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Concerned about CO2? In the UK, just buy a diesel

British environmental site Clean Green Cars announced a report that says that buying a hybrid does not have significant CO2 advantage over an equivalent diesel. The report doesn't mention other tailpipe pollutants and doesn't say that hybrids are a bad thing themselves because they do lower gasoline consumption. It's just that hybrids are more appropriate for the U. S., where diesels are virtually unknown, than in the UK. Clean Green Cars also says that we have to wait for lithium-ion and plug-in hybrids to get real benefits, since it is these ... Read more →

SAE Congress '08: Panel projects 20% diesel, 10% hybrid by 2020 Sam Abuelsamid

During a panel discussion at the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit today, a group of industry executives projected that diesel engines with grab 20 percent market share in the ...

J.D. Power predicting that diesels and hybrids to grab 17% by 2015 Sam Abuelsamid

A new study by J.D. Power and associates is projecting that the combined market share of diesel and hybrid power-trains will hit seventeen percent in the U.S. by the middle of the next decade. The ...

Toyota Prius is a gas guzzler compared to the BMW 520d Sam Abuelsamid

When it comes to getting great fuel economy, there is definitely more than one way to skin a cat. The Prius may be thrifty but it certainly isn't the be all and end all. Just to demonstrate that the ...

Audi adds low CO2 "e" series to the A3 Sam Abuelsamid

Audi has followed their Volkswagen stablemates and added some special "e" series models to the their lineup in recent months. The "e" models are similar to VW's Bluemotion models in that they are ...


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