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2010 Honda Insight Hybrid Unveiled: Prius Fighter Should Top 42 MPGs at Sub-$20K
Posted from GreenHybrid - Hybrid Cars 2 days ago
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http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/automotive_news/4285568.html?series=58 *PARIS —* Honda took the cover off its Insight hybrid concept car (http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars/4281138.html) today here at the Paris Motor Show (http://www.popularmechanics.com/paris2008), and... (original story)
Third-gen Prius to be sportier?
Posted from AutoblogGreen 2 days ago
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Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota Click above for more images of the 2009 Toyota Prius Automotive engineers who are currently working on hybrid drivetrains have a bit of a conundrum on their hands. Should they make the most of the battery pack's available power to eke the highest mileage possible or shoul... (original story)
Jetta TDI proving more popular than VW planned
Posted from AutoblogGreen 2 days ago
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Filed under: Diesel, Volkswagen, USA Click above for high-res shots of the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Volkswagen is reporting that its new 50-State legal clean diesel Jetta TDI has already sold out. U.S. dealerships had an allotment of 1,300 TDIs and those have all been spoken for. The good news is that VW of America is likely to get some more due to the popularity of the model in the States. Initial expectations were for 25-percent of sedan buyers and 33-percent of wagon buyers would go for the new diesel. In actuality, those numbers are a bit higher, with nearly a third of sedan buyers and ha... (original story)
Paris 2008: Peugeot RC HYmotion4
Posted from AutoblogGreen 2 days ago
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Filed under: Hybrid, Peugeot, Paris Motor Show Peugeot RC HYmotion4 concept The RC HYmotion4 concept unveiled by Peugeot at the Paris Motor Show is just one of several hybrid drive concepts being shown by that brand and Citroen. All of these feature an interesting new through the road hybrid system ... (original story)
Maxwell will bring BOOSTCAP line to public transportation expo
Posted from AutoblogGreen 2 days ago
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Filed under: Emerging Technologies, HybridLet's see? Boostcap, Boostcap, Boostcap. Where have we heard this before? Ah, yes. Back in November 2006 we first heard about Maxwell Technologies' 125 volt ultracapacitor and we later learned about the heavy duty version (390 volts) for hybrid buses and how the ultracaps might go into Chinese vehicles and be used in Milan. But, if you haven't been following this news, you can get your fill of BOOSTCAP ultracap news at the American Public Transportation Association EXPO (AKA "public transportation's premier showcase") in San Diego next week. Maxwell wi... (original story)
Ferraris greener than Priuses? Statistics to the rescue again!
Posted from AutoblogGreen 2 days ago
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Filed under: Ferrari, Toyota Ferrari F430 Spider Bio-fuel At some point everyone has probably heard the phrase "Tell me which side of the argument you are on and I will give you the statistics to prove you are right!" That is certainly true when applied to comments made by Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa ... (original story)
Hello, 2004 Civic Hybrid "problem"?
Posted from GreenHybrid - Hybrid Cars 2 days ago
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Hi, neat little forum you guys have here. I tried doing a simple search for my problem, but it seems that the previous problems people have had aren't quite the same. My 2004 HCH started having problems upon startup. If I turn my key to the "on II" (I believe... the one that turns the engine)... (original story)
Paris 2008: Pininfarina and Bolloré debut the B0 (B Zero) production electric car
Posted from AutoblogGreen 2 days ago
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, European Union, Paris Motor Show Pininfarina B0 (B Zero) While we've known for some time that an electric car would be forthcoming from the partnership between the fabled firm of Pininfarina and the French industrial giant Bolloré, the two companies have avoided any e... (original story)
Today is AFV (alternative fuel vehicle) day
Posted from AutoblogGreen 2 days ago
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Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, Hybrid, HydrogenEvery two years, the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC) runs a series of events called National AFV Day Odyssey (the AFV stands for alternative fuel vehicles). The 2008 date for the day is, well, today and the idea is to coordinate... (original story)
Senate passes plug-in tax credits in Wall Street bailout bill
Posted from AutoblogGreen 2 days ago
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Legislation and PolicyWhen Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson first proposed last week that Congress should give him $700 billion to do with as he pleased in an attempt to save Wall St, the plan ran a staggering two and a half pages. That's because the plan essentially consiste... (original story)
EDF calls for 90 percent reduction in NYC school bus soot pollution
Posted from AutoblogGreen 2 days ago
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Filed under: Diesel, Green DailyPhoto by Kevindooley. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0.If your child rides the bus to school in New York City, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) would like you to know that he or she is being exposed to "harmful pollution levels" during the daily ride. The EDF issued a report yesterday that calls on the NYC Department of Education to cut diesel soot pollution by 90 percent and suggests using diesel retrofit technologies to do so. On top of that, EDF recommends retiring the buses three years sooner than is now standard. And, if the Department does s... (original story)
MOPAR fan converts Plymouth Duster to electric
Posted from AutoblogGreen 2 days ago
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Chrysler, USA Click above for more shots of the 1971 Duster EV If you want an electric car with some serious style, you could either fork over a ton of dough for an electrically-converted DeLorean or you could convert an older muscle car of some sort. We advise the latter. Take the early '70s Chrysler A-Body, like the Plymouth Duster, for example. It's relatively lightweight, has lots of room for batteries and has the easy-to-convert front engine, rear-wheel drive architecture with a full frame. Perfecto! And, you can even see an example of the work done rather nicely ... (original story)
Honda: U.K. drivers think hybrids are too expensive
Posted from AutoblogGreen 2 days ago
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Filed under: Hybrid, Honda, European Union, UK Click above for a high-res gallery of the Honda Insight In the United States, sales of hybrid cars greatly outpaces the sales of diesel cars; super-size trucks don't count. The leader of the hybrid race globally and in the States is undoubtedly Toyota, but other manufacturers, including Honda, are doing their best to catch up. Despite the fact that the original Honda Insight helped usher in the hybrid age, the automaker has taken a major back seat to its main rival from Japan in recent years. To help combat this issue, Honda is set to revive the I... (original story)
Paris 2008: Video of Saab 9-X Air and designer Mark Adams
Posted from AutoblogGreen 2 days ago
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Filed under: Flex-Fuel, Hybrid, Saab, Paris Motor Show Click for a gallery of images of the Saab 9-X Air concept You can check out a video of the Saab 9-X Air in action along with some discussion with GM Europe Design VP Mark Adams after the jump. Like the 9-X BioHybrid we saw at Geneva last spring, the Air is based on GM's compact Delta platform and it uses a variant of the same 1.4L Family 0 four cylinder that is going into the Chevy Cruze when it arrives stateside in 2010. As usual with Saabs recently, it is tuned to run on ethanol or gasoline. The Air also has the second-generation GM mi... (original story)
Paris 2008: Venturi Volage revealed!
Posted from AutoblogGreen 3 days ago
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Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, European Union, Paris Motor ShowAs previously promised the wraps have come off the Venturi Volage at the Paris Motor Show. While Michelin may have been a collaborator on the revealed electric GT, one glance leaves no doubt it belongs to the Venturi family. It not only shares the carbon fiber body of its sibling, the Fétish, but it will also be lovingly hand-assembled in limited quantities at the same Monaco atelier. Styled by Sacha Lakic, the smooth-bottomed Volage is said to be "designed by subtraction" with its carbon fiber skin fitting ... (original story)
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