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Not Done Yet: Hummer H3, H3T get biofuel capability, new colors for 2010

Can a Hummer be green? The brand that most obviously represents American excess in the minds of environmentalists – though Hummer's vehicles aren't actually any worse than any other large SUV – has seemingly been fighting off its negative stigma since shortly after the introduction of the larger-than-life H2. Part of the brand's hopeful transformation includes giving each model a flex-fuel variant, and the latest application of that principle is seen on the 2010 H3 and H3T. Interestingly, the engine that gets the E85 ... Read more →

Ethanol will get you free parking at Vikings games, sort of Sebastian Blanco

Here's the problem with flex-fuel vehicles. Also known at E85-capable, flexfuel rides can burn straight gasoline or a gasoline/ethanol blend that is up to 85 percent ethanol. But, since they don't ...

Honda starts building flex-fuel City sedan in Brazil Sam Abuelsamid

Here in North America, the only non-gasoline fueled cars offered by Honda are the natural gas-powered Civic GX and the hydrogen-fueled FCX Clarity. You can buy diesel-powered Hondas in Europe and, ...

Money's not there for flex-fuel and other advanced technologies, automakers say Sebastian Blanco

Here's the thing: American automakers used to fully support E85-capable (aka flex-fuel) vehicles. With a few cheap additions to a standard engine ($100, or thereabouts), a car could get a special ...

GM makes the case for testing E15 ethanol blend Sebastian Blanco

GM has long been a proponent of using high-level ethanol blend, E85, in motor vehicles. But, with all of the talk of putting E15 or E20 (gasoline with 15 or 20 percent ethanol blended in) into the ...

EPA wants to hear your thoughts on E15 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a call today that asks for comments on what would happen if E15 became common in the national gasoline supply. In early March, Growth Energy and 54 ethanol manufacturers submitted an application for a waiver that would allow them to increase the blend ...

Geneva Preview: Bentley Continental Supersports, 621 hp ethanol beast 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

In spite of being part of the Volkswagen Group, Bentley has opted to not go the diesel route in its efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Instead, the Continental Supersports becomes the most powerful Bentley ever through the use of E85 as a fuel. Bentley has added flex fuel capability to ...

What is cellulosic ethanol and how does it fit with green cars? 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

There is a lot of controversy surrounding biofuels. Various studies have shown that crop-based biofuels contribute to global warming more than they help prevent it, that ethanol is no better than gasoline, and that South East Asian rainforests are suffering for biofuels, to name just three. The ...

Renault adds flex-fuel options to Modus and Kangoo 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Renault has now added two more flex-fuel models to its lineup with E85-capable variations of the Kangoo and Modus models. These are part of Renault's eco² lineup of more environmentally friendly models. Renault already offers flex-fuel versions of the Clio and Megane. The Modus gets E85 ...

Tundra 5.7L V8 gets flex-fuel option for '09 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota has announced updated pricing information for the 2009 Tundra full-size truck, along with a few new options that weren't available before. Chief among these new features is flex-fuel capability on the largest, most powerful 5.7L engine option. Toyota has been planning on adding this ...

Yamaha patents flex-fuel motorcycle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Yamaha_patents_flex_fuel_motorcycle'; Flex-fuel automobiles are nothing new. In fact, there are over 7-million flexible-fuel vehicles already on the roads in America, and it's not at all uncommon to see gas stations that offer E85. All vehicles sold in the ...

Climax Supercar: a new British sportscar that runs on ethanol 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ethanol has proven itself a viable fuel for tuners that want to get the most power from their automobiles. The alcohol has a higher octane rating that gasoline, meaning that an engine tuned to run on ethanol can make higher horsepower without the risk of detonation. This fact has prompted some ...

LA Preview: 2010 Ford Fusion to get flex-fuel V6 option 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've known for some time now that Ford's redesigned 2010 Fusion and Milan sedans would be getting a new hybrid version for the first time. What we didn't know before was that there will also be a new flex-fuel variant. An order guide has appeared on a Ford discussion board. The flex-fuel engine is ...

Minnesota state fleet using 77 percent more E85 this year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Minnesota SmartFleet Committee took a look at the amount of E85 used thus far in 2008 and found that the biofuel mixture's use is way up compared to 2007. In the first nine months of 2008, the state fleet of about 1,700 flexfuel vehicles has burned 529,000 gallons of E85; in the same time ...

ABC Extreme Makeover winner gets flexfuel F-150 and a year's supply of E85 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I wonder just how much money and time has been spent by national organizations promoting flexfuel vehicles - even though we all know that E85 fuel is pretty hard to find. Whatever the calculation, we need to add in the cost of a new F150 crew cab flexible-fuel vehicle (around $36,000) and a year's ...

Find more ethanol with DriveFlexFuel E85 station locator 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of the problems major automakers cite as a reason that more ethanol isn't used in their flex-fuel vehicles is that the people who own the cars just don't know that you can put E85 into the tank. But there is another problem: not having any E85 available in your area. If you want to find out if ...

Some politicians want to mandate 100% flex fuel capability 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A bipartisan group of senators has drafted a new energy bill that includes a mandate that all vehicles sold in the United States would have to be flex-fuel capable by 2020. During the GM BioFuels summit last Friday in Detroit, one of the subjects that came up was the use of flex-fuel vs. dedicated ...

