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Earth Day: Top five upcoming green events 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As we cover the automotive industry, we run across numerous events which lean, in one way or another, towards our green preferences. Some of these could be very influential on the industry while others are really more for fun. With that in mind, we've compiled a list of our top five favorite ...

Top 20 most exciting green cars we wish we could buy today 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When we were brainstorming ideas for Earth Day posts, we thought about featuring the ten most exciting green cars we wish we could buy today. It turns out that there are at least twice as many green rides on the horizon that we'd really like to have today, so the list has expanded. We'd like to ...

New York 2008: Jory Squibb returns with an X-Prize entry 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enter gallery We met Jory Squibb way back in late 2006 over at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo. How can you miss a guy driving a tiny, 100+mpg bubble car called the Moonbeam? Jory, from Maine, is now back on the ABG radar with his presence at the New York Auto Show. He didn't have a car with ...

New York 2008: Motive Industries' muscular X Prize entry vehicle needs a name 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Of the 60+ teams that have signed a letter of intent to participate in the Progressive Automotive X Prize, about 15 were on hand at the New York Auto Show. With only four cars on stage, it's easy to calculate that some teams arrived sans vehicle. The group from Motive Industries had just a little ...

New York 2008: Actually, it's not called the Air Car - Q&A with MDI's Guy Negre 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Automotive X Prize announcer used it. We've been using if forever. And, until recently, MDI and Zero Pollution Motors were still calling their vehicles the Air Car. Now, though, to avoid confusion as much as possible, the preferred term is "Compressed Air Vehicle" (don't look now, but the ZPM ...

New York 2008: Venture Vehicle's Howard Levine on the future of the VentureOne 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge When we saw the distinctive shape of the VentureOne under wraps before the start of the Progressive Automotive X Prize announcement, we were pretty psyched. While the appearance of this vehicle on stage does revive our hope that we'll be able to drive one of these high-mpg hybrids ...

New York 2008: So, 'bout those green car ads - IAG sits down with AutoblogGreen 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Sallie Hirsch, left, and Lois Miller. One of the quieter announcements from the New York Auto Show was that a Subaru ad called Soul of Subaru - Values won the Green Award from Intermedia Advertising Group (IAG). The ad won not because a panel of judges thought it was the best but because IAG ...

New York 2008: West Philly's Hybrid Attack makes other high schools look lame 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge If the person being interviewed in the picture above looks a little bit young, well, that's because he is. He's a student at the West Philadelphia High School Academy for Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, which is fielding the youngest team of entrants in the Progressive ...

New York 2008: Progressive Insurance CEO on why he's spending $10m on the Auto X Prize 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In the general hub-bub before the Automotive X-Prize kick-off event yesterday, we cornered Progressive Insurance's President and CEO Glenn Renwick for a few brief moments to get his thoughts on the prize. I mean, it's his company that is putting up the ten million dollars in prize money, so you can ...

New York 2008: Auto Alliance re-emphasizes focus on environment and safety 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When the U.S. Congress passes or is about to pass some legislation relating to issues of automobile safety or vehicles' ecological impact, the Auto Alliance speaks up. Why do we only hear from the group on these issues? The Alliance's Charles Territo sat down with us at the New York Auto Show to ...



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