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At Witz' End: Detroit Auto Show: Reality Check - Part II

In my first column reality checking the Detroit Auto Show, some of you questioned my assertion that even Toyota's relatively high-volume hybrids are probably not profitable. Of course, Toyota has lowered the costs of its Hybrid Synergy Drive components over many years and hundreds of thousands of units. But I believe they're still too high for any Toyota Hybrid - even the Prius or the soon-to-come higher-priced Lexus HS 250h - to turn a profit. I can't prove it - Toyota is not about to share its cost numbers with me or anyone else - but that's ... Read more →

BMW to focus on green tech, not supercars Noah Joseph

Click to view the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept in hi-res The automotive industry seems to be heading in two diametrically opposed directions: developing fuel-efficient, ...

BMW considering KERS for M Division? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Although BMW's Formula 1 team has had its fair share of troubles getting the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) to work properly, those minor setbacks may not be enough to stop the Bavarian ...

Stop-start Minis coming in to Europe in September Sebastian Blanco

Click the photo for a high-res gallery of the new Mini Cooper D There has been talk of making Minis more green with a diesel option in the US recently. In unrelated news, we told you about the Smart ...

BMW's Christoph Huss says hydrogen is still the long-term answer Jeremy Korzeniewski

When Margo Oge, director of the EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality, mentioned that ethanol production is way past the governments mandates, this article says that Cristoph Huss, BMW senior ...

BMW Group is "most efficient" at using resources among German companies 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The car most drivers associate with being green is a hybrid, and BMW doesn't offer any of those (and they probably won't any time soon). Still, that doesn't mean BMW isn't a green company, as a study done by the Berlin Institute for Future Studies and Technology Evaluation (IZT) found. IZT ...

No BMW hybrids unless they can beat diesels 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Even though BMW has been working on a joint development program with General Motors and DaimlerChrysler for the two-mode hybrid system for a couple of years now, it looks like the system may never actually get installed in a BMW vehicle. BMW has been a diesel proponent for many years and will soon ...

New BMW M3 V8 engine features Brake Energy Regeneration 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The engines in sports cars aren't built for fuel efficiency or low emissions, they're built for speed and power. It's always nice when these seemingly mutually exclusive design criteria align, but typically you're not going to see too much written about sports car V8 engines on AutoblogGreen. One ...

BMW will use the Bosch start-stop system on updated 1-series 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Starting this month Robert Bosch GmbH will begin supplying a new start-stop system to BMW for installation on the updated 1-series. BMW will be selling a variety of efficiency enhancing technologies under the brand EfficientDynamics, that will be standard on the 1-series and include the start-stop ...


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