Green Driving
Hybrids, Electrics, Hydrogen Cars, and other news about efforts to green-up the industry that brought you smog.
- Porsche 918 Spyder Concept -- 0 to 60 in 3.2 seconds at 78 mpg
Porsche has unveiled a stunning drop-top roadster at the Geneva Auto Show that has set the automotive press abuzz with its gorgeous lines and, if the company is to be believed, epic performance. A mid-mounted V8 engine, more than 500 horsepower – it’s impressive, but nothing we haven’t seen before in the world of high-priced, low-volume European supercars. The numbers are always impressive. This one, however, claims one number that’s ...
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- VW Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition Enters Showrooms
The long-awaited Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition has finally made it to showrooms. According to a Volkswagen press release, the special edition vehicle is “[b]orn from the popularity of Volkswagen's groundbreaking Jetta TDI Cup race series – now entering its 3rd season – and enthusiast demand for a race-inspired version of the popular Jetta TDI.” As such, this diesel-powered street racer shares many of its visual and engineering components with ...
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- Japan Orders Toyota to Investigate Prius Brake Complaints
Toyota dealers may have been forced to stop selling eight of their most popular models, but at least they’ve got one hot seller left that no one has questioned, right? The iconic Prius was left out of the recent recall over possibly defective gas pedals. The Prius, however, may have other safety problems -- and once again, a government has had to force Toyota to take them seriously. The New ...
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- GM to Design and Build Electric Motors In-House
General Motors has announced that it will become the first major domestic automaker to produce electric motors in-house. Left Lane News says the Big Three automaker will invest $246 million in its U.S. electric motor facilities. That may seem like a lot of money for a company that emerged from bankruptcy just last year, but rest assured that GM has a little help from an old friend. CNN Money says ...
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- Cadillac Goes Hybrid with the XTS Platinum
Cadillac has unveiled its replacement for the STS and DTS sedans and it’s not what you might expect from an automaker that, until recently, has stuck to its guns in only manufacturing traditional internal combustion engines. Introducing the 2012 Cadillac XTS Platinum plug-in hybrid concept… Built on the same platform as the Buick LaCrosse, “The XTS Platinum Concept is powered by Cadillac's direct injected, 3.6 liter V6, which works in ...
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- Audi Introduces a Second e-Tron Electric Concept
Ever the show stopper, German luxury brand Audi sparked loads of interest on the first day of the Detroit Auto Show with a presentation of its new e-Tron electric concept sports car. The new e-Tron concept is a shorter and lighter iteration of the R8 electric car that debuted at the Frankfurt Auto Show in September of 2009. According to Jalopnik, “The e-Tron 2, Electric Boogaloo draws power from a ...
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- Toyota Compact Hybrid Concept FT-CH Debuts in Detroit
Among the many concept cars to debut at the 2010 North American International Auto Show is Toyota’s FT-CH -- a uniquely-styled, four-passenger compact hybrid. According to Jalopnik: “The FT-CH is the first piece of Toyota's ‘Prius family’ marketing strategy, an approach that the Japanese firm claims its customers and dealers have been asking for. It is twenty-two inches shorter than a Prius and less than one inch narrower, and it's ...
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- Honda Disappoints Critics with New Hybrid CR-Zzzzzzzz
Honda kicked off its participation in the 2010 Detroit Auto Show with an official unveiling of its new production hybrid vehicle, the CR-Z. According to the Detroit News, “The CR-Z, which was designed to evoke memories of Honda's first pocket rocket -- the widely popular CR-X of more than a decade ago -- joins the Insight and Civic as the third hybrid option in the Honda lineup.” The CR-Z, however, ...
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- Electric Cars Spark Interest at 2010 Detroit Auto Show
After a tumultuous year of poor sales, bankruptcies and the collapse of industry giants, the 2010 North American International Auto Show opens this week in Detroit. This year the buzz is all about electric cars -- hopefully a sign that things are looking up in Motor City. The Detroit Free Press explains: “Rebuilding in Detroit starts with cars, with sheet metal and engines, leather and plastics, and some new things, ...
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- Electric-Powered Cadillac Converj Slated for Production
GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz officially announced that that his company will soon begin manufacturing its second electric-powered vehicle, the Cadillac Converj. The announcement came on the eve of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Few details are known. However, the Detroit News reports that the Converj will feature “a future generation of the Voltec system that uses a small gasoline engine to recharge…lithium ion batteries to extend ...
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