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Citroën updates C5 with a small turbo and an all-new diesel

Citroën's entry in the medium-large car segment is the C5. This sedan, which competes against offerings such as the VW Passat, gets updated with a couple of Euro V-compliant powertrains that reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. First, the C5 gets the 1.6-liter THP turbo gasoline engine, which was co-developed with BMW and can be found in other PSA offerings as well as the Mini. This 163 hp unit replaces the 2-liter 143 hp unit and burns 7.1 l/100 km (33 mpg U.S.). The new diesel features a particulate filter and is a 2-liter 163 hp ... Read more →

Frankfurt Preview: Audi to intro clean A4 TDI, A3 TFSI, coming to America? Sam Abuelsamid

Audi will be launching at least three new models next month at the Frankfurt Motor Show, two of which seem like they have a good chance of coming to North America and one that doesn't. The A4 TDI ...

EPA will push clean diesel grant money in Ohio on Wednesday Sebastian Blanco

In a rare move that probably won't attract the level of controversy or public comments that seem to be standard for EPA announcements these days (e.g.: California waiver), administrator Lisa Jackson ...

Detroit 2009: Volkswagen Concept BlueSport roadster live Sebastian Blanco

Volkswagen's Concept BlueSport should go a long way towards making the term "diesel performance" a household name. While it might seem to be an oxymoron to some, seeing it at the Detroit Auto ...

BMW 335d still on schedule for U.S. launch in November Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 BMW 3-Series Earlier this morning we were tipped that BMW would be delaying its 335d until some time next year. According to BMW, this is not the case. ...

Mazda declares it will cut consumption by 30% by 2015 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mazda has declared that by the middle of the decade they will have replaced their entire powertrain lineup and cut fuel consumption by 30 percent. On the powertrain side, engines will be upgraded across the board including a new direct injected wankel rotary. In 2009, a new Smart Idle Stop system ...

Diesel Nissan Maxima may be stick-shift only 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the new Maxima for a high-res gallery of 60+ photos According to Yo Usaba, senior veep of powertrains for Nissan, the upcoming clean diesel engine for the next Nissan Maxima may be paired only with a manual transmission. Although the stick would likely be the most efficient transmission ...

BMW confirms fall launch for U.S. diesels, racing to beat Mercedes 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Back in January BMW made the big announcement that it would finally introduce modern clean diesel engines to the U.S. market. At the time the Bavarian manufacturer told us that the new 335d and X5 xDrive35d would be launched by later in 2008 without getting any more specific than that. A blog ...

VIDEO: Shawn Fanning tells the Beetle clean diesel is cooler than free music 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In case you haven't noticed, Volkswagen of American has a new spokesbug in their commercials. A couple of weeks ago, the German brand started running a series of ads featuring a black fifties era Beetle as the host of a talk show with the likes of Heidi Klum and German pop idol David Hasselhof as ...

Clean diesel, regional, cellulosic ethanol stocks (CDTI, STKL, PEIX) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above is an interview done in May with Walter Copan, chief technology officer of Clean Diesel Technologies (ticker: CDTI), by thestreet.com. Autobloggreen is not a stock tip or investing website but we wanted to show you what the stock market thinks about green, automotive companies. In ...

EPA retrofits the Magic School Bus from the children book series with diesel particulate filter 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

This is the strangest and most wonderful thing I have read today. The EPA and Scholastic released a special edition of the popular children's book series the Magic School bus, called "The Magic School Bus Gets Cleaned Up." EPA Deputy Administrator Marcus Peacock recently read the book to school ...

60 percent of New Zealand cars plug-ins by 2040 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

New Zealand has bold plans for greening its automobile transportation. In the "Energy Strategy to 2050" report, presented by New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, there are calls for major changes such as: 5 percent of cars to be plug-ins by 2020, rising to 60 percent by 2040. 25 percent of ...

Google Talk on hybrid, diesel vehicles 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Below the fold is an hour-long video of a Google talk by Reed Benet, a bio-fuels-focused Ph.D. student at the University of California Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. Much of the second half of the talk has the audience asking, where is my diesel-hybrid and why are there no ...

Video: VW's Dieselution tour pollutes at AltWheels Boston 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We recently wrote about the VW's DIESELUTION tour. I took the video above of the Dieselution tour's stop at AltWheels Boston 2007. IMHO, VW should have called the tour Dissolution. Don't get me wrong. I like VW. I think they are great brand and really could have surfed the green revolution wave. I ...

The Toyota Auris D4-D - Did you think that only European automakers invested in clean diesels? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The compact segment is the most competitive in the European market. Cars measuring around 4 meters are the top-sellers on this side of the pond. They usually offer good room for the price, and they also offer cargo space once the back seats are folded. This segment is dominated by local models, ...

The diesels are coming. The diesels are coming! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the clean diesel Mercedes-Benz E320 Bluetec. Petrol is expensive in Europe and has been for a long time which goes a long way to explaining the popularity of fuel-efficient diesel passenger vehicles on the other side of the pond. Diesels ...

Chrysler trucks to get new Cummins diesel from 2009 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Construction crews and people towing fifth wheel trailers have long admired the Cummins diesel engines in the Dodge Ram pickups. They offered enormous quantities of torque and relatively decent fuel economy considering the performance they offered. Now Chrysler has announced that they'll have an ...

Honda is developing a diesel V-6 for SUVs and vans 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Recently Honda announced plans to create new ultra clean diesel engines for their vehicles to meet all the latest emission standards. Their design would differ from the Mercedes BlueTec technology because the new catalytic converter would produce ammonia on board to use for treating the nitrogen ...

Green scientist favors coal-to-fuel plant 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Susan Barrows of the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology explains the technology behind a proposed $725 million plant in Pennsylvania to covert waste coal into clean diesel fuel. In her essay, Barrows says contaminants in coal such as mercury and sulfur must be contained and removed to ...


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