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Ford confirms Transit Connect EV with Smith Electric for 2010

Ford has now confirmed that the new Transit Connect small van will form the basis for its first new battery electric vehicle that will launch in the second half of 2010. Ford is very excited about electric vehicles and we first learned that Ford planned to introduce a Transit Connect EV when the company's viability plan was submitted to Congress in December. Since then, speculation has been rife about which vehicle would form the basis for the new EV, with most indicators pointing at either the Transit or Transit Connect. Part of the reason ... Read more →

Chicago lawmakers trying to get taxi fleet to clean up by 2014; cabbies not happy Sebastian Blanco

Photo by Mister-E. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. What's worse, suffering under $4 gallons of gas or having to buy a new, more efficient (but also very expensive) vehicle? For the ...

Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis: Chicago Police should have SUVs Jeremy Korzeniewski

When newly-appointed Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis was given an open floor at a Chicago Crime Commission luncheon held in his honor, he suggested that he would like to see Chicago's aging fleet of ...

Chicago gets $51,840 Grant from EPA to reduce garbage truck emissions Sam Abuelsamid

The city of Chicago has gotten a $51,840 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to help clean up emissions from their garbage trucks. Thirteen heavy duty garbage trucks will get equipped with ...

AutoblogGreen Q&A: Toyota's Bob Carter and Jaycie Chitwood Sam Abuelsamid

At the Chicago Auto Show ABG had the chance to sit down with Toyota's Bob Carter and Jaycie Chitwood. Bob is currently the Group VP for the Toyota Division and Jaycie is the Senior Strategic Planner. ...

Autoblog Green Podcast #19 - Chicago Auto Show 2008 wrap-up 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Some people use airport layovers to sleep, read, or get a meal. Sam and Sebastian took the opportunity to record AutoblogGreen Podcast #19. While waiting for a plane to whisk them back home from the Chicago Auto Show, we recapped a few things we saw at the show. It wasn't the greenest show we've ...

Chicago 2008: Bridgestone talks about "One Team, One Planet" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I came across the Bridgestone booth at the Chicago Auto Show while they were rehearsing for an upcoming press conference. Ex-NFL player Eddie George was running through the script and Bridgestone was showing off its Super Bowl commercials, but I was more interested in the booth's "One Team, One ...

Chicago 2008 video: Denali XT flex-fuel concept car-truck hits the stage 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We showed you the pictures yesterday, and now we've got some video to go along with the Denali XT unveiling. While GMC started the unveiling with the introduction of the 2009 Silverado hybrid, you can tell that GMC is more interested in the Denali XT than that standard truck. The XT is a more ...

Chicago 2008: LoneStar semi might just create green envy in trucking industry 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I've already heard a lot of wonderful oneliners about the just-unveiled International LoneStar. Over at Autoblog, someone writes that those Escalades are getting bigger every year and here at the Chicago Auto Show, we're pretty sure this name is a misprint. LoanStar is a more accurate name for this ...

Chicago 2008: VW Jetta CleanTDI to start hitting dealers in June 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The long wait for the new fifty-state legal VW Jetta CleanTDI is almost over. After a delay from the original March launch date to finish certification, the first batch of 1,000 diesel Jettas will arrive at dealers in the US and Canada in June. You won't be able to actually buy one at that point ...

Chicago 2008: 105-year-old electric car hidden way in the back 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Electric Runabout, made by Columbia, was the first electric car ridden in by a U.S. President. That historical event happened over 105 years ago, in case you were wondering. The 1903 Columbia Electric Runabout had a 40-mile range and, like most electric cars of the era, was very popular with ...

Chicago 2008: GMC unwraps the Denali XT concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Denali XT for a high res gallery GMC doesn't do concepts very often but their latest example was unveiled here at the Chicago Auto Show. The new Denali XT concept is primarily a styling exercise but it also highlights a lot of ideas for the future of the truck market. As new fuel economy ...

Chicago 2008 video: Ford's Transit Connect delivers the goods 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The American version of the smallish Ford Transit Connect was unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show yesterday and Ford did the honorable thing (at least, that's how it felt as a hungry blogger on the expo floor) when it displayed just how versatile the delivery van can be by having the vans sort ...

Chicago 2008: Just how many hybrids has General Motors sold? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Just how many hybrids has General Motors sold? Apparently not very many. We all know the Prius is the 800lb gorilla of the hybrid segment with sales of between 800,000 and 900,000 so far. A reader left a link to an IRS website in a comment the other day. The site lists which vehicles are still ...

Chicago 2008: Ford Transit Connect live reveal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After announcing a few feature updates in the Ford F150 at the Chicago Auto Show today, Ford unveiled the U.S. version of the Ford Transit Connect. This Euro-style van fits into a greener delivery niche, and Ford certainly made these vans look appealing, with four vans dancing around the stage, ...

