Archive for July 8th, 2008

Filed under: MPG, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Green Daily
2008 Honda Element
We get a lot of interesting emails in the AutoblogGreen inbox. Some of them provide good tips or lead us to stories of people doing amazing things. Some just make us laugh. And some just ask us a question we’re just not able to help (no, I… »

Filed under: Biodiesel, Etc., On Two Wheels, USA

The modern definition of a hybrid vehicle is any single machine with multiple sources of power. Usually, this means one internal combustion engine and one electric motor with batteries. This is again the case with the Biohazard Jet Bike, though its internal combustion engine happens to be… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, Green Daily
At the big unveiling of the Chevy Volt, GM said the vehicle would be able to hold 12 gallons of liquid fuel and be able to go 640 miles on that energy and what was stored in the batteries. Well, that announcement was 18 months ago and things have… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, Green Daily
At the big unveiling of the Chevy Volt, GM said the vehicle would be able to hold 12 gallons of liquid fuel and be able to go 640 miles on that energy and what was stored in the batteries. Well, that announcement was 18 months ago and things have… »

Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants, BMW, MINI, Fiat, Lightweight
Although the first two generations of BMW’s revival of the Mini brand have been sales sensations and are nothing if not fun to drive, the Bavarian company’s true engineering merit has always been with rear-wheel drive vehicles. So, it isn’t at all surprising that the huge sporting automaker from… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, On Two Wheels, Vectrix

Travel options in Paris just got a happy new addition. A scooter taxi service (yes really!) that goes by the name of City Bird has just added a pair of Vectrix electric maxi-scooters to its fleet. Now, instead of riding to your favorite cafe or tourist attraction on the… »

As Kim Taylor was running down the hill beside her driveway, chasing after her red Mazda Miata, she couldn’t help but be confused. She was sure she had put the parking brake on. And yet there was the little convertible, on its way to her neighbors’ pool for a 40 MPH splashdown. We have a… »

Filed under: Etc., Manufacturing/Plants, Solar, GM

The General Motors factory in Zaragoza, Spain is set to get a roof tiled in solar panels as part of a larger initiative throughout GM’s European operations. 183,000 square meters of photovoltaic cells will be capable of providing up to a quarter of the factory’s peak demand. Zaragoza is GM’s… »

BMW and Fiat have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-develop the next-generation platform underpinning three different small cars — the Mini, the Alfa Romeo Mi.To, and the Fiat Grande Punto (which is desperately in need of help based on our experience). To borrow a phrase, the auto industry works in mysterious ways.
It’s not that… »

There’s nothing more enjoyable than getting invited over to a friend’s house only to discover a U-Haul van, cheap gloves, boxes, packing tape and the promise of a quantity of pizza and beer that is, typically, unequal to the calories expended moving someone else’s possessions. It happens all the time, unfortunately. That’s why there’s one… »