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First Drive: Sailing in Stuttgart with Porsche's Cayenne S Hybrid

While charging along at 85 mph with a particularly poker-faced Porsche engineer riding shotgun, traffic begins to cluster on the horizon. Not willing to risk our seven-figure prototype, I gently roll off the accelerator, at which point a funny thing happens: Without warning, the tachometer needle dies, unceremoniously plunging to zero RPM. The supercharged, 3.0-liter V6 ahead of us has gone stone dead, yet our Porsche Cayenne continues to waft along unruffled. We are coasting along on the Autobahn, with only a modest bit of wind noise and ... Read more →

In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2009 Honda Fit Sport 5AT Sam Abuelsamid

One of the big success stories in Honda's lineup recently has been its smallest car (in the U.S. market at least) the Fit. Since its U.S. debut two years ago, Honda has been moving Fits out the ...

Autoblog Green Podcast #21 Dan Roth

It's tales from the road for episode #21 of the AutoblogGreen Podcast. Sebastian got a peek behind the curtain at GM to see the Chevrolet Volt, and Sam jet-setted to sample wares from Audi and BMW. ...

AutoblogGreen Podcast #20 - Geneva Motor Show wrap-up Dan Roth

Episode 20 of the AutoblogGreen Podcast has us recapping Geneva mere days before we head to New York. There were lots of exciting things over in Switzerland, and we touch on a few of them. Th!nk's new ...

Autoblog Green Podcast #11 Dan Roth

As we head toward the Frankfurt Motor show, AutoblogGreen Podcast #11 is filled with talk about what we'll see at the show. There've been lots of developments from European manufacturers, and we're ...

AutoblogGreen wants to pay you to blog. Apply today 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

I'm pretty sure it was the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus who said your browser can't view the same blog twice, as things are always changing. This is especially true at AutoblogGreen, and we want you to be part of the change. We need more people who love cars and green car technology (and ...

Pick of the Fuel Litter - Part 2 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

In yesterday's exciting chapter, we left our hero (yours truly) impaled on the horns of a dilemma. Well, impaled is perhaps too strong a word. Let's just say I was perplexed. What is the "best" alternative fuel out of a short list of 5 choices? The final contestants were E85, CNG, Biodiesel, ...

A bit of a green-tinged rant on personal responsibilities 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Yesterday I was in line at the post office, running out to attend to some errands between posts. Since my mind was on AutoblogGreen content, and this was no ordinary post office, I noticed a few things. Before I get to my mini-rant, let me say that the post office I was at is just a drive-through ...

Hurricane Katrina, biofuels and the year that was 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

It was a year ago today that Hurricane Katrina taught us we're a vulnerable nation. As we mark the anniversary, a lot of good timelines have popped up on the web to understand how things happened. Today on AutoblogGreen I wanted to show how the hurricane and biofuels mix in New Orleans, Louisiana ...

AutoblogGreen reader gears up for green-powered round-the-world drive 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

In the past few months, we've gotten a few tips from AutoblogGreen reader Sarah Turner (she's written in about Stirling Engines and biodiesel producer Global Commodities going out of business). Now she's tipped us off about something a little closer to her heart: her personal quest to drive around ...

Exclusive Q & A with Elon Musk on the Tesla Roadster and the future of EVs 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Elon Musk is chairman of Tesla Motors, but his interests do not lie solely on the highway. Musk co-founded SpaceX, which develops launch vehicles, and once planned on setting up greenhouses on Mars. AutoblogGreen is most interested in his clean car technology pursuits, though, and after the ...

Autoblog podcast #34 now available 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Autoblog's John Neff and I are back with a brand new invention a new podcast. We chat about last week's big automotive news (the possible alliance between General Motors and Nissan/Renault) and also get to quirkier topics like what's hot over at Gaywheels.com and the "greening of America". I take a ...

EPA says no chlorine in brake cleaner - also: how to contribute to ABG 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

We use a lot of digital ink here at AutoblogGreen on biofuels: ethanol, biodiesel, SVO, etc. Now, we’re not too tied to the biofuel gods, and thanks to reader Greg we’ll mention this little tidbit of news from NHRA that the Environmental Protection Agency is reminding racers at the ...

Welcome to AutoblogGreen 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Thanks for visiting AutoblogGreen on our opening day, which happens to be the 36th anniversary of the very first Earth Day. Twenty million Americans came together on this day back in 1970 to celebrate the possibility of a healthier planet, and while we, the citizens of Earth, still have a long way ...

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