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Detroit 2008: AutoblogGreen Q&A: Tom Purves CEO of BMW-NA

Prior to the kick-off of frenzy of press conferences at the Detroit Auto Show, ABG had the opportunity to talk with BMW-North America CEO Tom Purves and another BMW representative. We discussed the company's diesel announcement along with their hybrid and hydrogen plans. ABG: We're here with Tom Purves this morning and you are the CEO of BMW USA. BMW has got a big announcement today regarding diesel technology coming to the United States. Tom, welcome and would you like to tell us a little bit about what BMW is going to be announcing today. ... Read more →

Detroit 2008: AutoblogGreen Q&A: Malcolm Bricklin talks about building a PHEV supply base Sam Abuelsamid

During the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, ABG sat down to chat with Malcolm Bricklin about his latest project Visionary Vehicles. Mr. Bricklin has been involved in the car business for four decades and ...

Toyota clarifies their hybrid goals, ten more years Sam Abuelsamid

During Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe's speech at the Toyota Media reception at the Detroit Auto Show last Sunday night he mentioned the company hybrid sales goal. I didn't mention it in my own ...

VIDEO: Detroit 2008: Rounding up all the biofuel and diesel announcements Sam Abuelsamid

The 2008 Detroit Auto Show is opening up to the public on Saturday and the media previews were chock full of announcements of new flex-fuel and diesel vehicles. The flex-fuel reveals ran the gamut ...

Detroit 2008: Bill Ford talks about hybrids, EcoBoost and sustainability Sebastian Blanco

During the Detroit Auto Show, a Ford press liaison invited AutoblogGreen and around a dozen other journalists to an on-the-record dinner to talk about sustainability and related topics. As a guy who ...

Detroit 2008: Subaru changes their mind, diesel coming to the US after all! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When Subaru announced their new diesel boxer four-cylinder engine, American Subie fans were disappointed to learn that the company wasn't planning to offer the engine here. Fortunately it looks like rising fuel prices and increasing fuel economy standards are causing Subaru management to have a ...

Detroit 2008: Jeep Renegade concept live reveal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Renegade for a high-res gallery Of the three new Chrysler concepts on revealed at the Detroit Auto Show, the Jeep Renegade was certainly the best received as far as its design. The compact off-roader is immediately recognizable as a Jeep, with its round headlights, seven slot grille and ...

Detroit 2008: Dodge ZEO BEV concept live reveal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click the ZEO for a high-res gallery from Detroit The Dodge ZEO lies somewhere between it's Jeep and Chrysler concept siblings in aesthetic terms. Like its siblings, the ZEO gets drive torque exclusively from an electric motor, although this one relies entirely on electrons retrieved from an ...

Detroit 2008: Chrysler ecoVoyager live reveal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click the ecoVoyager for a high-res gallery from Detroit The Chrysler ecoVoyager was to this year's Detroit Auto Show what the Ford Airstream was last year in more ways than one. An odd-ball shaped one-"box" design, the ecoVoyager is specced out with a hydrogen fuel cell acting as a range extender ...

Detroit 2008: Kia shows off the new 3.0L diesel V-6 they are testing 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Sitting off to the side of the Kia stand at the Detroit Auto Show is a display of a 3.0L clean diesel V-6. This same engine has been in production in Korean market Kia and Hyundai models including the Veracruz. John Juriga director of powertrains at the Hyundai-Kia Technical Center (HATCI) near Ann ...

Detroit 2008: X Prize contender will add solar thermal collectors, PV panels, wind turbines to old Blazer 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

You can probably guess that the photo above was not taken anywhere near Cobo Hall during the Detroit Auto Show. Nope, that green Chevy Blazer is sitting in Lake Havasu, Arizona. The connection to Detroit is that Jim Stansbury, the founder and CEO of the Physics Lab of Lake Havasu, was in town to ...

Detroit 2008: Vehicle Recycling Partnership makes an announcement of sorts 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

On Tuesday, ages after the major automakers had made all the glitzy announcements they wanted to make, USCAR (the United States Council for Automotive Research, a joint project of the Big Three) announced that - wait a minute. Announced is too strong a word here. Sure, USCAR representatives held a ...

