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Chevy Volt to address America's school children in nationwide show-and-tell 7 days ago on Autoblog Green

On November 30th, hundreds of middle school students and teachers will assemble at the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, along with untold thousands of their electronically-linked peers, to take part in a giant show-and-tell webcast featuring that upcoming electric car with the built-in ...

Top Gear lads build the Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust, an ER-EV to answer the Chevy Volt 7 days ago on Autoblog Green

Many electric vehicle fans out there are constantly complaining about how long it is taking automakers to bring plug-in vehicles to market. We've had commenters here on this site claiming that they should be able to bring EVs to the street in six months. Apparently even six months is too long ...

Journo experiences Volt's electric-to-hybrid transition, says it needs improvement 10 days ago on Autoblog Green

We long ago had a chance to drive the Chevy Volt mule in all-electric mode, and more recently took a ride in the IVER (integration vehicle engineering release) version. We found the Volt's performance was rather impressive for a vehicle still under development. It was clear at that time that ...

REPORT: New Lexus small car headed for U.S. by 2012 - perhaps sooner 10 days ago on Autoblog Green

Lexus introduced its LF-Ch concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September and it's believed to be a shoo-in for production for the European market. However, The Detroit Bureau is reporting that Lexus is considering bringing the compact hybrid to the U.S. market as well. If it does come here, ...

Toyota starts discussions on who will get PHEV Priuses 10 days ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota is getting ready to start deploying a fleet of 200 plug-in Prius hybrids in the coming months and the company needs to figure out what to do with them. The cars will all be leased for purposes of field testing. Toyota is now in discussions with federal and local governments and energy ...

Spy shots: BMW 1-series hybrid spotted in Munich 11 days ago on Autoblog Green

At the launch of the BMW X6 ActiveHybrid, officials acknowledged the automaker would be producing several additional hybrid models in the near future. Rumors have been floating around that the new 5 Series -- due to launch in 2010 -- will get the same mild hybrid system going into the ...

LA Preview: Mercedes to show ML450 hybrid, new F-Cell 11 days ago on Autoblog Green

The new Mercedes-Benz ML450 is available for lease starting this week here in the U.S., but it will be making its auto show debut in production form in Los Angeles the week after next. The two-mode hybrid provides similar performance to the V8 powered ML550 but with a 46 percent boost in fuel ...

BMW prices the ActiveHybrid X6 starting at $89,725 11 days ago on Autoblog Green

For a mere $89,725 you can have your pick of questionable V8 powered BMW X6s. For that price tag you can get the monster 555 hp X6 M or the new the new ActiveHybrid X6. Unlike Mercedes-Benz, which has opted to only make the ML450 hybrid available for lease, BMW will sell the ActiveHybrid X6 to ...

Mazda i-stop wins RJC Technology of the Year Award 12 days ago on Autoblog Green

It's not the sexist part of a modern, efficient vehicle, but anti-idling tech is pretty darn useful. The Automotive Researchers' and Journalists' Conference of Japan (RJC) thinks so, and has picked Mazda's i-stop as its Technology of the Year for 2009. I-stop is a system that shuts down the ...

REPORT: Toyota U.S. president Lentz believes Prius could supplant Camry as brand's best seller 12 days ago on Autoblog Green

The Toyota Camry has been the best selling car in the U.S. for 11 of the past 12 years, and only a total industry meltdown has managed to slow the Japanese automaker's bread-and-butter sedan. Even with that impediment, the Camry still has a comfortable lead versus its archrivals, the Honda ...



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