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Fortune ranks GM's PUMA as #1 business blunder of 2009 [w/POLL]
PUMA - Click above for high-res image gallery Someone at Fortune noticed that 2009 is now officially half over, and thought it was a good time to look back and pick out the absolute dumbest business moments of the year thus far. Screeching in at 35-mph is the GM PUMA (aka, the Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility Project) that the General debuted with Segway just before the New York Auto Show. Fortune called the vehicle "ridiculous" enough to beat out Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's non-detailed plans to loosen up credit, Tropicana's ... Read more →
Suzuki offering free gas for summer with SX4 purchase Jeremy Korzeniewski
2008 Suzuki SX4 Sport - Click above for high-res image gallery Suzuki is getting in on the free gas sales promotion bandwagon that Hyundai kicked off this year by launching a "Free Gas for Summer" ...
Dean Kamen working on hybrid scooter with Stirling engine Jeremy Korzeniewski
Dean Kamen's Stirling-powered hybrid scooter patents - Click above for image gallery We've known about Dean Kamen's work on the Stirling engine for hybrid vehicle use since the inventor introduced ...
Elon Musk: Daimler's "golden handcuffs" mean I'll stay with Tesla through Model S launch Sebastian Blanco
For a guy who allegedly wants a lot of the credit for creating Tesla Motors, Elon Musk certainly doesn't seem to like the job of being its CEO. As part of Daimler's investment deal with Tesla, Musk ...
Columnist: electric vehicle hype needs to be tempered Sebastian Blanco
Coda sedan - Click above for high-res image gallery Is the Detroit News becoming a home for anti-electric vehicle advocates? Last week, the News published a mostly confusing article by Manny Lopez ...
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Cash for Clunkers to officially begin July 23rd 2 days ago on AutoblogGreen
When President Obama signed the Cash-for-Clunkers bill into law back on June 24th, the Transportation Department was given 30 days to set the official rules and regulations for the program that put the actual plan into motion. According to the official CARS (Car Allowance Rebate System) site, the ...
Toyota stung by possible Prius HID headlight defect 2 days ago on AutoblogGreen
2009 Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery We'd wager that the last thing Toyota wants in the midst of the super-important launch of its new third-generation Prius is a negative stigma attached to the previous model. Unfortunately, that's exactly what the Japanese automaker may ...
New Hyundai Assurance provision locks gas at $1.49/gal for one year [w/VIDEO] 2 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Hyundai Assurance Gas Lock ads – Click above to watch the videos after the jump Hyundai is piling on additional incentives to boost its Assurance program as the industry heads into the dog days of summer. The newest promotion, Gas Lock, fixes the price of regular unleaded at $1.49 per ...
EPA reverses decision, approves California's greenhouse gas emissions waiver 2 days ago on AutoblogGreen
The saga of California's greenhouse gas waiver has come to an end with the EPA deciding that the state can indeed enforce its own GHG emissions standards for new motor vehicles. This means that, at least between now (with current model year vehicles) and when the 2012 MY vehicles arrive, California ...
In the future, we'll all be driving electric ... shopping carts? 2 days ago on AutoblogGreen
LOLrioKart - Click above to watch the video after the break Why waste a perfectly good used shopping cart when it can be recycled into something fun? Seeking to definitively answer that question is a twenty-year-old MIT student named Charles Guan who normally spends his free time building ...
No fluke: new survey finds $4 gas is the tipping point 3 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Last year, the reality of $4 gallons of gasoline (and, of course, economic uncertainly), caused a lot of changes in the auto industy in the U.S., from a drop in vehicle miles traveled to a decrease in big vehicle sales. Looks like that $4 level is the tipping point for any future changes in driver ...
Pics aplenty: Mercedes-Benz BlueZERO concept 3 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Mercedes-Benz concept BlueZero - Click above for high-res image gallery Without an accompanying announcement about any changes to the status of the Mercedes-Benz Concept BlueZERO, Daimler today released a bunch of new pictures of the hydrogen/gas-electric hybrid/pure electric concept car. The ...
