Filed under: Ethanol, Green Culture, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Detroit Auto Show, Green Daily, Automotive X-Prize
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Down in the basement (the smelly, smelly basement) of Cobo Hall at the Detroit Auto Show, we found Doug Pelmear and Jennifer Rodgers. They were sitting next to a car we didn’t expect to see at the show,… »
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Daily
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Gordon Murray isn’t the only ex-McLaren F1 designer that is now branching out into greener pastures. Jim Dowle from JJAD has announced plans to build a new electric sportscar, and it sounds like a winner. A lithium ion battery pack is said to provide a… »
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, European Union, Tata
The all-electric Indica Vista by Tata Motors has taken a large step forward with the naming of TM4 as its supplier of motors, controllers and power electronics. TM4 is a subsidiary of Hydro-Quebec and joins battery supplier Electrovaya as the second Canadian company involved with the project. Miljø Innovasjon, the… »
Are those louvers for a rear-engine setup in this Volga, perhaps some nightmarish GAZ-ZAZ hybrid? Photo credit: Aleksey Petrosian, via English Russia
Original post by Murilee Martin… »
Palindromes, any sequence of characters or words that can be read the same way in any direction, go back to the Roman period and probably even further. In written language it’s more of a game, though there are at least a couple of novels written purely in palindrome. Popular palindromes include “race car” and “Ah,… »
Filed under: Green Daily, Lightweight, UK
Thanks to some digging through the UK Intellectual Property Office, GreenMotor has uncovered what may be the name for Gordon Murray’s upcoming city car. Up until now, we’ve known the city car as Type 25 or T.25, which was so named because it is Murray’s 25th design, but it now… »
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that’s the coolest… and the most hellish! Let’s return to Engines Not Found In Nature projects, shall we?
You can find intra-corporate engine swaps all over the place, but even a 350-powered Chevy Vega or a 4A-GZE-motivated Toyota Starlet is a bit… »
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Mazda, European Union, Japan, UK
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Two of the most promising green technologies that are currently infiltrating the automotive market are so-called stop/start systems and DSG transmissions. We’re happy to report that the new Mazda3 is slated to get both of these eco-friendly features, with Mazda’s… »
Amidst all the hullabaloo covering the new Presidential limo earlier this week, we managed to miss the live unveiling of NASA’s latest two-man, pressurized, tweel-equipped, all-electric moon rover called the Lunar Electric Rover.
While we were doting over the monstrous new presidential limo dubbed “The Beast,” NASA was busy rolling out it’s latest wheeled… »
newVideoPlayer(”/LSPR2-804.flv”, 494, 371,””); You won’t find RallyAmerica on TV and none of the major buff books will touch such a rabid motorsport, so we’re bringing you the 2008 LSPR Rally, straight and unedited. Mega-sized gallery below.
galleryPost(’lspr2008′, 33, ”); The scene is northern Michigan. Very north. We’re headed for the Houghton area, which is… »