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TV picks the Kia cee'd for latest environmental certificates

In the process of creating and building the Kia cee'd, Kia has won two environmental certificates from the well-known German institution TÜV. At a ceremony in Seoul, Korea on Friday, TÜV gave Kia DFE (Design for Environment) and a LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) certificates for the way Kia is building the cee'd in Zilina, Slovakia. The DFE award certifies that the car was environmentally designed and developed. The LCA takes a broader look, and is given to vehicles that have a lower lifetime environmental impact. TÜV certificates ... Read more →

Chevy TV commercial uses paper SUV to convince children hybrid SUVs are green Lascelles Linton

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Chevy_tricks_kids_into_thinking_SUVs_are_greem_with_this_ad'; Chevy has two new TV ads for its Tahoe hybrid. First a little background. The Chevy Tahoe hybrid won ...

"Misleading" Saab TV biofuel ad yanked in UK Lascelles Linton

click for high-res gallery A TV ad for Saab BioPower was yanked off the air in the UK for tying bioethanol to reduced carbon output. According to the UK's Advertising Standards Agency, Saab's ...

Video flashback: Electric car ridiculed on Two and a Half Men Lascelles Linton

It's EV flashback time. An electric car was featured in a 2004 episode of the CBS comedy series Two and a Half Men (watch the video below the fold). The mother of the odd brothers in the show ...

John Travolta flies a hybrid Boeing jet? Lascelles Linton

Last night during the Oscar telecast, host Jon Stewart joked to the audience, "Whoever owns the Boeing 707 parked on La Brea Avenue, your landing lights are on." As actor/aviator John Travolta ran ...

Ed Begley Jr. powers the Independent Spirit Award with stationary bicycle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Last night on the Independent Spirit Awards, an award show for independent films, there was a joke about Ed Begley Jr. powering the entire show (lights, sound, etc) by pedaling a stationary bike. Ed, an actor known to be very eco-friendly, didn't really power the entire show but the organizers did ...

Top two American Idol finalists will get Ford Escape hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ford is really going all-out to promote its hybrids. Latest case-in-point: the last two finalists in this season's popular FOX television series American Idol will receive a Ford Escape hybrid. The American Idol giveaway comes right after a heavily promoted fictional hybrid Ford mustang in NBC's ...

VIDEO: Old TV commercial for all-electric Toyota RAV4 EV 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

GM's EV1 was the star of the popular documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car? but the General wasn't the only large automaker to build fully-electric vehicles when California law demanded it. Ford had the Ranger EV and Toyota made an electric version of the RAV4 SUV, called the RAV4 EV. Many ...

TV ad for Chevy Volt: environmentalists, let dogs lick you instead of bathing 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ladies and gentleman, GM has a competitor for the worst ad is the history of ads (I've embedded it below the fold). First, some background, the video background in the ad is apparently taken from a web video someone took of a dog licking a bare foot (also below the fold). You think that would be ...

Power of h, Lexus hybrid's new TV ads, don't mention features of hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I was watching Lost on ABC last night and caught a TV commercial for the Power of h, Lexus hybrid's new ad campaign. The spot actually had nothing to do with hybrids, it (you can watch it for yourself below) was all about missing letters of h, somehow gone from key boards, news papers, etc. The ...

Hybrid Malibu TV commercial featuring Mary J. Blige to debut at the Grammys? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, we told you GM shelved a hybrid Malibu TV ad to air in the Superbowl. MediaPost is reporting that GM will "advertise during the show (Grammys), with commercials - including one starring Mary J. Blige - that tout the Chevy Malibu and GM's "Gas Friendly to Gas Free" campaign." Is that ...

Honda's new TV ad features fuel cell-powered FCX Clarity 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Honda recently launched a new green ad campagn called Problem Playground. It just kicked off the second phase with a TV ad that features Honda's hydrogen fuel cell FCX Clarity (which you can watch below the fold). The ad's voiceover is done by Garrison Keillor and goes like this: A hydrogen car ...

