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Bob Lutz on Letterman’s Volt dis: Stupid Human Trick
The common wisdom shaping up around Dave Letterman’s smackdown of the Chevy Volt Wednesday night: not funny. The latest to chime in on Dave’s dismissal of the work that GM has done with the Voltec technology is one of the Volt’s biggest supporters: Bob Lutz. Lutz, GM’s Vice Chairman, wrote a piece for the GM [...]
Brammo beefs up its executive team before electric motorcycle launch
Click above for a high-res image gallery of the Brammo Enertia Oregon based start-up EV maker Brammo is getting ready to launch its first electric motorcycle soon, so it had decided to bring on some experienced hands to help out with marketing, sales and engineering. John Farris is coming aboard to head up the marketing, [...]
Honda sells 2,096 Insight hybrids in April, Prius sales drop 61.5%
2010 Honda Insight – Click above for high-res gallery April U.S. auto sales numbers came out today, and Honda reports it sold 2,096 Honda Insights. That’s a far cry from the 5,000 Insights that the company sold in Japan in the car’s first week. Guess the pent-up demand for the Prius-alternative was stronger back home [...]
New Mercedes-Benz E-Class likely to spawn hybrid variant
As the U.S. media is driving the new 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-class in Las Vegas this week, word comes out that this platform may be the next recipient of hybrid technology. The first two Mercedes-Benz hybrids will be the S400 and ML450 coming this summer and fall, respectively. When the E hybrid lands, it will likely [...]
Another day, another Nissan EV partner, this time Raliegh, NC
Nissan EV-02 – Click above for a high-res image gallery Perhaps its time for us to just start up a google map and just add push-pins to indicate all the cities that are signing up with Nissan to test electric cars (see a partial list here). At the current rate, a map like this should [...]
Ronn Motor Company goes to China to show off H2GO hydrogen injection system
Ronn Motor Company Scorpion – Click above for a high-res gallery When a hydrogen injection powertrain comes wrapped in a vehicle as styled as the Ronn Motor Company Scorpion, it’s sure to attract attention. The H2GO system that RMC uses in the Scorpion injects small amounts of hydrogen, generated on board, into the fuel line. [...]
Hyundai Genesis sales pay for forest preservation and restoration projects
Last fall, Hyundai announced that for every Genesis sedan sold during the 2009 model year it would make carbon offset grants equivalent to the CO2 emissions of those cars. Six months into the program, Hyundai Motor America is now paying out the first award grants totaling over $100,000. Three grants of $35,000 each are going [...]
CO2-based tax has already affected the average French car
French car magazine Argus has published a French car market report since 1953 that has never shown negative figures. That is, from 1953 to 2007, the average car sold in France was always larger, more powerful, with more engine displacement and more expensive than the average car from the year before. 2008 ended that trend. [...]
German’s Nat King Coal of Power Generation
Coal will be German’s national king. It’s not to be confused with that Nat King Cole. Despite its reputation for emission of harmful gases, Germany’s electricity, thanks to cleaner technology, will come from coal. Germany's electricity (thanks to cleaner technology) will come from coal image source Germany is Europe’s biggest power market and in order [...]
Gorgon of Chevron vs. the Flatback Turtle
Multi-billion dollar Chevron’s Gorgon project won a conditional approval from an Australian environmental regular. The flatback turtle ran, whooosh!, for cover. Australia’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Western Australia said it was still opposed to the building of the Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on a nature reserve. But, IF certain conditions could be [...]