Posts Tagged ‘hydrogen’

Spy Shots: Honda’s hybrid Prius-fighter caught

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of Honda's new hybrid.Honda's oft-discussed, yet never spied Prius-fighter has been caught by the merry minions at KGP. A parade of three cars were shot in the desert, including the prototype you see above, a facelifted Civic Hybrid and the new model's arch rival, ......

Wagoner to Obama: Automakers need research money from feds

Thursday, June 26th, 2008
After being asked what the next President of the United States could do to help Detroit's automakers, Rick Wagoner, head honcho at General Motors, responded that his company could use an injection of cash for research and development into new, potentially green technology. Also mentioned were additi......

Lutz: Volt will cost $40,000, first-gen will lose money

Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Bob Lutz revealed to the Seattle Times that the price point for his company's Chevy Volt series hybrid electric vehicle will be $40,000, or around $10,000 more than originally estimated. Lutz also told the paper that the first-generation of the Volt would generate no profit for General Motors. There......

Volkswagen debuts zero-emission Tiguan HyMotion in the U.S.

Friday, June 13th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Tiguan HyMotion Volkswagen has shown off its Tiguan HyMotion Fuel Cell Concept for the first time in California. Technically a hydrogen-electric hybrid, the five-passenger SUV based on the Volkswagen Tiguan features a hydrogen fuel cell system for primary m......

Daimler gets serious about R&D, will increase spending to $21 billion by 2010

Friday, April 18th, 2008
Click on the image to view high-res shots of the Mercedes F700 conceptMassive amounts of money are being spent in the alternative energy sector of the automotive industry. Last year, Daimler spent $6 billion in research and development and another $2.7 billion on environmental protection. Expect tho......

2009 HUMMER H2 and H2 SUT will be E85 compatible

Sunday, March 30th, 2008
In Dallas, a businessman has spent half a million dollars to install nine pumps that dispense E85, E10, and biodiesel. The catch: the businessman is a HUMMER dealer, and the pumps are next to his dealership. The station is called Classic Clean Fuels, and it is intended to make a statement for next y......

MV Agusta is offering limited edition versions of the Brutale 910 R

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click on the image above for pictures of the Brutale 910 R We are not the only ones who think that the MV Agusta Brutale is the most beautiful bike sans clothing, with the Italian press fawning all over the frenetic four-cylinder sportbike. While we've not been pleased with every take on improving t......

Nanotech research stumbles on homemade hydrogen

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Efficiency is a large stumbling block if you're looking for a way to replace gasoline. It's pretty hard to better such an exceptional fuel, and several alternatives show promise but are nagged by inefficiencies or cost, and usually both. Nanotech to the rescue; it may soon be possible to produce you......

BMW 7-Series hybrid on the horizon

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
With Cameron Diaz now officially set to ride in the BMW Hydrogen 7 to the 2008 Oscar Awards, more unofficial details are coming out that BMW is planning to launch a Hybrid 7 Series in the next 2-3 years. We have blogged about hybrid BMW models before. In fact, just last April, we spoke about a Hybri......

Detroit 2008: The Cadillac Provoq shows its face in the Midwest

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
click above for more live high-res images of the Cadillac Provoq ConceptWe've already covered Cadillac's Provoq E-Flex fuel-cell vehicle during its first public appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show last week, but GM also rolled it across the stage here in Detroit. There were no additional te......