Filed under: Green Culture, Hybrid, GM, Green Daily, USA
“We have to build cars and trucks that people want to buy.” So said Rick Wagoner, head of General Motors, at a recent conference in Dallas, Texas in response to why GM didn’t begin offering hybrid cars earlier. Yeah, Rick, that’s entirely true. But, your company also… »
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Middle East
Having the family car converted to run on electricity has become a very popular concept in Palestine. Since we told you about the Peugeot prototype, the two men behind the project, Waseem Khazendar and Fayaz Anan, have heard from over 400 folks willing to throw down the $2,500 they say it… »
Filed under: Diesel, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Transportation Alternatives, USA
The late, great “Body by Fisher” tag is about to begin showing up again, though on totally new and different vehicles than ever before. While the company had previously been a division of General Motors and created every single body for the automaker, it’s now focusing on a… »
Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, Transportation Alternatives
As high fuel prices make it more expensive for people to run their cars, services that specialize in replacing those cars, full-time or part-time, are seeing their businesses grow along with the pump price. Earlier, we told you about Zipcar’s improved performance of late, and now we can tell… »
Who is crueler and more villainous than the curmudgeon Mr. Potter from Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life? He cares not for the town people whose toil he uses to swell his accounts, he’s vindictive and he tries to take down Jimmy Stewart. To make it worse, he never comes to justice. This is a… »
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, BMW, MINI, USA
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Awesome! BMW will be converting MINI’s from gas to electric drive! Oh, wait… the vehicles sill be sold only in California? And the number is capped at five-hundred regardless of how many people actually want one? Yes, and that is… »
The Cressida took the win over the Maxima in our Rear-Drive Japanese Sedan Hoonage Edition poll on Wednesday, though not by a decisive margin. Perhaps that’s because the Cressida and Maxima are so similar to each other, but we’re not going to have that issue today! 57Sweptside has found some hell projects that, while cool,… »
Filed under: Legislation and Policy, Green Daily, USA
Way back in April of last year, or own Sam Abuelsamid suggested that the Bush Administration would surely leave any EPA regulations on greenhouse gas emissions to the next President, whomever that may be. It seems that he was right in that assessment, as the EPA is expected… »
newVideoPlayer(”/VW2028concepts.flv”, 494, 270,””); VW would like to share with you their dream for the future. Started by a fascist government, Volkswagen was a company that assumed the role of providing uniform transportation for the masses, and now it seems they’re desiring to return to their roots for 2028. No, not the whole take-over-the-world part,… »
Apparently the summer months over at the Audi Design offices are a bit slow, cause they’re off designing stuff that doesn’t even have wheels on it now. We’re well aware of the voracious appetite Germans have for playing the game of “Footie,” (try having a foosball table in the office) but Audi has taken that… »