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BMW gets back into the leaning trike thing with SIMPLE concept [w/VIDEO]

BMW has been rumored as of late to be pursuing everything from a so-called "0 Series" range of cars to a revival of its Isetta microcar brand, but the Bavarian automaker remains essentially mum on plans to diversify into the microcar market. Stoking the fires, however, is the new Simple concept, a leaning trike that is geared toward the "professional commuter" - that is, an urban dweller who travels alone. From the start, the SIMPLE (which stands for: "Sustainable and Innovative Mobility Product for Low Energy consumption") was designed ... Read more →

Sales of natural gas powered cars increase in Germany Xavier Navarro

Despite the general economic downturn – felt in Germany as much as anywhere else – sales in Germany of natural gas (CNG) powered cars increased by 14 percent this year. Specifically, ...

AFVTech working on CNG-powered, 600 hp 1933 Ford Roadster Sebastian Blanco

Take something old – in this case, a 1933 Ford Roadster body – and make it into something new – a CNG-powered, 600 hp beast, perhaps. That's what's happening over at AFVTech, which ...

Top Ten "green" cars that met their fate during Cash for Clunkers Sebastian Blanco

One rule that all clunked cars needed to adhere to was a maximum rating of 18 MPG from the federal government, right? What wasn't required was that the clunked car be considered dirty. After all, ...

Sin City orders up 26 CNG-powered stretch limos for new CityCenter Sebastian Blanco

The giant CityCenter that is under construction in Las Vegas – which, at a cost of $8 billion, it is the largest single privately funded development in U.S. history, say the developers ...

What's up with natural gas vehicles? 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

One thing we try to do with our weekly series of Greenlings articles is answer reader questions about the green car industry (if you've got a burning need to know something, please let us know). Considering today's news that the Honda Civic GX is now available for sale in Utah, we thought we'd ...

Save the Acropolis: Athens orders 108 Mercedes CNG trash trucks 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

As it is in many large cities, air pollution has long been a major problem in Athens, Greece. However, aside from the usual health issues found in other areas, air pollution is a concern in Athens because of the effect it can have on ancient sites like the Acropolis. To help reduce at least a ...

Daimler introduces new Freightliner natural gas truck 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Daimler's Freightliner truck division is expanding its natural gas offerings with a new Business Class M2 112 NG chassis. The first five chassis are being delivered to the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles where they will be used in the drayage fleet. The trucks are powered by Cummins Westport ...

Proposed U.S. legislation would provide tax breaks for natural gas vehicles 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Senator Robert Menendez (D - NJ) has introduced new legislation to promote natural gas for use in our automobiles. The NAT GAS Act, co-sponsored by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - NV) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R - UT), would extend and increase tax credits for vehicles powered by ...

Volkswagen installs TSI EcoFuel in the Touran minivan 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen has apparently decided it's about time to install its latest and most powerful CNG (compressed natural gas) bifuel powertrain under the hood of the Touran, a compact MPV, as well as the Cross Touran (pictured above). The 1.4-liter TSI EcoFuel powerplant has an output of 150 horsepower ...

Fiat likes compressed natural gas, now offering 6 different models 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Will compressed natural gas soon be a widely used automotive fuel in the U.S.? Probably not, but it could become more common if Fiat's European moves are any indication. CNG is a popular alternative in some parts of Europe and several automakers, including Fiat, offer factory-equipped cars that run ...

TÜV Rheinland warns against cheap LPG and CNG conversions 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

German motorists are eager to convert their cars to run with LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) and CNG (Compressed Natural Gas). However, unless your next car purchase comes with the LPG/CNG conversion as standard, you should be careful where you get your car converted, according to TÜV Rheinland. ...

Dixie Chopper launches World's First CNG riding mower 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Dixie Chopper looks to improve on the dismal realities of the exhaust-spewing riding lawn mower with its latest machine, the Xcaliber Eco-Eagle. The new mower is powered by a 990cc engine from Generac that's been tuned to run on compressed natural gas, which is both significantly cheaper and ...

Volkswagen to run CNG Scirocco in Nurburgring 24 hours 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen is looking to follow up its victory at this year's Dakar rally with a completely different kind of alternative-fueled racer. While the diesel Touaregs raced across South America in January, a pair of natural gas-fueled Sciroccos will tackle the Nurburgring 24 hour race next month. ...

Fuelmaker goes bankrupt, Honda to blame? 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Fuelmaker, the company that creates the PHILL compressed natural gas filling stations for residential and commercial use, has just been driven into involuntary bankruptcy. You may recall that Fuelmaker is owned by Honda, which had been in negotiations last year to sell the company to a number of ...

Death Star goes green, 15,000 alt-fuel vehicles coming to AT&T fleet 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Although AT&T claims it wants to be more sustainable, today's announcement from the telecom behemoth is more about cutting operating expenses as fuel costs climb. Whatever the reason, the addition of 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles to the company's fleet over the next decade is a good ...

UPS deploys 300 CNG trucks in four states, now has 800 worldwide 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

UPS has announced the deployment of 300 new CNG-powered trucks in North America. The trucks have been deployed over the past month to Denver (43 units); Atlanta (46); Oklahoma City (100), and four cities in California: Sacramento (21), San Ramon (63), Los Angeles (9) and Ontario (18). This gives ...

Mercedes-Benz to enter U.S. CNG market with a natural gas B-Class? 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Compressed natural gas may not be given the publicity it deserves. After all, it burns cleaner than other fossil fuels, it can be collected from landfills and waste facilities and it's abundant in North America. Regardless, CNG doesn't seem to get much support from the government as an ...

