Archive for January 30th, 2009

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, Automotive X-Prize, South/Latin America
When the Automotive X-Prize announced its competition, and especially the $10 million in prize money that goes along with it, we figured that plenty of small, relatively unknown companies would enter the proceedings. They have. The good news is that this is exactly the point of… »

The 2009 Mercedes McLaren SLR Stirling Moss taken at the Detroit Auto Show. It’s kind of our way of saying: Have a great weekend! Photo Credit: Alex C. Conley

Original post by Ray Wert… »

We don’t get the 333 HP 2009 Audi S4 here in the US just yet, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be advertised in Germany with downhill skiing through the streets of San Francisco. Huh?
We’re not going to say the commercial isn’t cool, it’s actually a pretty slick one, but it certainly doesn’t make any… »

Filed under: Biodiesel

Coming to you live, for one weekend only, it’s the fabulous Sustainable Biodiesel Summit, which is about what you probably think it’s about. This year’s Sustainable Biodiesel Summit will blend the sustainability message with a local one. The official theme is, “Localize It! Celebrating Community Scale Biodiesel.” Activists Annie Nelson and Darryl Hannah… »

Nissan is making a surprise debut at the Geneva Motor Show with its Qazan Crossover Concept. The concept heralds a production car to compete with the new Kia Soul, but could it succeed?
We have no clue what the Qazan will look like at this point, but with its market targets being the Kia Soul and… »

Porsche’s six-month sales fall 14%, proving mortality. [DetNews]

Original post by Ray Wert… »

Watching idiot street racers in illegal parking lot racing videos ending with a deliciously crunchy t-boning and a declaration of “I got that shit on videotape” always adds some pep to our Friday evening! NSFW-for-language.
We’re all for racing, any kind, anywhere across the wide-wide world; Strap a motorcycle engine to a shopping cart or a… »

Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, North America

It’s bound to happen. If you travel very many miles, especially at night, it’s quite likely you’ll create roadkill. Even some of the expert drivers here at AutoblogGreen have taken the life of a street-crossing animal (I’m sooo sorry , Mr. or Mrs. Bunny, I tried to miss, I… »

The biofuel-powered Bentley we mentioned earlier this week is purportedly Bentley’s fastest. Now we’ve got some teaser video with angry bio-pumping twin-turbo W12 action.

Bentley added this video to their ExtremeBentley site this week and while it doesn’t show a whole lot of what the car will look like, though… »

The biofuel-powered Bentley we mentioned earlier this week is purportedly Bentley’s fastest. Now we’ve got some teaser video with angry bio-pumping twin-turbo W12 action.

Bentley added this video to their ExtremeBentley site this week and while it doesn’t show a whole lot of what the car will look like, though… »