Eco-Friendly Vehicles: Will They Sell Stateside?

At a time when the only thing expanding in the US is the average American waistline, automakers from around the globe are beginning to introduce a substantial number of alternative-fuel and alternative-drive vehicles that are… well… smaller than the vehicles that drivers are accustomed to.
While US drivers are demanding better fuel economy, many [...]

Staples Road Tests Diesel-Electric Hybrid Delivery Truck

Staples is road testing the company’s first hybrid delivery trucks in Los Angeles and Boston. The vehicle was built jointly by Isuzu and Enova. The trucks feature a diesel-electric power train with an 85-hp electric motor and use nickel-metal hydride batteries. The truck itself is a standard Isuzu design that has been modified with the [...]

Automakers Face Uphill Battle On Alternative Fuels

Automakers are adopting alternative hybrid technologies in their search for the perfect product balance for the driving public. Toyota has announced that it will tackle a compressed natural gas (CNG) hybrid concept and plans to display the vehicle at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show in November. The hybrid is based on a Toyota Camry. [...]

Chrysler Announces Three EVs, Electric Neighborhood Vehicles

Chrysler has announced plans to produce several electric vehicles in the coming model years. The company says that it will have vehicle programs for its Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep lines, and the vehicles will be available to consumers by the end of 2010, in time to go head-to-head with GM’s Volt.
The Dodge EV is an [...]

Toyota Pulls The Diesel And Sends The A-BAT To Bat

Toyota is apparently going to shelve plans to build a light-duty diesel Tundra and will instead send the A-BAT concept small truck to the plate. The Advanced Breakthrough Aero Truck (A-BAT) was introduced at the 2008 North American International Auto Show and runs on Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive - the same train that powers the [...]

GM, EPA Wrangle Over Volt MPG Testing

General Motors and the Environmental Protection Agency have not reached agreement on how to test the Chevy Volt to determine its EPA mileage estimates.
GM is working with the California Air Resources Board to have the vehicle classified as an extended-range electric vehicle for the purpose of determining fuel economy ratings. Such a classification may lead [...]

Prius Sustains Heavy Damage In Low-Speed Crash Tests

According to a report recently released by the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety, bumpers on the Toyota Prius, Hyundai Elantra and Volkswagen Rabbit perform worst among 20 small cars in low-speed collisions. The Prius, Elantra and Rabbit each sustained more than $4,000 worth of damage in a single test. The IIHS conducted 6-mph full-front and [...]

UW-M Professor Makes Synthetic Fuel From Biomass

A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor is developing alternative fuels that look more like conventional gasoline and diesel fuel, but don’t rely on corn as a replacement. The alternative fuels are still plant-based but use non-edible plant parts to make cellulosic ethanol. These non-edible plant parts would otherwise go to waste or be composted. The professor [...]

Geely Intros Dual Fuel Vehicles, Plans EVs and FCVs By Year End

Geely’s Chinese holding group will begin mass production of methanol vehicles and vehicles that can burn either methanol or gasoline by the end of 2008. The first dual-fuel model, the Maple Haifeng sedan consumes less than 60 percent of the fuel of its single-fuel counterpart. The dual-fuel Haifeng has a 1.5L, 4-cylinder 75-hp engine. Geely [...]

Volt Tax Break Clears One Hurdle

The US House of Representatives passed HR 6899 yesterday, which contains provisions for the “Volt” tax break. The House version of the bill cuts the break from the GM-suggested $7,500 to $5,000. Toyota publicly complained that the bill too narrowly defined the vehicles that would be eligible for the break, leading some analysts to speculate [...]

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