Green News

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Toyota, Green Daily

2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery

As we once again learned last week with the news that China was considering an effort to limit the amount of rare earth metals that are exported outside its own borders, there’s a finite supply of available resources on our [...]

Filed under: Fiat, Frankfurt Motor Show

Fiat Punto Evo – Click above for high-res image gallery

The already-efficient Fiat Punto will get a stylistic and efficiency upgrade at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month. On the outside, the Punto Evo is a bit longer than the Grande Punto, which it replaces, and has different bumpers and [...]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Solar, Chevrolet

For the last month, Tom Leitschuh has been cruising around Racine, Wisconsin in a 1981 Chevrolet El Camino without a single worry about his emissions or the price of gas. The reason is that his El Camino has been converted to all electric power and he generates electricity using [...]

Filed under: Ethanol, MPG, Acura, Chevrolet, Racing

Corvette C6.R GT2 – click above for high-res image gallery

This past weekend, the American Le Mans Series headed north of the border for its annual outing at Mosport northeast of Toronto. This is the first Canadian race since the Michelin Green X Challenge debuted last year at the Petit [...]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors

Tesla Motors has filled two of about 150 job openings as it moves to sell more cars and get the Model S on the road. The company announced today that John Walker, formerly the general manager of sales operations at Audi, will be Tesla’s new VP of North American sales. No [...]

Filed under: Etc.

It has now been 150 years since Edwin Drake first successfully struck oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania and, while it certainly wasn’t the first well created (the earliest known dates back to 347 AD in China), that discovery is marked by many as the beginning of the oil age. As that original production [...]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in

Many proponents of electric vehicles espouse the benefits of using them in urban areas. The problem is that in many of those cities – like New York or Chicago – people often live in apartments or row-houses and parking is at a premium. A private garage with a plug is a true luxury. [...]

2011 Chevy Volt – Click above for high-res gallery

We’ve heard Britta Gross, GM’s manager of Hydrogen and Electrical Infrastructure Development, speak on various occasions about the Volt and other advanced technology projects, so we’re familiar with some of what she has to say. We wanted to point out two items from her recent interview with [...]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Lightweight

It’s been a few months since we last heard from Gordon Murray, designer of the legendary McLaren F1 supercar and upcoming (hopefully) T25 city car. Back in February, Murray mentioned that his firm had received interest from over a dozen international companies that could license the car’s design and iStream production [...]

Filed under: BMW, Toyota

2009 Toyota iQ – Click above for high-res image gallery

Aston Martin may not be the only premium European automaker interested in Toyota’s innovative iQ microcar. According to Inside Line and Autocar in the UK, BMW and Toyota are in talks to collaborate on future small cars based on the Mini and iQ [...]