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SAE 2009: Raser unveils 100 mpg ER-EV Hummer H3 prototype 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Raser Technologies unveiled the prototype vehicle for its extended range electric vehicle yesterday morning at the SAE World Congress. Raser and development partners FEV took the iconic bad boy of the environmental movement, a Hummer H3 and merged it with a powertrain very much like what's in a ...

SAE 2009: all-electric Tata Indica getting ready for Norway, then the world 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Although the all-electric Tata Indica on display at the SAE World Congress in Detroit this week is not the soon-to-be-released model, there's a lot we can learn from the vehicle - and from TM4's Eriz Azeroual - about how the technology will be implemented when the new model goes on sale in ...

SAE 2009: Toyota plug-in Prius (and 3rd-gen Prius) update 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

To get a little bit of clarification on the reported 12-mile EV-only range that the plug-in Prius is achieving in current testing, we spoke with Toyota Prius vehicle specialist Stephanie Wohlgamuth, who is working at the Toyota booth here at the SAE World Congress. Wohlgamuth said that the number ...

SAE 2009: Scuderi unveils cut-away of split cycle engine 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Scuderi group unveiled a cutaway version of its first prototype of a new split cycle engine at the SAE World Congress this week. We first heard about this engine three years ago and got more details at the 2007 SAE WC, but this is the first time we have seen something physical rather than just ...

SAE 2009: Arnold Schwarzenegger goes shopping for his next HUMMER 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't kidding when he said that there's nothing wrong with HUMMERs. Soon after finishing his opening session talk at the SAE World Congress this morning, the Governator took a stroll through the expo floor and spent some time at the U.S. military's ...

SAE 2009: Govs. Granholm and Schwarzenegger talk green mobility 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The 2009 SAE World Congress kicked off this morning with a free-form, Michigan-first presentation by Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and then an interview-style talk by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who arrived over an hour late. Still, Arnold managed to work in some famous ...

SAE 2009: Ford's contributions include over 70 papers, many on green mobility 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

At the SAE World Congress that starts today, Ford will be showing off its EcoBoost engines (seen it) and some of the lithium-ion battery systems used in the companies upcoming electric drive powertrains (seen those, too). The new stuff will mostly be behind panel discussion doors, since Ford ...

GM calls for plug-in vehicle standards 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

One of the factors that has helped to make cars so ubiquitous over the past century is standards. By standardizing things like fuel fillers, inflation nozzles on tires, 12V power sockets and countless other elements, automakers have been able make owning and operating a car much more practical. ...

SAE 2009: FEV will bring Dodge Caliber plug-in hybrid concept to Cobo 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

We're looking forward to seeing Raser's plug-in 100 mpge HUMMER at the SAE World Congress next week. Raser's partner in that project, FEV, will also bring along a Dodge Caliber to Cobo Hall next week, one that has had a powertrain transplant and now runs off of electrons as well as gasoline in a ...

SAE 2009: Raser's PHEV is a 100 mpge HUMMER 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last week, we heard news that Raser had teamed up with FEV to develop a plug-in hybrid powertrain for large trucks, but we weren't yet sure what the first platform to get the extended-range electric hardware would be. Now, we know. Interested? Hint: it's from what's generally accepted as the least ...

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