Congratulations! Rise in CO2 emissions halved 4 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Congratulations! You've done it! Your hard work and effort to reduce your carbon footprint last year has paid off and, we would like to think, Planet Earth is just a little bit happier to hear that the worldwide rise in CO2 levels slowed by half in 2008. Now, we understand that just slowing the ...
PETA Alert: Fiat underscores eco-friendliness using unique advertising campaign 5 days ago on AutoblogGreen
European Fiat advertising campaign - Click above for high-res image gallery We've some pretty cool advertising in our time, but the new European marketing campaign from Fiat is surely one of the more memorable efforts from an automaker in recent years. In an effort to underscore the safety of ...
German town of Vauban basically bans all cars 6 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Like the idea of car-free streets? Bicycle riders the world over can probably see the appeal, but in the town of Vauban, German, the car-free lifestyle is being taken up by pretty much everyone. Since the early 1990s, residents have been moving away from cars and into alternatives like public ...
It's Friday: Oddball sidecar outfits redefine the word 'hybrid' 6 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Vespa-based sidecar - Click above for high-res image gallery There's more than one way to attach a sidecar to a motorcycle. Proving that point are the three oddball machines you see here. We're a bit partial to the Vespa you see above for the absolute potential of zero-emissions motoring ...
Could chicken feathers hold the key to effective hydrogen storage? 6 days ago on AutoblogGreen
It's no secret that a ton of problems need to be overcome before there's any real chance we'll all be driving clean-emissions hydrogen-powered cars and trucks. One such problem is how to store the hydrogen, which is a much less energy-dense fuel than gasoline. Researchers at the University of ...
Rendering: 2011 Honda CR-ZX hybrid 6 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Honda has said for almost two years that the very good looking CR-Z hybrid concept would make it to production. We've heard that the production version of the CR-Z would harken back to the original two-seat CRX and would be more aggressive and sporty than the 2009 Insight. Now, Japan's Best Car ...
Obama signs Cash-for-Clunkers bill into law, countdown to start begins 6 days ago on AutoblogGreen
President Obama has taken pen to paper and signed off on Cash-for-Clunkers, a law that could help the auto industry shake its year-long funk. The Transportation Department now has 30 days to determine the rules and regulations for Cash-for-Clunkers, placing the start of the program at the end of ...
GAO says truly clean plug-in hybrids need to be powered by alternatives to coal plants 7 days ago on AutoblogGreen
The long tailpipe. The longer you've been interested in cleaner cars that come with a plug, the more chance there is you've heard about this topic and thought of ways to mitigate the effect of the resources that are being consumed elsewhere to move your wheels. Solar and wind are two obvious clean ...
Greenlings: Can pulse and glide work to improve electric vehicle highway range? 7 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Wayne Gerdes explains hypermiling before the Ford Fusion 1,000 mile challenge Recently we got a question from a reader regarding the benefit of using the common hypermiling technique of "pulse and glide" with a battery electric vehicle. Given the relative scarcity of pure electric vehicles, ...
REPORT: Compact hybrid Range Rover LRX gets go ahead 7 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Land Rover LRX Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery Automakers that hope to continue doing business over the next few years need to be increasingly aware of their fuel consumption, emissions and environmental credibility. In deference to this fact, Auto Express in the UK is reporting ...
Priming the comment pump: Hydrogen advocate calls out pro-plug-in ABG readers [w/POLL] 8 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Toyota FCHV - Click above for high-res image gallery Regular AutoblogGreen readers will probably be familiar with the name Greg Blencoe. He's known around here as a big proponent of hydrogen vehicles, and apparently believes that everyone else should love the H2, too. Blencoe has just written a ...
Not so fast: Jesse James' hydrogen speed "record" challenged 8 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Jesse James' hydrogen ride - click above for high-res image gallery Did Jesse James really pilot a hydrogen-fueled vehicle faster than anyone else ever has in history? Possibly. Did he set a world record as claimed in doing so? Not so fast (get it?), says noted world landspeed historian Louise ...
