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VIDEO: Raining elephants? The sky is falling!

A contest was recently held by The Alliance for Climate Protection and Current TV to create "eco-spots" that encourage people to take action to help solve the climate crises. Dave Schlafman was the grand prize winner with this somewhat humorous entry. It was featured in Al Gore's TED conference slide show but since so many of us suffer from short attention spans we thought we'd give it it's own special place here on AutoblogGreen just in case you missed it. Although the video, titled "Sky is Falling," doesn't offer up any specific solutions, ... Read more →

Honda's "Engines" ads feature cleaner, happy powertrains Sebastian Blanco

Leave it to a Japanese company to try and make engines cute and friendly. In a new advertising campaign titled "Engines," Honda has unleashed four animated engines (well, three engine and a hydrogen ...

Video: Aptera rolls into Touchstone commercial Domenick Yoney

It was a Sunday like any other Sunday. I was on YouTube, browsing through the many Japanese game show selections, when I noticed a clip in English entitled "Aptera rolls into town". Although aptera ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Videos: kids explain how cars harm the planet, Ford Escape hybrid daughter commercial 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/motorsport/Kids_explain_how_cars_harm_the_planet_Videos'; The video above is the Climate Kids ad where children are asked how do cars harm the planet. There responses are what you might expect from kids except for the second to last kid who understands it better than ...

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 ...

Toyota launches "Why Not?" ad campaign, the largest in the company's history 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/business_finance/Toyota_launches_largest_ad_campaign_in_company_s_history'; Toyota has launched its "Why Not?" campaign, the "biggest, broadest corporate campaign in its history" according to Ad Age. Toyota would not discuss how much it will cost but the spending on ...

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: GM ad for Chevy Tahoe hybrid says other hybrids are "tinsy-winsy" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

This is why I could not wait to see the ad for the hybrid Chevy Tahoe. I knew something like this was coming when the GM PR guy at Boston AltWheels told me the Chevy Tahoe was a "big ass hybrid." Twice. So, the theme of the ad is the same as other recent Chevy ads, kids learning about GM cars in ...

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 ...

Chevy describes its car as "vegetarian" in TV ad 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I saw a TV commercial for a Chevy flex fuel car last night. The format for the ad was a lot like the Chevy Volt commercial: kids learning about a car outdoors with a teacher. The interesting part of the ad was the teacher's description of the flex fuel car as "vegetarian." I find the description of ...

Video: TV ad for Hydrogen 7 BMW 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I saw this ad on TV while watching Alan Greenspan on the Daily Show the other night. The ex-fed chair on a fake comedy news show was not strange enough so BMW decided to advertise a car that runs on hydrogen, that they only intend to sell deploy to select customers. This is not as bad as GM ...

Caught! Hummer using old MPG rating in TV ads 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/business_finance/2007_car_ads_stickers_ALL_have_incorrect_MPG_rating'; I saw this ad last night on the cable station TBS. I was watching a remake of the Time Machine (BTW, it's not a great movie). Anyway, I see this ad for the 2007 Hummer H3. The first thing in the ...

Hybrids are becoming the economical choice for commercial vehicles 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The return on investment for hybrid technology in commercial vehicle technologies is reaching the tipping point, according to a study performed by ABIresearch. While consumer hybrids generally get the attention, many commercial vehicle customers, who are normally very wary of unproven technologies, ...


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