Green News

As the recession has forced municipal governments all over to tighten their belts, municipally run green initiatives have been some of the programs on the chopping block. While there are no programs that shouldn’t be looked at during these budget exercises, it is important for municipal leaders to ensure that they do not lose [...]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy, Green Daily

2010 Nissan Leaf EV – Click above for hi-res image gallery

When Nissan announced the cities where the first 5,000 Nissan Leafs would be sold – Tennessee, Oregon, San Diego, Seattle and the Phoenix/Tucson region in Arizona – it picked those areas for their likely high rates of electric [...]

Filed under: Diesel, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, BMW, Frankfurt Motor Show

BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics Concept – click above for high-res image gallery

After several months of speculation and official teases for the past week, we now finally have all the details on the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept that BMW will show in Frankfurt in a couple of weeks. The [...]

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Lightweight, USA

When last we left the company behind the inflatable car concept, we were questioning whether or not they are full of hot air. Now, with the recent loan refusal from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program (ATVMP), it appears we aren’t alone in our skepticism. XP [...]

Filed under: Diesel, Ethanol, Saab, Frankfurt Motor Show

New Saab 9-5 sedan – Click above for hi-res image gallery

The new Saab 9-5 sedan that’s coming to the Frankfurt Motor Show in a few weeks features a lot of snazzy interior upgrades – heads-up display, adaptive cruise control and lighting and tri-zone air conditioning, to name just [...]

Filed under: Diesel, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat

For years, diesel-powered Dodge Ram pickup trucks have featured powerful inline six-cylinder engines from Cummins. By all accounts, the partnership has been successful and the Cummins diesel engines are highly regarded in the industry. Therefore, it wasn’t exactly shocking to hear that the planned light duty diesel engine for the [...]

Filed under: GM, Green Daily

Here’s the problem: General Motors went through the bankruptcy earlier this year and was able to pawn off a lot of unwanted things onto a new company called, originally, General Motors Company (since renamed Motors Liquidation Company). Some of the unwanted crap includes polluted old factories (which we knew about) and [...]

Filed under: Hydrogen

Even though there are plenty of reasons for automakers to promote using hydrogen fuel cells in vehicles, they certainly have their critics. Burton Richter, the Paul Pigott professor of the physical sciences and a Nobel Laureate, is one. Speaking to Greentech Media recently following a presentation at IBM’s Almaden labs, he said that [...]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Daily

Balanced-Over-Batteries electric car – Click above for image gallery

We’ve seen our fair share of home-built electric cars and trucks, but very few of them have ever struck us as being as intriguing as the so-called Balanced-Over-Batteries car from Robert Lange. The retired auto mechanic from California built the electric car over [...]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid

2010 Nissan Leaf EV – Click above for hi-res image gallery

Nissan was clear from the unveiling of the Leaf EV that the battery would be a 24 kWh lithium ion pack. They’ve now said that each pack will require about 4kg of lithium (metal equivalent*). This new number gave an analyst over [...]