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Video: Watch the Volt battery go shake-shake-shake

General Motors has promised that when the Chevy Volt goes on sale about a year from now, it's battery will carry a 10 year/150,000 mile warranty. That means GM is not designing it to be be replaced after 2-3 years like a phone or laptop battery. In fact, given that the pack is expected to initially cost somewhere in the range of $10-15,000, GM is desperately hoping that they don't have to replace many packs before that 10 years is up. With that in mind, GM is putting the pack through some of the most rigorous testing it has ever done, ... Read more →

Chevy Volt: The Song Jonathon Ramsey

The Kraft company recently held a competition inviting the public to name its new Vegemite cream cheese spinoff. The name that won, and made it to shelves, was "iSnack 2.0." Really. It took one ...

VIDEO: Ford engineers show off the new Focus BEV for the Jay Leno Show Sam Abuelsamid

We already showed you the first images of the new battery electric Focus that Ford has built for the guests of the new Jay Leno show to use in his Green Car Challenge. Now Ford has also posted a ...

VIDEO: The real reason for the failure of ethanol? Bad marketing! Sam Abuelsamid

Over the last forty years, corn growers and automakers have repeatedly tried to convince America that ethanol was the solution to our ever growing thirst for petroleum. After all, we could just ...

VIDEO: Installing the battery pack in the first Volt IVER Sam Abuelsamid

In the latest installment of General Motors' ongoing video series chronicling the build process for the pre-production Chevy Volts, you can now see the installation of a battery pack. In fact ...

VIDEO: BMW ActiveHybrid X6 inside 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

BMW's first – and very possibly only – application of two-mode hybrid technology will be the new ActiveHybrid X6. The gas-electric crossover will go into production late this year and go on sale in the early part of 2010 pairing a hybrid transmission with a high output version of ...

VIDEO: Before you weld a Volt, you have to stamp out the bodies 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

The other day we pointed you at a video produced by General Motors that is part of a series on the building of the pre-production Chevy Volt prototypes. That video showed the IVER (integration vehicle engineering release) bodies being assembled, welded and painted in the body shop at the ...

VIDEO: See how prototype Chevy Volt bodies are built 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Right now, the crew at General Motors pre-production operations center at the Warren Technical Center is in the midst of building 75 Chevy Volt IVER prototypes. IVER – integration vehicle engineering release – prototypes are the vehicles in the last stage prior to pilot builds. For ...

VIDEO: Red Bull Racing preview of its new KERS-equipped F1 car 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Up to this point, most Formula One race teams have maintained their usual veil of secrecy on what's inside their new cars. The Red Bull team has produced an interesting computer generated animation video that gives a little peak inside the new RB5 car that they are running for 2009. The most ...

VIDEO: Zap Alias prototype in action 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

In the last couple of years, Zap has become better known for questionable financial dealings and breathless press releases than actual products. Hopefully, what we have here is a sign of something better. After seeing numerous computer renderings of this spacey looking electric trike, followed by a ...

The 2010 Honda Insight shows you its moves 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Now that you've had a chance to read all about our time with the fun-to-drive 2010 version of the Honda Insight and browse through the photo galleries, we can now offer you the opportunity to see this fuel-sippin' hybrid in motion. Yes, the Honda-supplied footage of their latest pride and joy is ...

VIDEO: Stressed about driving an SUV in NYC? Take the bike lane 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Bike lanes should be reserved for bikes, don't you think? The driver of an SUV in New York City disagrees and his or her decision to not grasp the importance of keeping the lanes open for cyclists was caught on film (find it after the jump). The SUV driver decides that he/she's had enough of ...

VIDEO: Animation showing the power flow in the Chevy Volt 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There has been a fair bit of discussion and controversy in the last couple of weeks on the interwebs about the exact nature of the powerflow and battery charging in the Chevy Volt. Back in July GM's Larry Nitz discussed how the charge sustaining mode would work. As with parallel hybrids the battery ...

VIDEO: CNN and MSNBC both feature gas-saving ability of Aptera 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The price of gas and the fuel efficiency claims of the Aptera have been attracting some cable news station attention. Both CNN and MSNBC have released new clips of the flightless wonder doing its lightweight and aerodynamic energy-efficient thing. The MSNBC report starts out with a focus on the ...

Josh Hurley grabs the pole for the first Jetta TDI Cup race w/VIDEO 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Jetta's for a high-res gallery We're on site here at VIRginia International Speedway for the very first race of the inaugural Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup and qualifying has just concluded. VIR is a gorgeous natural terrain road course in the hills along the border between Virginia and North ...

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 ...

VIDEO: Chevy Volt model undergoing wind-tunnel testing at the GM Tech Center 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Front_and_side_spy_shot_of_new_Chevy_Volt_plus_video'; After browsing through some of your comments on the post we did about the latest GM Volt developments, we came across a link to a very interesting video thats causing a stir right now. Filmed and ...

VIDEO: Alfa Romeo releases footage of Mi.To playing in the snow 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At Geneva Motor Show earlier this month Alfa Romeo introduced their new mini-car, the Mi.To. Now they've released a cool video showing that just because a car is small and economical, it doesn't mean that fun has to be left behind. Back in my former life before I started writing full-time, I was a ...

VIDEO: Stretching a Smart ForTwo to four seats... vertically! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The British tend to do things a little differently from the rest of us. They drive on the other side of the road with the steering wheel on the other side of the car (yes, I know they aren't the only country to do that, but work with me here). They often drink their beer without first chilling it. ...

