Posts Tagged ‘environmentalists’

Beijing 208: Geely Tiger GT concept steals the show

Monday, April 21st, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the Geely Tiger GT conceptOf all the cars being debuted at this year's Auto China show in Beijing, most of them are from one company: Chinese domestic automaker Geely. The brand has over 20 some debuts, but most are ho-hum little econoboxes that Chinese consumers ......

Detroit 2008: Hang Ten with Tang Hua

Monday, November 5th, 2007
Click above for mini gallery of high-res hilaritySister site AB Green did a post on the Tang Hua clan yesterday, but we had to get in on the fun, too. A trio of bright yellow Dr. Suess-mobiles are being displayed by the Chinese company in the basement of COBO. As you might imagine, Chinese cars don......

Detroit ‘08 Preview: Toyota A-BAT hybrid pickup concept

Monday, October 15th, 2007
click above to view more images of the Toyota A-BAT ConceptPerhaps in response to the criticism that Toyota has received over the past year from environmentalists for its ever larger and thirstier trucks, the Japanese automaker is switching direction with its 2008 Detroit concept - the A-BAT hybrid ......

Lutz says Volt production by end of 2010

Friday, September 14th, 2007
Speaking at the Reuters Auto Summit in Detroit today, Bob Lutz stated that the Chevrolet Volt series hybrid will be in production by the end of 2010. What's more interesting is that he told reporters employees working on the Volt "are becoming increasingly nervous" about meeting that deadline. Accor......

German Chancellor says NO to more autobahn speed limits

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
It looks like Germany's autobahn system is safe from a potential increase of speed-limited areas, for now at least. As posted on numerous occasions, environmentalists, the European Union and even citizens of Germany have called for the adaptation of 80 mph (130 km/h) limits in the currently ungovern......

India’s Tata Motors cheap car could be good/bad for country

Friday, June 15th, 2007
We told you last year about India's Tata Motors' plan to begin selling a four-door, rear-engined, VW Rabbit-sized vehicle for less than 100,000 Rupees, or about $2,400.Right now, .8% of Indians can afford to own cars compared to 70% of Americans. Even so, India's urban roads are already over-crowded......

Eco-thugs trash D.C. resident’s HUMMER

Sunday, May 20th, 2007
Gareth Groves had his newly-acquired 2005 HUMMER H2 SUT on the road for just five days, and now it's out of commission. Groves lives in what a neighbor described to The Washington Post as "liberal leaning" community. That same person felt compelled to add that "It's ridiculous to be driving a HUMMER......

Top Gear in trouble over salt flat stunt

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Top Gear has earned the ire of environmentalists yet again, this time for driving cars over the Makgadikgadi salt plains in Botswana. All three presenters of the British car show drove across the plains while filming a segment, leaving trails that could remain there for decades. Usually, you are onl......

Electric car builders can still love speed

Monday, April 23rd, 2007
Just because Tesla Motors is going to build plug-in electric cars exclusively, it doesn't mean the people involved in the company see cars as a necessary evil like some environmentalists do. In an AutoblogGreen interview CEO Martin Eberhard explained that the reason he got the whole project going in......

Worse or Worser: Automakers consider new mpg standard to prevent Senate bill

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
In the Wild West, the order would have been "Cut them off at the pass!" For carmakers today battling with wildly fluctuating forecasts for mpg, CO2, and CAFE standards, the mission is to cut them off at the Capital. Taking matters upon themselves, some manufacturers are considering a proposal that w......