Nissan confirms the "Cube," a 37 MPG, hybrid, Scion-look-a-like, is coming to the US 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Shiro Nakamura, Nissan's global design director says "the Cube is coming to the U.S. market." The Cube gets 37 MPG and has something called e-4WD, which includes an electric motor that kicks in when you need it. The Cube is already out in Japan (see wacky Japanese commercial below the fold) and ...

"Hummers are greener than Prius" study makes it into an episode of ABC's Boston Legal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Boston Legal is an ABC TV series about a law firm. In the episode Green Christmas (first aired Dec. 18, 2007), the law firm, Crane Poole and Schmidt, is sued by a group called "Green People" for fraud because they said they were green but actually were not. In the court case, a board member of ...

New KITT's "Solar Powered Hybrid Engine" TV ad 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, I told you the new KITT, in the upcoming Knight Rider TV movie, would have a solar powered hybrid engine. NBC is showing a TV commercial highlighting this green feature. You can watch video of the TV commercial below the fold. The ad also mentions that the new KITT has 550 horsepower and ...

Knight Rider movie producer: the new KITT is a solar powered, "hybrid" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Turns out I was wrong when I said the new KITT from the Knight Rider movie coming February was not a hybrid. According to the show's executive producer, David Bartis, the new KITT is very efficient and a hybrid in "some ways." KITT will also have solar panels and other green technologies. Here is ...

Edison's Electric Model T came alive in Young Indiana Jones 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A new Indiana Jones movie is coming to theaters this May. New episodes of the short-lived Young Indiana Jones TV series were released on DVD recently. I caught an episode on the History Channel called Spring Break Adventure which includes a story about an electric car. The plot involves a scientist ...

Kia TV ad: Spectra is so fuel efficient, you will forget which side the car the gas tank is on 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Fuel efficiency is becoming more important to cars buyers. Ads are starting to reflect that and the best one I have seen recently is Kia's ad for the Spectra. The commercial's music is just a piano and the folksy voice of Joe Purdy singing "I just can't seem to get it right today." The visuals are ...

Bloomberg to air documentary about Brazilian ethanol worker labor conditions 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

According to the video above, the Bloomberg TV network will air Deadly Brew - The Human Toll of Ethanol, a documentary about the horrible labor conditions of Brazilian ethanol workers on January 24th (next Thursday). The video above includes lines like "the cars run on human blood" and the video ...

Detroit Auto Show videos: CNBC special at 9 PM EST, Toyota's A-Bat, Toyota President Jim Lentz 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If all of the AutoblogGreen coverage isn't enough for you, you can see all the new cars at the Detroit Auto Show, in a live, one-hour special tonight at 9 PM Est on CNBC. The video above is a close look at the interior and back of Toyota's concept hybrid truck, the A-Bat. WARNING: In the video ...

Video: Toyota's "EV mode" TV commercial 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

You might remember a post I wrote about a Toyota TV commercial that prominently featured the EV (electric vehicle) mode button. You can watch that commercial for yourself in the video above. Turning your hybrid into an electric car at will is really an interesting idea. The range on the battery and ...

It's Friday: Is Jeep's "Rock Me Gently" ad greenwashing? o|||||||o 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I am not sure I can accuse the Jeep "Rock Me Gently" TV commercial in the video above of greenwashing because it's just so strange. The ad and website implies animals really like Jeep which, you could argue, implies Jeeps are good for the environment. It's also possible Jeep is saying, "we destroy ...

Mythbusters to bust myth electric cars are slow in episode next season 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Record Bee caught up with the Mythbusters (Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman) and crew at the Lake County's fairgrounds and Infineon Raceway in Sonoma Wednesday. What are the Mythbusters busting? According to the show's producer, they are filming an episode, to air next season, on busting the myth ...

Video: first look at John Goodwin's diesel add-on kit 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

NBC News got a look at mechanic John Goodwin's soon-to-be-released add-on kits for diesel cars in this video. The NBC video also takes a look under the hood of John's turbine, hybrid H3 that will get 60 MPG. That's not the only TV interview John has done recently. As promised, here is the article ...