ABC News video: tiny device will triple your mileage, or so they say 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Can a small device double or triple your car's gas mileage? ABC News/Good Morning America did a report (see video below the fold) on high gas prices and they found an inventor who claims his Mileage Master can perform that feat. As I detailed in the Mythbusters article on fuel economy devices, some ...

Daimler figures diesels could make up 20 percent of its U.S. sales 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche is bullish on the adoption of diesel in the United States. At the ECO:nomics conference, Zetsche told the Wall Street Journal that Daimler is very happy with its diesel accomplishments over the last two years (see video below the fold). According to Zetsche, in the ...

New York 2008: will Prius sales make up for slowing Tundra sales? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At the New York Auto Show, Toyota U.S. General Manager Bob Carter spoke with Bloomberg about high fuel prices and the full-size truck market (see video below the fold). Carter said "we are not immune to what the current market conditions are and many full-size truck owners are delaying their ...

2008 New York Auto Show video preview: some of the teams in the Auto X-Prize 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One thing we are really looking forward to at the New York Auto Show is the official start of the Auto X-Prize, a contest to build a 100 MPGe car with a multi-million dollar prize. At the Detroit Auto Show, the X-Prize people and some of the teams had car models on display (see video below the ...

VIDEO: Shai Agassi's speech on the future of electric cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Shai Agassi, founder and CEO of Project Better Place, gave an amazing speech at a New Democrat Network meeting recently. Want to know how Agassi's idea for electric cars got $200 million -- the "largest seed round of any venture in history?" Then you have to check out his speech below the fold ...

New York to break the green auto show streak? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Green concepts car and announcements have dominated every single major car show - except for Chicago - for the last year or more. Autoweek thinks that's about to change in New York. "The New York auto show will have an old-fashioned flavor. Instead of a long list of world debuts for hybrids and ...

New York preview: ethanol-powered, aluminum Saleen S5S Raptor goes 200 MPH 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

America's super car company Saleen is showing a little green. Autoblog reports Saleen's S5S Raptor, which debuts at the New York Auto Show this week, will run on ethanol and have a lightweight aluminum body. We only have an air brushed picture (above) to show you for now but will post pictures and ...

VIDEO: Bob Lutz asked about his "crock of shi*t" comment 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At the ECO:nomics conference (March 12-14), GM chairman Bob Lutz was asked about his global warming is a "crock of sh*t" statement. In the video (which you can watch below the fold), Lutz was asked why he said it and if GM investors and customers should care that he said it. Lutz did not answer the ...

Toyota to counter GM's hybrid SUV onslaught with a mini hybrid onslaught? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The unexpected stars of this year's Geneva Motor Show were small cars. I expected hybrids or electrics to really make news but small cars stole the show. One of those small car stars was the Toyota iQ which will be released in half a year or so. How did Toyota do that? I think they had some help ...

Moov toy concept allows kids to build the vehicle they want 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

BergToys has a great idea for a human-powered children's toy: Moov. The concept is your basic kid's big-wheel or push scooter but the parts of the toy are interchangeable and they allow a child to make several different kinds of vehicles. The creativity of the child is also opened up because they ...

VIDEO: MotorWeek reviews Mercedes Benz's clean diesel SUV 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Late 2008, Mercedes Benz will clean up its diesel GL, ML, R class SUVs with Bluetec, making them 50-state legal. MotorWeek kicked the tires on the GL320 CDI (see video below the fold) and they seemed to like it. The diesel version of the GL ($54,225) will be $2,500 cheaper (yes, cheaper) than the ...

Peak oil is the newest boogeyman in popular media 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A culture's fears always finds its way into that culture's media. The best example is probably the allegories of McCarthyism in the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Peak Oil and climate change have seen their share of movie dramatizations, but Mad Max and The Day After Tomorrow were more ...

It's Friday: magnetic levitation helps create the first human powered tractor trailer 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ben on MySpace has video of the first human powered tractor trailer. According to the video (which you can watch below the fold), the trailer was taken on route 130 in New Jersey .... and the cops pulled them over. What possible reason could the police have had to pull them over? Anyway, the video ...

Aptera CEO: we have "more mainstream" designs in the works 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If the unique style of the Apter Type 1 (above) isn't your thing, there still might be a high-mpg Apters for you. Aptera CEO Steve Fambro told Alternative Energy dot com that his company has other projects in the works (see three minutes into the video below the fold). Fambro said, "we have other ...

Paris 2008 preview: pricey Lumeneo Smera to be released early 2009 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Lumeneo's titling electric car, the Smera, will be released early 2009 according to CNET TV. The official announcement will be made at the Paris Motor Show in October but CNET says Lumeneo will be "taking deliveries early 09." The CNET video also has a close up look at the Smera's electric motors ...

More pictures and videos of Pininfarina Sintesi at 2008 the Geneva Motor Show 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Easily the hottest green car at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show was the Sintesi, Pininfarina's hydrogen fuel cell concept. Below the fold is an amazing video of the unveiling of the car. Also below the fold is a quick look inside the car by AutoCar. Autoblog also took some amazing close up shots of the ...

Craig Venter: 18 months until 4th generation fuels 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

13 minutes into his Ted Talk (see video below), Dr. Craig Venter says fourth generation fuels, that is, biofuels made by bacteria from C02, are just 18 months away. The systems might work with sequestered CO2 and possibly even solar energy. What are the "modest goals" of this project? As you can ...

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