Fisker Karma Sunset, Converj, BlueSport Roadster win Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards 8 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Fisker Karma Sunset Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery Fisker's undeniably gorgeous Karma Sunset concept was named the 2009 Production Preview Vehicle of the Year at the North American Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards last night at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Detroit. ...
Chevy Malibu Hybrid up for grabs in Times Square today 8 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Chevy Malibu Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery You soon won't be able to buy a new Chevy Malibu Hybrid (they're being discontinued), but if you think GM's fuel-conscious sedan is the car for you - and you happen to be in NYC today, head on down to Times Square. eBay has been ...
Toyota Prius ad campaign most liked by TV viewers (w/VIDEO) 9 days ago on AutoblogGreen
2010 Toyota Prius Harmony commercial - Click above to watch the video after the break By now, we've all probably seen the commercials from Toyota's latest marketing campaign for the 2010 Prius hybrid... and we've all probably developed an opinion on them. Any time an advertising campaign is as ...
Officially, official: Ford gets $5.9b from DOE in ATVMP funds for 13 greener cars 9 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Ford Focus EV Mule - Click above for high-res gallery The third piece of the DOE's funding puzzle that was laid out this morning goes, as expected, to Ford. What's notable is that Ford's share of the $8 billion in conditional loan commitments that the DOE announced today for electric cars is by ...
LightLane adds instant bike lane for night bicycle rides 9 days ago on AutoblogGreen
LightLane - Click above to watch a video after the break There's no question that well-designed and implemented bike lanes improve safety for cyclists by making them less likely to be hit by passing automobiles, and that's especially true after the sun goes down. LightLane thinks it has the ...
Indonesian bicycle builds up steam, can go 75 mph 9 days ago on AutoblogGreen
We've seen bicycles powered by batteries, fuel cells and even human strength here at ABG but the "R-01 NAN" may be our first look at a contemporary steam-powered bicycle. Sure, we knew they existed but we never imagined someone would think that riding around with both a furnace and a tank full ...
Analysts: There's no guarantee that cash-for-clunkers will really drive car sales 10 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Now that the cash-for-clunkers bill is ready for the President's signature, attention is turning to how much of an impact the negotiated bill will actually have on car sales. There are a lot of positive stories about the bill floating around - headlines say the bill might "jumpstart US auto sales" ...
Toyota's push to build green cars may destroy 17th century Japanese rice paddies 10 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Toyota has worked hard to cultivate its image as the "green" automaker. And, with so many hybrids on the road, it can back its claim up. Still, some critics have cited the fact that mining for battery components is bad for the environment and the thousands of miles that massive, CO2-spewing ships ...
Envy alert: cruising in a Tesla Roadster in Hawai'i 11 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Tesla Roadster - Click above for high-res image gallery Finally. It's been a few years since we made the case that Hawai'i is one of world's best places to introduce electric cars. Since then, we've seen the state begin to make moves in an EV direction through a partnership with Better Place and ...
Ethanol-free gas a hot seller in Florida 13 days ago on AutoblogGreen
While ethanol blended into gasoline can be a comparative good deal (or a possible scam), there's also good money to be made ignoring the biofuel altogether. At least, that's the case for two gas stations in Brevard County, Florida that proudly sell ethanol-free gasoline. The driving force for the ...
It's Friday: you, too, can buy a $300 Tesla Roadster with exhaust pipes 13 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Tesla Style kids car - Click above for image gallery This isn't the first time we've seen a toy representation of the Tesla Roadster, but it is the strangest. First, the good news: it's all-electric (mega points for authenticity) and it's quite cheap, at least comparatively, at just $229. It's ...
It's Friday - Big Rig Jig is one artist's take on the global oil industry 13 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Big Rig Jig - Click above for image gallery Big Rig Jig is a rumination on power as manifest in the relationship between humankind and nature. The sculpture utilizes two decommissioned 18-wheeler tanker trucks, referencing a global oil industry at the nexus of our world's political, social, and ...
