Recent Comments:
VIDEO: Wind-powered Lotus Exige in the works? {Autoblog Green}
May 9th 2008 6:44PM Seems to me that a gray market import of a Tesla Roadster would be much easier than trying to make your own. Even if it would be left hand drive.
Iranian engineer creates 1hp bio-fuel powered hybrid, the Naturmobil {Autoblog Green}
May 7th 2008 11:26AM You folks need to cool down a bit -- the guy is not presenting this as the next big thing in transportation. It's an attention grabbing concept and a bit of social commentary. In an age of 300hp family sedans, this is a clever reminder that 1hp is all you need to get around.
BMW X6 Two-Mode hybrid coming in 2009 {Autoblog Green}
Apr 10th 2008 11:53AM Are we really supposed to believe that they chose to do hybrid SUVs out of the goodness of their hearts because that would save the most gas? The choice is clearly based on keeping their total average fuel economy below regulations while preserving the large profit margins of SUVs.
California Air Resources Board set to weaken ZEV Mandate tomorrow {Autoblog Green}
Mar 26th 2008 5:19PM I bet GM spends more money on lobbying each year than Tesla has spent in its entire existence.
ABC News video: tiny device will triple your mileage, or so they say {Autoblog Green}
Mar 21st 2008 4:35PM I can get you infinite miles per gallon for $100. Just give me a week to find an old 10 speed bike on craigslist for you.
Seriously, we already know you can get more efficiency if you drastically reduce performance, but the market won't buy cars like that in any serious volume. That makes a car like this a bad business case and a bad way to have a significant impact on fuel consumption.
New York '08: Ford Transit Connect Taxi concept good for 19 mpg city {Autoblog Green}
Mar 19th 2008 12:15PM 19mpg isn't that great. I could see a need for a few of these in the fleet for larger parties, but most taxis could be compact 4 seaters (think VW Golf) that get 30mpg+.
Video: New and improved G-Wiz gets a test drive and the letter i {Autoblog Green}
Mar 17th 2008 4:24PM Towards the end of the video he tests the brakes and finds that you can't even lock up the wheels. In the wet! That is simply not safe. This car is living, breathing proof that vehicle safety standards are necessary.
Fisker believes green cars need to be sexy {Autoblog Green}
Mar 14th 2008 1:42PM Looks like Fisker's been reading Tesla's website:
http://www.teslamotors.com/performance/electric_power.php
DiMora Natalia SLS 2: the $2m "green" car {Autoblog Green}
Mar 13th 2008 11:48AM The headline picture shows the Maybach Exelero concept, not the DiMora Natalia.
Geneva '08: Bentley to go 120g/km well to wheel by 2012 {Autoblog Green}
Mar 4th 2008 2:02PM This is PR. All they will do is make their engines E85 capable, use some optimistic numbers for CO2 emissions of ethanol, and run an ad campaign about how green they are.
And then 99% of the people that actually buy Bentleys will run them on petroleum.
