Archive for August 8th, 2008

Filed under: Hybrid, Cadillac
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As of this month GM is adding a third model to its family of Two-Mode hybrids as the Cadillac Escalade hybrid becomes the first luxury SUV so equipped. The Escalade is of course built on the same GMT900 platform as the Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon. As such… »

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Green Daily, European Union

Follow the green brick road.. follow, follow… well, okay, fine. So, it’s not literally green, but the Dutch town of Hengelo is at least greening up one of its roads with air-purifying bricks. The concrete was developed by the University of Twente and features a titanium dioxide-based additive… »

Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, Transportation Alternatives, China
To help China with its goal of hosting a “green olympics” the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has donated four lithium ion battery-powered buses for the effort. That brings the total number of electric buses in the Olympic fleet to 50. They are said to be able to carry… »

Filed under: Etc., MPG, UK
It seems that oil prices are going down these days but gas prices are still high at the pump. But what’s the maximum price we want to pay at the pump before we look for alternatives (i. e. public transport)? In the case of Britain, insurance company Esure found that this… »

Some American truck owners crossing the border for cheap fuel have had their trucks confiscated, according to PickupTrucks.com. While it’s completely legal to enter Mexico and fill up your truck with the Mexican diesel, which is often more than $2.00 cheaper per gallon, drivers run afoul of the country’s laws if they put any in… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, China, Middle East

Chinese automaker BYD has announced that it is going to start selling electric cars in Israel by 2009, as well as European markets in the following years. The planned models are the BYD E6 and a Plug-in Hybrid F6DM, which will benefit from Israel’s soon-to-be installed electric charging stations network… »

Graverobber has been a regular PCH Tiradeâ„¢ machine in recent weeks, and we thought it would be convenient for all PCHTâ„¢ aficionados to see his greatest hits all together in one convenient location. That way you can approach the prospect of your personal Hell Project with the knowledge that you might end up much like… »

In all the furor over gas prices, a popular punching bag is ExxonMobil, which made something along the lines of $90,000 per minute, the highest corporate profit ever. It’s interesting to note that this is actually less than what the market predicted the company to make and that the company’s stock is dipping. The energy… »

Stick vs Automatic. Which is better? Garage419 and NiteFite.com wants to hear what you have to say. Garage419.com

Original post by Ray Wert… »

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that’s the coolest… and the most hellish! Last time, we watched in disbelief as the insanely complicated agglomeration of iron oxide shaped vaguely like a Jensen FF got shellacked in the Choose Your Eternity poll by the much simpler- yet more… »