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Washington 2009: Riding in the Chrysler EVs [w/VIDEO]

People are rightly skeptical about whether or not the Chrysler electric vehicles will ever make it to market. For now, all we can say for sure is that some of Chrysler's EV prototypes can go for a spin around the Washington DC Convention Center. We were able to go for a ride in the Dodge EV and the Jeep ER-EV with Crysler's Douglas Quigley, executive of product engineering for ENVI (the Chrysler electric vehicle "start up") when we were in town last week, and you can see our video of the rides (no drives yet, sadly) after the jump. Quigley ... Read more →

Washington 2009: ExerTrike Tri-Hybrids, including new Stealth model

The Tri-Hybrid Stealth (above) and Tri-Hybrid (below the jump) are on display at the Washington Auto Show in of the Green Car Pavilion. Not exactly cars, but certainly very green, the Tri-Hybrid ...

Washington 2009: picture fun with the Saturn Flextreme

One of the guilty pleasures available during the quiet period before the public days of an auto show is taking pictures when no one is around. We've seen the Saturn Flextreme (and it's Opel ...

Washington 2009: modded Prius is part solar PHEV, part bed, part crazy

We usually use the main picture in a post to give you a straightforward idea of what vehicle or technology the post is about. More unusual images can live in the gallery. For a vehicle we discovered ...

Washington 2009: Colin Powell likes the Fisker Karma

There was a bit of a hub-bub around the Fisker Automotive booth yesterday afternoon thanks to the surprise appearance of one Colin Powell. The former four-star general, Secretary of State and WMD ...

DC Auto Show: GM announces plan for Volt introduction, San Francisco, D.C. early adopter cities 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

At the Washington Auto Show this morning, GM outlined its plan for getting America ready for the Chevy Volt. GM has been looking at which cities are the most prepared for and has people who are the most interested in a plug-in vehicle, and singled out San Francisco and Washington, D.C. as two ...

Green Car Summit: fiery debate in D.C. on policy, pressure and people 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Before the Washington Auto Show starts up for real tomorrow, a very spirited debate took place as part of the Green Car Summit. The topics: legislation, consumer desires, fuel-saving technologies and a whole lot more. The panelists: Johan de Nysschen, president of Audi America Bill ...

DC Auto Show: Destiny 2000 used to be a Fiero, now it's a solar electric 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

There is section of the DC Auto Show, called the Green Car Pavilion, that is intended to highlight alternative fuel vehicles. Before the show officially opens tomorrow, we managed to take a walk around the GCP and saw an interesting collection of vehicles parked there. One was the bright yellow ...

2009 Green Car Vision Award winner announced tomorrow 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Fisker Karma will make an appearance in Washington, D.C. this week for that city's auto show. While there, the car is up for a starring role in the Green Car Journal's 2009 Green Car Vision Award. We won't know until later in the week (tomorrow, actually) which actor vehicle lands the lead, ...

Exclusive: GM to hybridize Saturn Outlook, GMC Acadia, GMC Sierra 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Washington Auto Show is over and I have news of three new hybrids from GM. I asked GM's car show floor specialists which cars GM plan to turn into hybrids? I was told there would be an Acadia and Sierra hybrid by a GMC specialist and Outlook hybrid by a Saturn specialist. I don't think GMC, ...



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