Chicago 2008 AutoblogGreen Q&A: Coskata's Wes Bolsen on the ICM partnership 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

To get a little more information out of Coskata about this morning's announcement of a partnership with ICM to build the first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant using Coskata's proprietary process (past details on Coskata are here), we tracked down Wes Bolsen, chief marketing officer, business ...

Chicago 2008: GM North America president Troy Clarke's opening keynote 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If a GM representative is speaking to the public these days, you can bet heavily that biofuels (cellulosic ethanol), E-Flex and the phrase "Gas friendly to gas free" will be uttered. When GM North America president Troy Clarke gave the opening keynote presentation at the Chicago Auto Show today, he ...

Chicago 2008: Chevrolet adds flex-fuel capability to HHR 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the E85 Chevy HHR for a high res gallery General Motors continues to add flex-fuel capability to their fleet in a bid to reach their publicly-stated goal of selling at least half of their vehicles with biofuel capability by 2012. The latest member of the team to be able to run on any mix of ...

Chicago 2008: Ford brings the Transit Connect to America 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Before the demise of Ford's Windstar/Freestar in late 2006, the company - like its crosstown competitors - offered a cargo van variant of its front wheel drive mini-van for light duty commercial applications. There are many uses where businesses need something smaller and more fuel efficient than ...

Video: Scooters invade Chicago! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

NBC5scooter Uploaded by 2strokebuzz Here is a cool little video courtesy of 2 Stroke Buzz, a great site for scooter-related news and stories. The video comes from NBC 5 in Chicago, and according to them, "High gas prices and a commitment to the environment have spiked scooter sales." Sure enough, ...

Chicago shifting city vehicles to hybrids, buys 300 Toyotas 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Chicago is one of the largest cities in the US and they want to get greener. The city currently has 5,400 vehicles in their municipal fleet and they have decided to spend $8.7 million over the next three years on hybrid vehicles. They will be purchasing 300 Toyota Priuses and Camry and Highlander ...

Detroit takes grassroots efforts to middle America, "to educate people" about CAFE 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Whenever we bring up the revision of CAFE standards that Washington is considering, it seems confusing that the automakers say that they support mileage increases but are still trying to convince people not to accept them. Remember, though, that there is more than one bill on the table to be ...

Ford sponsoring new Chicago public art project: Cool Globes 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Over the course of the last dozen years goofy public art projects have become a staple of major North American cities during the summer months. You know the ones, where a hundred or more fiberglass sculptures of something, each with an individualized paint job, pop up to dot the landscape. You ...

Cleantech Launches Hybrid Taxi Initiative 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Joining other, existing initiatives to move the U.S. taxi fleet across to hybrid vehicles, the Cleantech Venture Network has launched the Cleantech Innovation Institute (CII), which will work to reduce or remove existing barriers to the change-over. Already, a number of major U.S. cities have ...

ZipCar invites Chicago to watch a movie and leave their car 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you're in the Chicago area and have an old beater that you want to dispose of, ZipCar has an offer for you. ZipCar is the car-sharing service that maintains a fleet of cars, and allows members to buy credits that you can use to drive one of the cars on an as needed basis. On Monday, February 26, ...

Free parking for hybrids may soon become reality in Chicago 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

35th Ward Alderman Rey Colon introduced an ordinance this week to give free parking to all hybrid vehicles in Chicago. He came up with the idea after learning about similar laws passed in New Haven, Connecticut, Los Angeles, California, and San Antonio, Texas. Colon states that the city's nearly 6 ...

50-million gallon ethanol plant might be coming to south Chicago 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Joliet city, south of Chicago, may be the next site of a large-scale ethanol processing plant in the United States, if a presentation by company officials wins over the hearts and minds of the Joliet city officials. The Chicago Tribune is reporting today that the Australian company Global Ethanol ...

GM offers $1,000 fuel voucher with FlexFuel vehicles 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

There have been a lot of promotions in recent years to encourage people to buy new cars – green and otherwise – in the United States like zero percent financing and tax credits. Now, GM is offering buyers of their 2006 and 2007 FlexFuel models a $1,000 voucher card to buy fuel. Green ...

Hybrid taxis in San Francisco doing great, New York fleet still too new to know 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Ford Escape hybrid taxis that are rolling through the streets of San Francisco I mentioned last week are getting good reviews from apparently everyone, according to The Auto Channel: drivers, cab company owners and riders. Drivers are saving about $20 to $30 a shift on gas and getting bigger ...

All hail the hybrid taxis 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Looking for a ride in one of America’s larger cities and want to do at least a little bit to help the environment? Try to hail one of the increasing number of hybrid taxies (seen here all glossied up for New York International Auto Show). According to Technoride, 31 Ford Escape SUV hybrids ...


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