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Could a gasoline engine outperform diesels? MUSIC might be the answer

Back in college, a teacher in a physics class explained to me and my classmates the models that rule diesel and gasoline engines. This stirred a classic debate: what's better: diesel or gasoline? The concept that explained the better efficiency of diesel engines was "thermal efficiency." This is also the concept that a prototype originally developed at Coventry University uses to claim that a 2.0-liter MUSIC (Merritt Unthrottled Spark Ignition Combustion) gasoline engine achieved more efficiency than a 2.4 liter diesel engine. For those ... Read more →

Chevy, Jonas Brothers rock out for a green future Lascelles Linton

Finally, a chance to blog about the Jonas Brothers! Today (Feb. 19), at Walt Disney Studios, Chevy is "rolling out the green carpet" (aka sponsoring) a concert that will ask the more than 150 L.A ...

Tour bus that runs on "blubber" in Sidekick's Grammy Awards TV commercial Lascelles Linton

While watching the Grammy Awards looking out for the Malibu hybrid TV commercial (it did not air) I saw a Sidekick commercial that had a bit of auto greeness. In the Sidekick commercial, a member of ...

Kia TV ad: Spectra is so fuel efficient, you will forget which side the car the gas tank is on Lascelles Linton

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 ...

It's Friday: the Ditty Bops tour by bike Lascelles Linton

The Ditty Bops is a musical group that really like bikes. They tour by bike and even released a "Bike and Bikini" wall calender in 2006. The video above is a performance of the song "Walk or Ride" ...

It's Friday: Is Jeep's "Rock Me Gently" ad greenwashing? o|||||||o 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I am not sure I can accuse the Jeep "Rock Me Gently" TV commercial in the video above of greenwashing because it's just so strange. The ad and website implies animals really like Jeep which, you could argue, implies Jeeps are good for the environment. It's also possible Jeep is saying, "we destroy ...

Videos: Hard Rock cafe concert for Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance is a group that promotes sustainable biodiesel practices. The Alliance held an event at the Hard Rock Cafe recently with celebrities like Willie Nelson in attendance. The video above shows the red carpet at the event where stars were asked what does sustainability ...

Video: Prius in a music video (NSFW) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The video for the song "Wow, I can get sexual too" by Say Anything features a Toyota Prius and the Fonz from Happy Days. You can watch the entire video above. It may not be safe for work or NSFW as the lyrics includes "half stoned" and the chorus repeats "she touched herself" four times. Your ...


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