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Australia's Holden gets first-ever Energy and Environment Director 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Environmental concerns have made their way to the land of Oz, and GM's Holden division has responded by appointing its first-ever Energy and Environment Director. Richard Marshall will take the post beginning on January 12 of next year and will report directly to the Chairman and Managing Director, ...

Holden Volt coming in 2012 without Green Car Innovation Funds 12 months ago on Autoblog Green

As we had heard in the past, General Motor's upcoming extended-range electric vehicle will make an Australian appearance in 2012, and it will be wearing a Holden badge. Apparently, rumor and innuendo in Australia had the Volt coming to the continent as a Chevrolet. Holden's Managing Director ...

Bolwell Nagari supercar going into production, may get electric drivetrain 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Bolwell_Nagari_Supercar_Going_Into_Production'; The Bolwell Nagari that we looked at a few months back is finally ready for production. Using a carbon-intensive composite chassis and body, the new supercar weighs just over one ton, so its 295 horsepower ...

Better Place moves to Australia 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We'll, that didn't take long. The announcement from Better Place about the next country planned for the electric vehicle expansion is here and we're off to Australia. Better Place announced the deal with AGL Energy and Macquarie Capital Group today, and there is more information coming in a ...

Greenstage to bring electric competitor to the track 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mitsubishi may be bringing an electric passenger car to the streets of New Zealand but one of their own is building an electric race car for its tracks. Greenstage revealed to the Kiwi public their vision of an all-electric race car at the recently-held Speed Show and it looks pretty sweet. Using ...

MDI's AIRPod coming to New Zealand 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Looking like just about every other three-wheeled, joystick-controlled, compressed air-driven car we've ever seen, the AIRPod by MDI will be available to lease in New Zealand soon. MDI has an agreement with IndraNet Technologies to market them in the land of the M?ori and, according to an article ...

Holden launches ecoline, includes V8 engines 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Australia's Holden, a unit from General Motors, has announced a new badge for all vehicles that it equips with some sort of alternative fuel or gas-saving technology: ecoline. Holden faces a bit of an uphill climb when it comes to environmentally-friendly technology, as the marque is best known for ...

Holden to get Chevy Volt for Australia 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It sounds as if the Australian market will be the third - behind the United States and Europe - to get a version of the Chevy Volt. In Europe, the Volt will be sold as either an Opel or a Vauxhall and in Australia it will be known as a Holden. The Volt, in its current Chevrolet guise, was ...

Hyundai to deliver first electric car in New Zealand 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Hyundai plans to be the first automaker to offer plug-in electric cars in New Zealand. The Korean automaker will be working with its local distributor in New Zealand to retrofit the subcompact Getz to run on batteries. The complete cars will be shipped to New Zealand as usual where the conventional ...

Saab ordered to plant forest for misleading claims 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Truth and advertising often part ways when asked to play nice together in automotive ads. As much as this is the case when comparing cars and their various performance figures, it is also just as apparent when automakers go green with their marketing strategies. We've seen it many times before, and ...



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