Detroit 2008: This is what 150 mpge looks like - pics of the XH-150 and XH250 hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Near the cutaway BYD F6-DM hybrid in the depths of the Detroit Auto Show, AFS Trinity Power Corporation is displaying a new hybrid SUV (actually a converted Saturn Vue) that gets more than 150 mpge thanks to something AFS calls the Extreme Hybrid (XH). The SUV recently achieved "more than 150 miles ...

Detroit 2008: The Hummer HX with its parts off 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of the features of the HUMMER HX ethanol-ready concept is a number of very configurable body panels. Doors, fenders and much more can be taken off and change the look of the vehicle to suit the fickle mood of the hypothetical owner. On each day of the Detroit Auto Show, GM will be showcasing a ...

Detroit 2008: Volkswagen Passat CC to launch TSI engines in US market 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click the Passat CC for a high res gallery Volkswagen has been offering their 1.4L TSI engine range in several of their European models for the past several years but has yet to make them available in the U.S. The TSI engines are reduced displacement, turbocharged direct injection engines that offer ...

Detroit 2008: Mercedes-Benz E320 BlueTec is only sort of 50-state legal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Back in October, Mercedes-Benz made something of a splash in California when they re-introduced the E320 to the California market. It was the first new diesel available in the state in over two years. However, it now appears that the E320 BlueTec is not actually technically legal in California or ...

Detroit 2008: Audi targeting Q4 2008 Q7 hybrid intro, A4 hybrid to follow 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Off in a remote corner of the Audi booth is a display labeled A4 hybrid drive-train. According to an Audi representative this is the same hybrid system being developed for the Q7 SUV. The Q7 hybrid is still targeted for a production launch in the fourth quarter of 2008. Audi has not firmed up a ...

Detroit 2008: Spend 10 minutes with the Land Rover LRX concept (video) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Land Rover certainly didn't spare any expense when it came time to build a video screen to announce the debut of the Land Rover LRX concept SUV. For some Jeep-like reason, the organizers also thought that including fake rain and a pseudo-thunder storm was a good idea. As we wrote the other ...

Detroit 2008: Mitsubishi Concept RA stands for "Road Alive" (Video) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When I wrote the post about the unveiling of the Mitsubishi Concept-RA on Sunday, I really wanted to follow up on the note I made that the RA doesn't stand for Ralliart (the new version of which was unveiled at the same time) or an Egyptian god, but I couldn't for the life of me remember what ...

Detroit 2008: Cadillac Provoq on the stand (video) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

You'd think a car like the Cadillac Provoq would debut at the Detroit Auto Show. Instead, it came out at CES. Still, NAIAS attendees got a chance to see the hydrogen plug-in car roll onto the stage here in Cobo Hall, and now you can, too, in the video above. There wasn't anything new announced ...

Detroit 2008: Velozzi teams up with IDC of South Africa to build hybrid cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When our own Sebastian Blanco talked to Roberto Jerez last year about the hybrid vehicle Velozzi is developing, he explained that they were focusing on creating new technology. Velozzi was looking for companies to partner with to manufacture vehicles based on the powertrains they were working on. ...

Detroit 2008: Saturn Vue Two-Mode, with and without a plug 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Plug-in Hybrid Vue for a high-res gallery Saturn publicly showed two versions of the new Two-Mode hybrid Vue cross-over today using different battery technologies. One is the standard model that will go on sale toward the end of the this year with a nickel metal hydride battery pack. The ...

Detroit 2008: Who says the Chinese don't have a sense of humor? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After strolling around the displays of some of the Chinese manufacturers here at the Detroit Auto Show, I've found that you certainly can't accuse the Chinese of not having a sense of humor. Located in the center of the lower hall is the display booth from Tang Hua, a Chinese manufacturer of ...

Detroit 2008: Lincoln MKT concept live reveal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the MKT for a hgh-res gallery from the reveal At the Detroit Auto Show this morning, Lincoln took the wraps off its new MKT luxury crossover. Unlike the popular but relatively blandly styled MKX, the new MKT has a much bolder look. It takes all the styling cues from last year's MKR and ...

