Archive for the ‘green’ Category
Click image for a high-res gallery of the Nissan Denki Cube concept
We've known for several weeks now that Nissan was planning to show off an all-electric car based on the JDM Nissan Cube at this week's New York Auto Show. The Denki (meaning electric) Cube has of course spilled out onto the interwe......
Wienermobile downsized to a MINI Cooper [w/VIDEO]
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
The Wienermobile is a marvel of American motoring, with 72 years in service and a design more memorable than any other. At 27 feet in length, the legendary frankfurter is also one of the bigger vehicles on the road, but that's all changed with the introduction of the MINI Cooper Wienermobile. At onl......
Tesla Roadster production has begun, cue the angels
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Tesla Roadster.Tesla's president and CEO, Ze'ev Drori, made the announcement today on his corporate blog that production of the Roadster has officially begun. Tesla originally set a date of March 17th for "regular" production of the Roadster, and the folks i......
Telsa Roadster production has begun, cue the angels
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Tesla Roadster.Tesla's president and CEO, Ze'ev Drori, made the announcement today on his corporate blog that production of the Roadster has officially begun. Tesla originally set a date of March 17th for "regular" production of the Roadster, and the folks i......
Mercedes gives B-Class a facelift, natural gas
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Click above to view the new Mercedes-Benz B-Class in hi-res
When, exactly, was it decided that blue would be the new color for hi-tech? Because I wasn't invited or even informed. And it's not just the color, it's right there in the name, so even the colorblind can get on board. With our phones conne......
GM delays testing of Volt battery packs until July
Friday, March 14th, 2008
You might recall a quote exchange that took place last November between Toyota exec Kazuo Okamoto and the General's own Bob "Maximus" Lutz. The verbal barbs began with Okamoto calling the Volt "completely wacky" and "nonsense," to which Mr. Lutz responded, "Let's wait until the Easter Bunny. Somebod......
robuCab wants to replace taxis in the future
Friday, March 14th, 2008
The taxi business is quickly changing, with the Ford Crown Victoria set to take a permanent buyout, hybrids ready to invade Manhattan by 2012, and now robuCab. The driver-free robuCab was developed in France by Robosoft, and the technology is limited for now. It's a 4WD electric vehicle relying on a......
Fisker Karma to project a jet turbine sound using speakers
Friday, March 14th, 2008
Click above for more high-res images of the Fisker Karma
Every automaker realizes that they need to make their vehicles consume less gas, reduce emissions and lessen their overall effect on the environment. One obvious way to make this happen is to go electric, but that solution poses its own host o......
Jeep Performance may offer diesel engine swap kit for Wrangler
Friday, March 14th, 2008
Chrysler LLC should be credited with making a strong push for diesels in the U.S., having sold oil burners like the last-gen Jeep Liberty CRD and current Grand Cherokee CRD for the past few years already. People who prefer crawling rocks to carrying kids, however, are clamoring for a diesel motor in......
Mercedes-Benz launching urea-injected diesel SUVs this fall
Friday, March 14th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the MB GL320 BlueTecUrea injection will finally arrive in the U.S. when Mercedes-Benz launches fifty-state-legal diesel versions of its ML320, GL320 and R320 BlueTec models. Mercedes says these U.S. light-duty diesels will be equipped with AdBlue injection that......