Invention Nation, TV show all about green autos, premieres Nov. 19 on the Science Channel 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Invention Nation, a new, weekly TV series all about green transportation, premieres on the Science Channel next Monday (Nov. 19) with new episode every following Monday for four weeks. The show follows three hack mechanics; Chris, Nobu and Micah, as they travel around America searching for green ...

Video: Toyota apologizes for Prius ad after it appears on Digg 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/The_Digg_Effect_gets_Prius_TV_ad_pulled'; Recently, we wrote about a Prius ad that took a shot at Fresno, California. Other blogs wrote about the ad, which only aired on the East coast but did make it to Digg's front page. Residents of Fresno seem to think ...

Video: recapping Chevy's first green TV ads 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The video above includes six TV ads for a variety of green Chevy vehicles. These ads were part of the campaign that began to position Chevy and GM as a green car maker. Looking back, our reactions were shock and confusion over ads for cars not for sale, giant hybrids and vegetarian cars. We were ...

Toyota touts Highlander hybrid's EV mode button in TV ad 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I saw a TV commercial last night for the Toyota Highlander hybrid that highlighted the EV Mode button. The commercial was about a new father that constantly woke up the baby with the sound of the car as he arrived home. This problem is solved in the commercial by pressing the EV button, allowing ...

Mythbusters: drafting 10 feet behind a big rig will improve mileage 39 percent 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Warning: Don't try this! The safest distance to drive behind a big rig at 55 miles per hour is 150 feet. Driving any closer is insane because it puts you in the driver's blind spot and also does not give you enough time to respond if the big rig's driver changes speed. This post is for ...

Tom Hanks' MySpace video of his electric car on VH1's Best Week Ever 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Tom Hanks' Myspace video of his electric car is getting a lot of press. The video even made it into VH1's Best Week Ever TV show. While Best Week was not kind to Tom being on Myspace (they said he swung a miss and should stick to movies), the video is getting lots of views. As I write this, Tom's ...

TV commercial for a new 50 MPG car? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

So, I am watching the History Channel and a TV commercial comes on with a car driving down a country road. The voice over says "what can a car that gets 50 miles per gallon do for the environment?" It's not a Honda or a Toyota, so my interest is piqued. What can it do? "Not as much as the car that ...

Video: odd Prius "Guzzle" TV commercial 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Below the fold is an odd TV commercial for the Toyota Prius. The commercial features a Prius owner at a gas station snack shop noticing everyone guzzles milk, coffee and soda. The Prius owner then walks out of the snack shop to see the cars at the pump are all large SUVs. The commercial ends with a ...

Video: why the Prius works well for killing people in drive-bys (NSFW) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The above video is not safe for work (NSFW). A drug dealer on the Showtime series Weeds has bought a Prius and says "they're really quiet. Good for sneaking up on mother *beepers.*" He says bad words when using the Prius wireless feature as well. Earlier in the same episode, a Prius is used ...

Complete video of CBS Sunday Morning's report on electric cars 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As promised, here is the link to the complete video of the CBS Sunday Morning feature story on electric cars. David Pogue did a great job of summing up the current state of electric cars. David starts out by talking with the author of the book Zoom, Vijay Vaitheeswaran, about how ethanol and ...

Lutz interview about the Volt on CBS Sunday Morning tomorrow 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Update: Sadly, David Pogue informs us that the feature story on electric cars has indeed been bumped again. Thanks to the new Osama Bin Laden tape, we must wait until next Sunday, September 16, to enjoy the interview. Last week, I told you that David Pogue was doing a piece about electric cars for ...

Birth of the electric car on CBS Sunday morning 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Update: David Pogue himself writes in an AutoblogGreen comment that the segment has indeed been bumped to next week, Sept 9. Thanks for the update David! We look forward to the piece. David Pogue writes a column for the New York Times on gadgets. He also works for CBS Sunday Morning. He mentioned he ...

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