Archive for July 23rd, 2008

So we posted a story about Bob Novak running into a guy and Benji made some pretty easy, obvious jokes about both pleading heart liberals (because the guy who stopped him was a lawyer… on a bike) and crazy heartless conservatives (because Novak ran over a dude while driving a black Corvette and kept driving)… »

Filed under: Diesel, MPG, Ford, USA
Many people in the States still make their living using good ‘ole fashioned pickup trucks as their main method of transportation. For those people, the sky-high price of fuel is putting a serious dent in their profit margins, especially when that truck is used day-in and day-out to move heavy… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in

The freshly unveiled all-electric Lightning GT we showed you yesterday is certainly garnering a lot of attention and video tape at this years British International Motor Show. We received a message from British electric-car vlogger, Danny, telling us he had footage of the hi-tech silver beauty having its shroud publicly removed. We rushed… »

Filed under: Etc., Transportation Alternatives, Japan

Most people are under the impression that trains are a reasonably green sort of transportation. When used in a city to move people about, the environmental benefits seem pretty obvious. Fewer cars are needed on the roads, decreasing congestion and electric trains are more efficient and create less air pollution… »

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Ford, USA

Pick up trucks seem to be vehicles that are ripe for fuel economy improvements. GM didn’t do so bad with 40 percent city-driving gains made with their Silverado dual-mode hybrid but it’s a far cry from what Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies (HEVT) has achieved with an ordinary Ford… »

When was the last time you saw a Volvo 164 on the street? For me, it was this one, last December. So what are the odds that two of them would turn up at a local self-service wrecking yard, within sight of each other. Even after several weeks on the yard, they’re pretty much complete-… »

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that’s the coolest… and the most hellish! In our last plunge into the Lake Of Fire, we saw the Alpine A310 stomp the Matra Murena like Napoleon pulverizing the Russians in the Battle of Austerlitz, with a decisive 70-30 split in… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, GM, USA

The Wall Street Journal has published a very interesting article that states that GM is teaming with a dozen electric utilities operating in 40 states to prepare the arrival of its plug-in model (the Volt, if you didn’t remember the name). From the business point of view, the article states… »

Today we received an interesting little press release in our mailbox announcing auto manufacturing newcomer FortuneSport and their intent to produce high-performance, ultra-lightweight sports cars in short order. They claim the FortuneSport Rt.R, a race spec, 515 HP V8-powered, semi-monocoque, mid-engine sports car will be on sale this fall to the tune of $200,000. By… »

The most striking feature of the unveil of the new Camaro was how strikingly similar the 2010 Chevy Camaro is to the Camaro Concept. We enlisted the help of GM designer Jeff Perkins, who worked extensively on the new muscle car, to help us with the magnifying glass and determine what those changes were. Hit… »