Detroit 2008: Saturn Vue Green Line plug-in hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the photo for a high-res gallery digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Saturn_Debuts_Two_Mode_Plug_In_Hybrid_Vue'; At the Detroit Auto Show today, GM is providing the first concrete details on the new Saturn Vue Green Line plug-in hybrid since the battery development contracts were ...

Detroit 2008: Dodge ZEO BEV sports car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Dodge Zeo for a high-res gallery Dodge's entry in this year's concept car sweepstakes is the ZEO, a four-seat, battery-powered sports car. The low slung Zero Emissions Operation coupe has 64kWh worth of lithium ion batteries packed between the frame rails. The electric energy is passed to ...

Detroit 2008: Chrysler ecoVoyager fuel cell RE-EV concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the ecoVoyager to see the whole vehicle in high-res For nearly two decades some of the most anticipated new concept vehicles at the Detroit Auto Show every January are those from Chrysler. Past concepts have included the likes of the original Dodge Viper, the Chrysler Crossfire, the Dodge ...

Detroit 2008: Saturn Flextreme E-Flex Concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Flextreme for high-res images Back in September 2007 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, General Motors main European brand Opel unveiled the second body style and third power-train variant of their E-Flex architecture. Since the product lines of Opel and Saturn have been converging over the ...

Detroit 2008: Jeep Renegade diesel RE-EV 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Jeep Renegade for a high-res gallery digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Oh_yes_110mpg_Jeep_Renegade_RE_EV_hybrid_unveiled_in_Detroi'; While the current small Jeeps - the Compass and Patriot - are no great shakes, the off-road icon has created a concept that really jump-starts the brand's ...

Detroit 2008: Lincoln MKT w/ 3.5L EcoBoost V-6 and upcycled plastic body 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Lincoln MKT for a high-res gallery Second applies in many ways to the new Lincoln MKT crossover concept being unveiled by Ford at the Detroit Auto Show. It's the second production-intent Lincoln to wear the new design language pioneered on last year's MKR concept after the MKS. It's the ...

Detroit 2008: Toyota unveils the new A-BAT hybrid pickup concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click the photo of the A-BAT for a high-res gallery from the reveal At Toyota's media reception this evening, new Toyota USA President Jim Lentz revealed the company's latest concept, the A-BAT hybrid pickup. We first saw pics of the new concept a couple of weeks ago but in person it is quite a ...

Detroit 2008: Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe pops in at party with surprise announcements 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

For the last several years Toyota has held an annual get together following the close of the first day of media previews at the Detroit Auto Show. This year's shin-dig brought with it several surprises. Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe made an unannounced appearance and delivered about a ten ...

Detroit 2008: Mercedes Vision GLK Freeside live reveal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mercedes has built the world's most expensive shopping cart. The Mercedes Benz Vision GLK Freeside, revealed today at the Detroit Auto Show, is a clean diesel from the three-pointed star and, if the Mercedes press announcement today is anything to go by, the back is supposed to be filled by nothing ...

Detroit 2008: Ferrari goes green, ethanol-fueled F430 to be announced! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the F430 for a high-res gallery Ferrari is not a brand known for environmental responsibility or fuel efficiency. However, they will be making some kind of announcement tomorrow here at Cobo Hall and it will involve the curvy beauty you see pictured here. Hey, I was talking about the car! ...

Detroit 2008: Officially, Official Audi R8 V12 TDI concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the R8 for a high-res gallery It's official now. The 6.0L V-12 TDI that was in the Q7 TDI concept at last year's Detroit Show has now been installed in the R8 sports car. That essentially makes the R8 the road-going equivalent of the two-time Le Mans winning R10 race car. The 60 degree V-12 ...

Detroit 2008: Ford VP Jim Farley on the new Verve sedan 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Verve for a gallery of high-res shots from the reveal The U.S. version of the Ford Verve Concept is unveiled in Detroit today. To mark the stateside debut of the European-based Verve concept, Ford released a few audio snippets from FoMoCo group vice president Jim Farley about the car. You ...

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