Posts Tagged ‘autobloggreen’
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click to see how the 2nd-gen Hybrid system fares against other enginesGM Chairman Rick Wagoner is on hand at the Geneva Motor Show today, and one of his big talking points is the production announcement of a second generation GM Hybrid system. For those without a guide book, that's GM's branding for......
Tags: 2nd gen, autobloggreen, chevy malibu, diesel engines, drive applications, fuel efficiency, general motors, geneva, geneva 2008, geneva motor show, gm-hybrid-system, gm-mild-hybrid, hybrid system, hybrids, lithium ion battery, motor generator, nickel metal hydride, nickel metal hydride battery, pre show, rear wheel drive, rick wagoner, saturn aura, second generation, second-gen hybrid, second-generation hybrid, Second-generationHybrid, Second-genHybrid, size trucks
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Behind the scenes, Lotus is much more than a low-volume manufacturer of sporty little roadsters. Along with Lotus Cars, Group Lotus houses Lotus Engineering. With decades of motorsports experience, Lotus Engineering offers consulting expertise to automotive suppliers and OEM manufacturers. They've e......
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Consumers prefer cup holders and heated seats over fuel efficiency, according to CNW Marketing Research. That's right, we all talk about how we want our vehicles to be environmentally friendly and easy on gas, but when it comes down to it, what we really want are things to hold our coffee and keep o......
Tags: autobloggreen, cnw marketing research, CnwMarketingResearch, coffee, consumers, Economy, forbes, fuel, fuel economy, fuel efficiency, gasoline, general motors, gm, heated seats, mpg, priority, shoppers
Posted in Car Buying, gm, green, lifestyle | No Comments »
Saturday, December 8th, 2007
Fans of hybrid vehicles have been clamoring for carmakers to add plug-in capability to those models so that they can grab some juice off the grid and leave more in the tank. The problem is that making a useful PHEV is actually not as simple as just plopping in a bigger battery pack and some charging......
Tags: acceleration, autobloggreen, battery pack, carmakers, chevrolet volt, chevy volt, circuitry, customer performance, electrical power, electricity, ev, general motors, gm, hybrid models, hybrid vehicles, light loads, performance expectations, pete-savagian, phev, phev-vs-erev, plug in hybrids, real world, superiority, volt
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
click either image to enlargeUnlike the Dodge Challenger Midwest Regional Auto Show, Geneva's shaping up to be bursting with new-car debuts. Toyota will be in the thick of it, showing off the production-spec version of the iQ microcar, which the automaker debuted as a concept last year in Frankfurt ......
Tags: 4wd, auto show geneva, autobloggreen, automaker, breaking, centre stage, dodge challenger, european debut, geneva 08, geneva 2008, geneva motor show, Geneva08, Geneva2008, iq, iq production car, IqProductionCar, ist, journeys, runabout, scion, Scion xD, show car, small cars, smart fortwo, tech specs, toyota, toyota iq, toyota ist scion, ToyotaIq, urban cruiser, UrbanCruiser, world premiere, worth noting that, xD
Posted in Crossovers/CUVs, Economy, Euro, SUVs, geneva motor show, hatchbacks, japan, toyota | No Comments »
Sunday, November 18th, 2007
Over at AutoblogGreen, one of our colleagues has a report that General Motors may be introducing hybrid versions of its Lambda CUVs (the Buick Enclave, Saturn Outlook and GMC Acadia), as well as the GMC Sierra. Previously, GM had not indicated that any of these vehicles would be hybridized. Since th......
Tags: 2008 chevy silverado, autobloggreen, bob lutz, brian corbett, buick enclave, chevy silverado, front wheel drive, fuel economy, generation version, gmc acadia, gmc sierra, hybrid version, hybrid versions, la auto show, lambdas, lithium ion battery, mild hybrid, no brainer, Saturn Outlook, saturn vue, two mode hybrid, visual differences
Posted in Crossovers/CUVs, Trucks/Pickups, buick, chevrolet, gm, gmc, green, saturn | No Comments »
Sunday, November 18th, 2007
Over at AutoblogGreen, one of our colleagues has a report that General Motors may be introducing hybrid versions of its Lambda CUVs (the Buick Enclave, Saturn Outlook and GMC Acadia), as well as the GMC Sierra. Previously, GM had not indicated that any of these vehicles would be hybridized. Since th......
Tags: 2008 chevy silverado, autobloggreen, bob lutz, brian corbett, buick enclave, chevy silverado, front wheel drive, fuel economy, generation version, gmc acadia, gmc sierra, hybrid version, hybrid versions, la auto show, lambda-cuvs, lambdas, lithium ion battery, mild hybrid, no brainer, Saturn Outlook, saturn vue, two mode hybrid, visual differences
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007
click above for more high-res shots of the Tesla RoadsterOne thing that's been called into question is whether or not the Tesla Roadster will make a viable track day vehicle, but until now, there was one major hurdle for Tesla's engineers to overcome: cooling. The motor currently equipped in the Roa......
Tags: acceleration, autobloggreen, batteries, cards, curb weight, driving distance, evs, execs, fruition, hurdle, limp home, power electronics, rigors, roadster, s south, Tesla, tesla roadster, tesla roadster track, tesla roadster track car, tesla track car, TeslaRoadster, TeslaRoadsterTrack, TeslaRoadsterTrackCar, TeslaTrackCar
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Saturday, November 17th, 2007
click image for a gallery of the 2008 Saturn AstraGeneral Motors has announced that it's bringing out a new 1.4L turbocharged four-cylinder gasoline engine next year, which will help the automaker increase cars' fuel economy while presumably not sacrificing power. A normally-aspirated version of thi......
Tags: 1.4L turbo, 1.4lTurbo, 2008 Saturn astra, astra 5, autobloggreen, automotive news, aveo, badges, chevy cobalt, combined cycle, cylinder gasoline, d gallery, euro spec, fuel economy, gasoline engine, GM 1.4 turbo, Gm1.4Turbo, horsepower, lb ft, miles per gallon, opel astra, saturn, saturn astra, small turbo four, SmallTurboFour, snail
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
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Some ideas look better on paper than in reality, but in this case the two are one and the same: a zany Canadian named Yee has crafted a model four-stroke V12 engine... out of paper. The very impressive creation is made from no less than an ent......
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