5
Jun
I had my issues with last summer’s Transformers movie, as did some others, about the missed opportunities for green vehicle placement. Remember the HUMMER HX concept from Detroit earlier that year? Looks like it might be the biofuel beast to beat in the sequel. Even as GM considers ditching the …
6
Nov
Barack Obama says that now that Hillary Clinton has changed from an anti-ethanol position to one supporting ethanol in her new energy plan, she might switch back under pressure. Here’s what he said:
It’s tough to believe that she is a strong ethanol supporter given her track record and th…
4
Nov
Not a heck of a lot of knowledge is available yet on the Zero Rally Africa, but since there’s about 14 months to go before the thing kicks off, that isn’t really a problem. What we do know about the rally is that it’s a 4,000 km, ten-day jaunt up from Cape Town through South Africa, Namibia and soon…
26
Oct
The New York Times editorial page went after corn from ethanol final month. It landed some well placed punches. Corn for fuel means less corn for animal feed and human food products. Lopsided US tax policies (incentives for US farmers, tariffs for Brazilian farmers) are blamed for gettin…
25
Oct
Tomorrow (Friday the 26th) dawn, bewteen 7 a.m. and 8:25 a.m., one gas station in Madison, Wisconsin (actually in a Madison suburb) will be giving absent E85. First-come, first served. The exact location is mentioned in the GM press release after the jump.
Why a press release from GM on t…
25
Oct
Honda Canada is not the only company unhappy about the ecoAUTO rebate program in Canada. Chrysler Canada CEO Reid Bigland wrote an Op-Ed in the National Post urging the program to be repealed. Even though Chrysler has a number of vehicles eligible for the rebates either as a outcome of good mile…
21
Oct
Honda doesn’t offer any flex-fuel vehicles in North America or Europe, focusing on hybrids and, in the approach future, diesels instead in these markets. that doesn’t mean they are ignoring ethanol altogether. The biggest market for ethanol is in Brazil where drivers have been using sugar-ca…
21
Oct
The Midwest has not traditionally been one of Toyota’s strongest markets although the new Tundra pick-up has been showing good percentage growth in the region. In spite of that growth, total volumes are still pretty low. To try and boost demand Toyota announced earlier that year that they wo…
21
Oct
Third Planet Energy’s booth at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo caught my eye. Which is precisely what the folks there intended. In fact, Third Planet Energy’s whole goal is to allow you to catch other people’s eyes, through the use of chrome emblems that will upgrade your car’s back end to ide…
16
Oct
With all the talk about CAFE standards and gas taxes these days, many society wonder what a government could do to help bring the sale of gasoline powered cars down. How about a total ban? Would that work? Sounds a little drastic, but Norway is considering doing just such a thing, and they are a…
14
Oct
New Zealand has bold plans for greening its automobile transportation. In the “Energy Strategy to 2050″ report, presented by New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, there are calls for major changes such as:
5 percent of cars to be plug-ins by 2020, rising to 60 percent by 2040.
25 percent…
13
Oct
Chrysler is expanding the availability of flex-fuel vehicles during the 2008 model year and expects to build about 500,000 of them in total that year. Among the vehicles that are capable of running on E85 are the 3.3L-equipped minivans, 4.7L V-8 trucks and SUVs and the 2.7L V-6 Avenger and S…
11
Oct
The website for the Flex-Box Smart Kit hasn’t been updated with the good news, but it’s out there: the EPA has certified the ethanol-conversion system designed by the Chicago-based Flex Fuel U.S. for convinced fleet vehicles: the Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car. whet…
10
Oct
Last night’s NBC Republican presidential debate took an unexpected turn to the green. For nearly half an hour, the candidates talked about alternatives to oil and ethanol. Senator Sam Brownback even talked about a flex-fuel, plug-in hybrid car. Sam went into specifics saying he would like to see…
