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    Video: Chevy turns to aliens to pitch Volt in Super Bowl ad
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    Just when you thought you'd seen all the Super Bowl ads there were to see, Chevrolet jumps in with a whole new spot for the Chevrolet Volt. The supposed savior of General Motors has been struggling to make sales headway for a number of reasons. GM managed to move a paltry 603 units in January. ...

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    Video: Latest Chevy Volt ads remind us that this car goes both ways
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    General Motors' latest pair of Chevrolet Volt commercials reiterate the plug-in's ability to switch between electric-only operation and "range-extended" mode by focusing on a Volt owner's unexpected gas station stop. The clips center on a Volt owner who swings by a gas station for a potty break, ...

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    VIDEO: New Toyota Prius ad channels Vishnu to explain hybrid tech
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    Australian Toyota Prius advertisement - Click above to watch the video after the break
    What do you want from me, I've only got two hands?! Wouldn't we all be a bit more productive if we were blessed with another set of upper appendages, complete with opposable thumbs? Toyota apparently thinks so, ...

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    What is 230? GM knows, but isn't saying...
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    The graphic above has been appearing all over the place -- television, billboards, elevators, baseball games, even people's shirts. It has a blog, Flickr and Facebook pages, and a YouTube channel. What it doesn't have is an explanation. Ad Age lined up the perps behind the online assets and ...

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    "Misleading" Saab TV biofuel ad yanked in UK
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    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 "Release Me" commercial (watch it below the fold) incorrectly states that using bioethanol-capable cars ...

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    VIDEO: Old TV commercial for all-electric Toyota RAV4 EV
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    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 ...

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    TV ad for Chevy Volt: environmentalists, let dogs lick you instead of bathing
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    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 ...

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    Power of h, Lexus hybrid's new TV ads, don't mention features of hybrids
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    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 ...

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    Hybrid Malibu TV commercial featuring Mary J. Blige to debut at the Grammys?
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    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 ...

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    Honda's new TV ad features fuel cell-powered FCX Clarity
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    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 with ...

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