30 July 2010, 6:01 am by: AutoblogGreen Staff
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM
It has long been apparent that the more successful a talk radio host is, the less relevant the facts become. Case in point is this week's apparent tirade by Rush Limbaugh against the 2011 Chevrolet Volt...
29 July 2010, 5:58 pm by: Jeremy Korzeniewski
Filed under: Etc., Hybrid, Honda, Racing
Got a hankering to waste some of your precious Thursday evening on a video game? Like hybrid cars? Well then, we've got great news for you! Honda has gone ahead and created the online game of your wildest dre...
29 July 2010, 4:59 pm by: Jeremy Korzeniewski
Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, Hybrid, MPG, USA
If it weren't for the somewhat obsessive and frankly narrow-minded love by taxi drivers and police officers for the body-on-frame Ford Crown Victoria, we'd imagine the old Panther platform would hav...
29 July 2010, 3:58 pm by: Eric Loveday
Filed under: Biodiesel, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, UK
Smart ED - Click above for high-res image gallery
When the UK's government changed hands back in May, the previously promised subsidy of $7,800 (U.S. at the current exchange rate) for ultra-low carbon v...
29 July 2010, 2:56 pm by: Eric Loveday
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hyundai, Kia, Green Daily
Hyundai i10 electric - Click above for high-res image
With all of the talk about the Nissan Leaf and the Chevrolet Volt, it's easy to overlook some of the other happenings in the world of battery-po...
29 July 2010, 1:52 pm by: Eric Loveday
Filed under: Etc., Green Daily
Boeing's prediction that one percent of the commercial aviation industry will be powered by renewable fuels by 2015 may sound trivial, but converting any meaningful portion of the industry over to the plant-derived bio...
29 July 2010, 12:55 pm by: Sam Abuelsamid
Filed under: UK
According to a new report from the UK trade group Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the average CO2 emissions of new cars sold there have continued a steady downward trend in the first half of this year. Thanks to in...
29 July 2010, 11:56 am by: Jeremy Korzeniewski
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Tesla Motors
Elon Musk on The Colbert Report - Click above to watch the video after the break
Imagine that, Elon Musk has a sense of humor. Proof of this can be seen in the video pasted after the break, where...
29 July 2010, 11:02 am by: Eric Loveday
Coulomb Technologies announced that its CT500 Level II (208-240 volts at 30 amps) residential charging station is now available for purchase. The CT500 is a single-output, 7.2-kilowatt charging station featuring the J1772 plug-in connection and netwo...
29 July 2010, 9:56 am by: Eric Loveday
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, BMW, Green Daily
BMW ActiveE concept - Click above for high-res image gallery
BMW's latest advertisement for the its ActiveE electric concept vehicle appears to have crossed the fine line between acceptable and misleading. W...
29 July 2010, 9:04 am by: Sam Abuelsamid
Filed under: Hybrid
Ann Arbor hydraulic hybrid recycling truck - Click above for high-res image gallery
This week, the city of Ann Arbor, MI began deploying four of the first 25 trucks equipped with an Eaton Corporation hydraulic launch assist syste...
29 July 2010, 8:05 am by: Domenick Yoney
Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Volkswagen, USA
Smyth Performance G3F concept - Click above to watch video after the jump
Reduce-Reuse-Recycle is the tri-directive that could help us become more sustainable as a society. Soon, a kit for the G3F from...
29 July 2010, 6:58 am by: Sebastian Blanco
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, On Two Wheels, Plug In Conference
Arcimoto Pulse - Click above for high-res image gallery
One of the few passenger vehicles on the floor of the Plug-In 2010 conference in San Jose, CA - actually, th...
29 July 2010, 5:56 am by: AutoblogGreen Staff
Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota, Green Daily
The first decade of the Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery
As of 2010, the Toyota Prius has been available in North America for a decade, and it remains by far the best-selling hybrid both...
28 July 2010, 5:57 pm by: Sebastian Blanco
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Plug In Conference
Bill Nye, "The Science Guy," Jessie Deeter, the producer of Who Killed The Electric Car? and Revenge of the Electric Car, and our own Chelsea Sexton took to the stage at the close...
28 July 2010, 5:02 pm by: Eric Loveday
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, Green Daily
2011 Nissan Leaf -- Click above for high-res image gallery
With a slew of announcements streaming in from Nissan and Chevrolet, we've been hard-pressed to find time to slot in an equally important bit of...
28 July 2010, 4:02 pm by: Eric Loveday
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi, Green Daily, Pacific Region
While Mitsubishi has been busy boasting about Australia's atmospheric demand for the i-MiEV, a lesser-known electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer has been blasting the Australian governme...
28 July 2010, 3:01 pm by: Eric Loveday
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, Green Daily
Nissan Leaf battery pack - Click above for high-res image gallery
As the release date of the Nissan Leaf gets closer and closer, we eagerly await word on each and every production update. This latest bit...
28 July 2010, 1:58 pm by: Sam Abuelsamid
Filed under: MPG, Audi
2011 Audi A7 Sportback - Click above for high-res image gallery
On Monday, Audi unveiled the newest addition to its lineup, the A7 Sportback. The A7 is virtually identical to the Sportback concept that we saw at the 2009 Detro...
28 July 2010, 12:53 pm by: Eric Loveday
Filed under: Etc., Green DailyAccording to the American Petroleum Institute's (API) Monthly Statistical Report, U.S. gasoline deliveries for the first half of 2010 averaged 8.88 million barrels per day, 0.6 percent lower than the corresponding period...