Suzuki to introduce E100-capable flex-fuel models in 2010 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

So far, Suzuki has steered clear of alternative fuel vehicles in the American market. They haven't offered any diesels, flex-fuel or hybrid vehicles yet. That may soon change as the company will reportedly launch some vehicles that can run on not just E85, but also E100 as soon as 2010. The ...

Obama: 1 million plug-in hybrid vehicles by 2015 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has proposed a new ten-year $150 billion energy plan today in Michigan. A large part of the plan centers around transportation -- both the use of petroleum and the types of cars we are to drive in the future. For automakers, $4 billion in loans and loan ...

Ethanol promoters attack Big Oil, OPEC in Nashville 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Oh, the poor ethanol industry figures. Maligned for their reliance on corn, blamed for rising food prices and having to resort to subsidized fuel sales to attract attention, ethanol is an easy target these days.. Ethanol can't even get any love from the chickens. Last week, ethanol promoters ...

Lotus throws its weight behind methanol 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for hi-res gallery of the Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel British sportscar-maker and engineering firm Lotus may be known for its lightweight vehicles, but in the industry it still packs a punch as a heavyweight. It's that weight which Lotus is throwing behind methanol as the most viable ...

Toyota peers into E85 in Thailand 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Although Toyota is the undisputed leader in hybrid sales, it has shied away from offering E85-capable vehicles in the United States. In other markets, though, where ethanol is widely available and popular, such as Brazil, Toyota has seen fit to offer vehicles which are able to run on the alcohol ...

Xcelplus will convert 450 vehicles to flexfuel for the U.S. Air Force 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The U.S. Air Force is trying to make its ground vehicles a little less petroleum fuel-hungry. It has advanced li-ion battery contracts out and funded the Silverado EV. The company Xcelplus International Inc. announced this week that it and MAG International Inc. will be providing the Air Force with ...

DiMora Natalia SLS 2: the $2m "green" car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge Ever justified buying something you know you shouldn't have purchased? Getting the fries instead of the salad for an extra dollar because you're hungry and, hey, it's just a buck? Or maybe you bought a way-too-big house because the ARM was so affordable (emphasis on the "was")? ...

Wagoner: Our nation has a "woefully low number of E-85 pumps" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There are already millions of flex-fuel vehicles on the road today, and manufacturers like General Motors have committed to building many, many more. In fact, GM has plans for half of their entire fleet of automotive offerings to be flex-fuel capable by the year 2012. According to Jim Wagoner, GM's ...

Honda changes its mind on ethanol 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Wall Street Journal reports Honda is considering ethanol and more natural gas-powered cars. In the past Honda has not been positive on ethanol. Here is Honda's U.S. sales chief John Mendel, speaking in August 2006, when asked about making flex fuel cars: We're not against it. ... In the list of ...

Ferrari CEO: we are considering ethanol 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ferrari probably won't make a hybrid or a full electric car but they just might make a flex-flex car that can run on E85. That possibility comes directly from Maurizio Parlato, President and CEO of Ferrari North America, at the end of an interview at the LA Auto Show with the Wall Street Journal, ...

Video: Toyota racing series the first to use cars powered by E85 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We told you February that Toyota's racing series would use ethanol in 2007 and now we have a video of the first race from TV3, where they describe it as a world's first in motor sport. Toyota currently does not sell a flex fuel vehicle in the US market but they may sell flex fuel vehicles in the ...

LA Auto Show video: Bob Lutz confirms GM will release 16 hybrids in next four years 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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Chery has huge plans for hybrids in 2008 and beyond 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

During a recent international renewable energy forum in Beijing, Liu Zhijia, Assistant General Manager of Chery, said by 2010 half of Chery's vehicles will be hybrids and half of those hybrids will run on clean fuels. Here is exactly what he said: New energy is a driving force for the sustainable ...

60 percent of New Zealand cars plug-ins by 2040 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

New Zealand has bold plans for greening its automobile transportation. In the "Energy Strategy to 2050" report, presented by New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, there are calls for major changes such as: 5 percent of cars to be plug-ins by 2020, rising to 60 percent by 2040. 25 percent of ...

Videos: Goober and Gomer in a flex fuel, plug-in hybrid? (Republicans debate PHEVs) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Last night's NBC Republican presidential debate took an unexpected turn to the green. For almost half an hour, the candidates talked about alternatives to oil and ethanol. Senator Sam Brownback even talked about a flex-fuel, plug-in hybrid car. Sam went into specifics saying he would like to see an ...

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 ...

Schwarzenegger's role in GM getting flex-fuel contract questioned 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/GM_helped_by_Schwarzenegger_to_get_17_miliion_flex_fuel_contract'; A California Senate committee is demanding Governor Schwarzenegger's officials show up to a hearing Tuesday to answer questions about his role in getting GM a flex-fuel contract. So far, the ...

AutoblogGreen video: plug-in Prius converted by Hymotion 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We wrote about Fairfax County's converted Prius before. I got a look at their converted Prius at an electric car event in Washington. The county converted a Prius to PHEV status in November of last year with a kit from Hymotion. Fairfax plans to replace this older battery with the new batteries ...

The first EPA certified ethanol converter 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

You have probably seen a few kits to convert your car to run on ethanol. They are not legal. In fact, there probably won't ever be a kit you can just buy to do the conversion yourself. There are kits that will be used by companies that do the conversion. These companies are seeking certification to ...

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