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Artist transforming Hummer into horse cart, i.e. why we love modern art [w/video]

In 1948, American-born artist Man Ray wrote, "There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love. There are simply different ways of doing it." This is nearly 30 years after he glued some spikes to the bottom of an iron and called it art. And you know what? We couldn't agree more. Meet Jeremy Dean. He's a New York-based artist that began reading about "Hoover carts" during the recent economic bad times. Turns out that Hoover carts were broken down old cars that horses used to lug around during the Great Depression. ... Read more →

Rendered Speculation: Hummer HB compact off-roader Jeremy Korzeniewski

With Hummer's future seemingly in the hands of China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. Ltd, questions naturally turn to the automaker's barren product cupboard. How will Tengzhong ...

From Hummer to the Volt, one engineer's tale Sebastian Blanco

What did it feel like inside GM's truck group when gas prices shot up over $4 a gallon last year? Automotive engineer Keith Seymore summed it up in this short quote: "In a six-month period, ...

Not Done Yet: Hummer H3, H3T get biofuel capability, new colors for 2010 Jeremy Korzeniewski

Can a Hummer be green? The brand that most obviously represents American excess in the minds of environmentalists – though Hummer's vehicles aren't actually any worse than any other large ...

Eating his words: Michael Pollan retracts Hummer-vegan/Prius-meat-eater comment Sebastian Blanco

Want to give your public pronouncement a little zing? Try throwing in the words Hummer and Prius and imply that the SUV is better for the earth than the Prius. CNW sure knows the value of making the ...

AM General to build CNG-powered VPG MV-1 people-mover at Hummer H2 factory 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Remember the Standard Taxi from the Vehicle Production Group? It's now called the MV-1, and production is slated to begin next year at the AM General plant in Mishawaka, Indiana. That's the same assembly location where the Hummer H2 is built, which makes sense since the MV-1 is based on the same ...

GM sells HUMMER to Tengzhong for $150M, what happens to the vitriol? 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Tengzhong's plan to make a green Hummer can now officially move forward. GM and the China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery company announced today that a deal to sell off the brand is complete. For $150 million, Tengzhong will take an 80 percent stake, a private investor will get ...

STUDY: Hummer owners believe they've made "a highly moral consumption choice" 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

There probably isn't any one passenger vehicle on earth that earns more ire from environmentalists than the Hummer H2. While the reality of the matter is that most Hummers aren't really much worse when it comes to fuel mileage and overall emissions than any other giant SUV (most civilian Hummers ...

Confirmed: HUMMER buyer plans new green model 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Despite what could be construed as opposition by the Chinese government towards Tengzhong's bid to purchase the HUMMER division from General Motors, the company is still working towards finalizing the sale by October of this year and on future environmentally-friendly models. According to Yang ...

Is selling HUMMER the morally correct thing to do? [w/POLL] 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

GM's potential sale of HUMMER to Tengzhong is probably good news for those interested in seeing the company return to independent and profitable status as quickly as possible (and also Rush Limbaugh). GM can shed the negative political association of the land monsters and get some money in return. ...

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