nissan Cube before its official debut, the boxy little economy car had its formal introduction here at the LA Auto Show today. When it officially goes on sale next spring, it will be powered by the ...
LA 2008: Volkswagen's imposing Touareg TDI Trophy Truck 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for more live shots of the Touareg TDI Trophy Truck from LA Seriously, nobody in their right mind is going to suggest that racing across the Baja desert for about a thousand miles in any vehicle qualifies as green, but it takes place each and every year in Southern California and ...
LA 2008: Hyundai rolls out HED-5 i-Mode for first time on U.S. soil 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for high-res image gallery of Hyundai HED-5 i-Mode We first saw Hyundai's rolling CUV shapeship, the HED-5 i-Mode, back in Geneva, but today at the LA Auto Show is the first time the Korean automaker has shown the car in the States. New to the crossover is a 2.0L gasoline direct ...
LA 2008: Ford Fusion hybrid, and its Mercury Milan cousin, unveiled 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for high-res image gallery of the Mercury Milan We have known about the new Ford Fusion hybrid since early this morning, but now we've got the live pics so you can judge for yourself if these wonder hybrid twins were worth the wait. As of right now, these are our readers' second-most ...
LA 2008: 2010 Lexus RX 450h live unveiling 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for our high res gallery Ten years after introducing the "car-based luxury utility vehicle segment," Lexus unveiled its latest hybrid, the 2010 RX 450h, today at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The second-gen RX 450h uses a 3.5 liter V6 gas engine (Atkinson cycle) and an upgraded inverter ...
LA 2008: Hyundai announces production approval for HED-5 i-Mode 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
click for high-resolution gallery of the HED 5 i mode The Hyundai HED-5 concept made its debut at the 2008 Geneva Motor and Americans will get their first look at the new crossover in Los Angeles. For its North American debut, the company has announced that the concept will move to production ...
LA 2008: Hyundai announces Blue Drive efficiency strategy, 2010 Sonata hybrid 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click to enlarge Hyundai has joined the "Blue is the new green movement" at the LA Auto Show, where the Korean automaker has announced its "Blue Drive" efficiency strategy. The core of the plan is meet the federally-mandated 35 mpg fleet average economy requirement by 2015 rather than the 2020 ...
LA 2008: Nissan Altima Hot Rod hybrid 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
click for a gallery of the Altima hybrid race car Before the doors officially opened at the LA Auto Show this morning, we spotted the Nissan Altima Hot Rod, our old friend from SEMA. With nothing much to do but awit for the doors to open, we snapped a few shots and marveled at the slick ...
LA 2008: Honda pulls a surprise with FC Sport concept 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the FC Sport concept for a high res gallery digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/A_Honda_surprise_FC_Sport_is_beautiful_hydrogen_powered'; In an age when there are fewer and fewer surprises at auto shows as embargoes get broken and information leaks out early, Honda pulled off a big ...
LA 2008: BMW 7-series ActiveHybrid 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the 7-series ActiveHybrid for a high res gallery BWM showed its new 7-series ActiveHybrid in North America for the first time today at the LA Auto Show. The 7-series hybrid uses the mild hybrid system developed in cooperation with Mercedes Benz. A 20 kW electric motor/generator is ...
LA 2008: Toyota Camry CNG Hybrid 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click for high-res image gallery of the Toyoat CNG hybrid Camry Toyota isn't holding a press conference at the LA Auto Show this year, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have anything to show. The Prius purveyors have built a CNG-fueled Camry hybrid. According to Toyota spokesperson Jana Hartline, ...
LA 2008: Nissan announces electric car partnership with Oregon 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
At the keynote speech this morning at the LA Auto Show, the president and CEO of Nissan/Renault, Carolos Ghosn, announced a new alliance with the start of Oregon to bring electric vehicles there in 2010. The deal will see "a supply" of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) available to the city of Portland, ...
LA 2008 anticipation: Which debut are you most excited about (POLL) 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The big thing today and tomorrow are all the unveilings at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Of course, you can follow the news here on the site and on Twitter, but we're also interested in your opinions on just which of the vehicles we're here to see is the biggest deal. There are plenty of options to ...
LA 2008: Toyota Camry CNG Hybrid Concept gets early reveal 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a hi-res gallery of the Camry CNG Hybrid All that's missing is an airbrushed portrait of T. Boone Pickens on the hood. Of what, you ask? Of the Toyota Camry CNG Hybrid concept, which explores the idea of combining Hybrid Synergy Drive with natural gas power. It debuts this week ...
Nissan Cube makes an early appearance 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for more images of the U.S.-spec Nissan Cube Scion may have had a good thing going with the first-generation xB, which proved to be an ultra-popular model here in the U.S. Nissan hopes to capitalize on some of that model's success with the new Cube. While the official unveiling of ...
LA 2008: 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid - all the details and press pictures available 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
click to for a high-resolution gallery of Ford Fusion hybrid pictures On top of the new Ford Mustang that everyone's so excited about, Ford is unveiling the new Fusion hybrid at the LA Auto Show this week. The Fusion (and the Marcury Milan hybrid) feature the new SmartGauge™ with EcoGuide ...
LA 2008: Live reveal of the MINI E 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the MINI E for more shots of the car This afternoon BMW representatives took the wraps off the first "production" MINI E, #1 of a run of 500 that will be leased to customers in the southern California and metro New York areas starting in January. Dr. Friederich Eichiner presented the ...
In the Wild: 2009 MINI E in Beverly Hills 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click for a high res gallery of the MINI E on the street The electric MINIs have arrived! While getting ready for today's festivities here in Los Angeles, we spotted one of the 500 MINI Es that will be leased starting in January. Apparently international media are trying them out today and we'll ...
LA Preview: hydrogen fuel cell Passat Lingyu 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Passat Lingyu Shanghai VW, is bringing a hydrogen fuel cell-powered version of the Passat Lingyu to the LA Auto Show. The Shanghai Securities News, via Gasgoo, says this is the first China-made "new-energy car model" from VW to make an appearance at an auto show. It's also the first-ever ...