German CNG fan tours 800 filling stations 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Despite some recent problems with the natural gas supply from Russia, Germans have an ever-increasing number of CNG options. Rainer Zietlow, a German citizen who just might be the world's biggest CNG fan, started a nationwide tour of Germany's 800 compressed natural gas (CNG) service stations on ...

Egypt converting motorcycles to natural gas 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

On many roads of the world, motorcycles greatly outnumber cars and a good deal of those two-wheelers use old 2-stroke technology, which is almost always significantly dirtier than newer 4-stroke engine designs. Count Egypt among those locations, with an estimated 300,000 2-strokers running down ...

PGO Hemera is unveiled in all its classically-styled glory 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

A few months back at the Paris Motor Show, French automaker PGO was set to unveil its Hemera sportscar, though our scribes at the event came away empty handed. We're unclear as to whether or not the Hemera did indeed make its debut in The City of Lights, but it matters little now, as all the ...

LA 2008: Toyota Camry CNG Hybrid 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota isn't holding a press conference at the LA Auto Show this year, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have anything to show. The Prius purveyors have built a CNG-fueled Camry hybrid. According to Toyota spokesperson Jana Hartline, the purpose of the CNG hybrid is to demonstrate the ...

LA 2008: Toyota Camry CNG Hybrid Concept gets early reveal 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

All that's missing is an airbrushed portrait of T. Boone Pickens on the hood. Of what, you ask? Of the Toyota Camry CNG Hybrid concept, which explores the idea of combining Hybrid Synergy Drive with natural gas power. It debuts this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and is easily identifiable ...

VIDEO: LincVolt is on the road and on the 'net 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We were just recently telling you about how Neil Young and his LincVolt project crew want to begin making similarly-powered vehicles for other people and now that we've learned more about what makes his '59 Lincoln go, we're back to fill you in. From what we can glean from the information now ...

SEMA 2008: Toyota Yaris Tailback runs on CNG 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota has brought a really, really green concept with it to the SEMA Show that's currently taking place in Las Vegas. That first bit of green comes courtesy of a compressed natural gas conversion that allows the driver to switch from gasoline to CNG for the otherwise stock four cylinder engine ...

What gas are you going to choose for your next car? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When you think of German vehicles, odds are that you're picturing big Mercs and Bimmers speeding on the Autobahn. However, the German market is quite diverse and there's a good supply of alternative fuels to be had. You can get most models powered with gasoline, diesel, natural gas (CNG) or ...

Honda not selling CNG unit to Clean Energy Fuels 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Last month, it was revealed that Honda had agreed to sell its FuelMaker Corp. to Clean Energy Fuels for $17 million. It seems that the two companies, who had until October 3 to close the deal, have called off the sale. We're not sure what the reason for the sale's cancellation are, but it sounds as ...

Honda intentionally limiting sales of its Civic GX? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We're suckers for a good conspiracy theory, and we've stumbled upon one involving getting our nations off imported oil. Perfect! After reading through it, though, we're a little less enthusiastic. The whole thing centers around the Honda Civic GX, which is powered by natural gas as opposed to ...

PGO to unveil Hemera at Paris Motor Show 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this year in March, PGO showed off a new car called the Cévennes that had some interesting mechanical bits underneath the smooth styling of the classic Porsche 356 Cabriolet. It's pretty difficult to be taken seriously as a car manufacturer if your company doesn't even have its ...

CNG-powered Standard Taxi to be built by AM General 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We got the chance to check out the concept behind the Standard Taxi at the New York Auto Show in 2007, and it now sounds like the unique people-mover will get a shot at production. Now known as Vehicle Production Group LLC, the company behind the Standard Taxi design has gotten the funding it ...

Ford Germany improves performance and delivery of LPG and CNG cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ford Germany has announced that its LPG and CNG-powered cars' performance has been improved. According to the press release, gas-powered Fords have improved their consumption up to 1 liter/100 km, which allows the cars to have 50km (30 miles) more range, that is, about 450 km on gas and 750 ...

T. Boone Pickens unveils "The Plan" - big on wind power and natural gas 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If you listened to or read our post on T. Boone Pickens speaking at the AFVI Expo in May, then you know that he's a big proponent of wind power and natural gas (some say he needs to learn more about hydrogen cars). Mr. Swift Boat is all over the media today because of an announcement regarding ...

Natural Gas Vehicle Cooperative launches in three western states 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We know that T. Boone Pickens is a fan of natural gas, but powering vehicles with the clean-burning fossil fuel isn't exactly on the top of Americans' wishlist. The newly-formed Natural Gas Vehicle Purchasing Cooperative (NGV Co-Op), started by CALSTART and operational in three states (Arizona, ...

VW brings CNG-powered Caddy EcoFuel to the UK 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge At the website in the metal event known as Green-Car-Guide Live! 2008, Volkswagen will be showing off a prototype right hand drive version of the CNG-powered Caddy EcoFuel for the first time. Left-hand versions are already available on the European mainland. No matter where the ...

Topless Cvennes gets handled by Penny Mallory 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After spending a long afternoon together, during which time Penny had given her companion a right thorough thrashing that had been met by only a satisfying compliant willingness, the moment for reward had come. Her hand dipped the sponge into warm soapy water to prepare it for more long gentle ...

Fiat to introduce natural gas fueled Palio in India 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Fiat is reportedly planning on introducing a natural gas-fueled version of its Palio compact in the Indian market in 2009. Compressed natural gas is a popular fuel in India, especially for buses. There are also experiments ongoing with using Hythane, a blend of 10 percent hydrogen gas along with ...

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