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Manhattan developers get ready for the age of the electric vehicle

Many proponents of electric vehicles espouse the benefits of using them in urban areas. The problem is that in many of those cities – like New York or Chicago – people often live in apartments or row-houses and parking is at a premium. A private garage with a plug is a true luxury. Some property developers in Manhattan are now trying to address this problem by installing charging points in the garage facilities of new apartment buildings. One company, Glenwood Management, is installing chargers made by Coulomb Technologies in ... Read more →

REPORT: GM gets out from under its polluted sites scot-free Jonathon Ramsey

Next in the line of those clamoring for attention and payouts from Motors Liquidation Co., the company that was given all of GM's unwanted assets, are the environmental and economic redevelopment ...

NYC will survey residents on electric cars Sebastian Blanco

It is common for cities to contribute to the electric vehicle world by working with automakers and/or utilities to build EV charging stations. New York City will be taking a slightly different ...

New York police to start patrolling in Nissan Altima hybrids Sam Abuelsamid

The New York Police Department has just put its first alternative drive vehicles into patrol service with the arrival of 40 new Nissan Altima Hybrids. The department has assigned 18 of the Altimas as ...

New Yorkers to get new car sharing option from Mint on May 1 Sam Abuelsamid

Drivers in Brooklyn and Park Slope, New York will have a new car sharing option available to them starting May 1. Mint is expanding from its current base in Manhattan into new parts of the city. Mint ...

New York 2009: Hyundai Nuvis concept hints at next-gen CUVs 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

The first hint of what we can expect from the next generation Tucson and Santa Fe crossovers was revealed today at the New York Auto Show as the Hyundai Nuvis concept. The sweeping creases echo and expand upon Hyundai's design direction that could be seen on the Genesis coupe and sedan and the ...

New York 2009: Chrysler's new flex-fuel V6 debuts in 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

When Chrysler revealed the new Jeep Grand Cherokee this week in New York, it marked the first public appearance of the company's new V6 engine family. What had previously been referred to as the Phoenix is now officially dubbed the Pentastar V6. Over the next couple of years, variants of this ...

New York 2009: Performance, the past and the hoped for future 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Out in the middle of the Dodge display here at the Javits center lies the past and future of performance cars. Sitting on the floor is the epitome of old school performance, the Viper SRT-10. With a rip-roaring 8.4-liter V10, the Viper accelerates at a rate few cars on the road today can match. ...

Quick Drive: 2010 Mercedes-Benz ML450 Hybrid, two-mode goes German 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

An hour after Mercedes-Benz unveiled its new ML450 hybrid at the New York Auto Show, we got to take our first quick drive in the first German version of a two-mode hybrid. Mercedes-Benz has been collaborating with General Motors, Chrysler and BMW for the last four years to develop the two-mode ...

New York 2009: And the WCOY's World Green Car is ... 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

In New York this morning, the organizers of the world car of the year competition honored four cars that garnered the most votes in their respective categories from an international jury of journalists. While other categories where open to all newly introduced cars, the World Car of the Year's ...

New York 2009: Chrysler shows off its battery packs 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

I've heard of carrying extra batteries for a laptop but this is a bit ridiculous. Actually, that's the president of Chrysler electric vehicle ENVI division Lou Rhodes with his laptop sitting on top of the battery pack case for the Dodge Circuit. When I spoke with Rhodes and Doug Quigley a ...

New York 2009: Counter Balance - the batmobile of yellow, expandable trucks 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Sometimes the words fail me. Here in the press room at the New York Auto Show, though, people had all sorts of things to say about the Counter Balance, um, truck ... thing ... concept ... vehicle. The best of the bunch: "that's what happens when the Carbon Motors police car had a night of ...

New York 2009: The Scion iQ goes Big Wheels! 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

To no one's surprise, Toyota unveiled the Scion iQ concept today at the New York Auto Show. Ever since the iQ debuted in Europe last year, the expectation has been that Toyota would sell the micro compact car as a Scion here in the U.S. to compete against the Smart ForTwo. What surprised us ...

New York 2009: Mercedes-Benz ML 450 hybrid can go 34 mph on batteries 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

The road to production for the Mercedes-Benz ML450 hybrid wasn't always smooth, but now that the Germans have shown off the new SUV here at the New York Auto Show (following its early debut at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show), they'll be happy to tell you just how amazing and luxurious this SULEV ...

New York 2009: GMC Terrain gets all-DI engine lineup 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Like its mechanical twin, the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox, the new GMC Terrain is getting an engine lineup that consists entirely of direct injected engines. The base 2.4-liter EcoTec four cylinder is expected to give the Terrain an EPA highway fuel economy of 30 mpg and get cleaner cold-start ...

GM and Segway working on new balancing 2-wheeler? 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Please hold a moment while we check our calendars. Nope, it's definitely not April 1st. That must mean the stories circulating the internet tonight of a GM tie-up with Segway must be true. The Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility Project (P.U.M.A. for short) will reportedly seek to develop ...

New York Preview: Mitsubishi to add "idle neutral logic" to Outlander 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Next week in New York, Mitsubishi will reveal a new version of its Outlander crossover. The Outlander GT Prototype includes a new feature dubbed Idle Neutral Logic. According to Mitsubishi, this system shifts the transmission into neutral when the vehicle comes to a stop. While this system ...

Spy shot: Scion iQ already in New York? 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

In mid-March, Scion confirmed that a new concept car would be headed our way during the New York Auto Show. This "micro-subcompact" sounded like a Scion-badged iQ to us, and now we think we have the first spy shots of the car being unloaded in New York. Of course, this being April Fool's and all, ...

New York City to get 10 MINI Es for road test 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced that MINI USA will be providing ten of its MINI E electric cars to the city for the next year. The cars will be used by the Street Condition Observation Unit which prowls the city in search of potholes and graffiti. The ten NYC cars are part of 50 ...

VIDEO: Stressed about driving an SUV in NYC? Take the bike lane 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Bike lanes should be reserved for bikes, don't you think? The driver of an SUV in New York City disagrees and his or her decision to not grasp the importance of keeping the lanes open for cyclists was caught on film (find it after the jump). The SUV driver decides that he/she's had enough of ...

New York judge puts the brakes on hybrid taxi rules 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

New York City's attempt to mandate an all-hybrid cab fleet have been put on hold thanks to federal judge Paul Crotty. A city taxi regulation that was scheduled to take effect on November 1 would have phased in fuel economy rules for new cabs operated in the city. A group of cab operators that ...

Nissan, GM and Ford agree to build hybrid taxis for New York City 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's time to say adios to the classic yellow Ford Crown Vic. In May 2007, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced plans to transform the city's ubiquitous yellow cab fleet from the old school Ford Crown Victorias to all hybrids. For the past couple of years, a variety of hybrid vehicles have ...

ABG First Impression: Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid w/Video 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At the New York Auto Show last week we had our first opportunity to actually go for a drive in one of Ford's new plug-in hybrid Escapes. Last year Ford announced a partnership with Southern California Edison to build and test twenty plug-in hybrid Escapes. SCE will be using the crossovers in their ...

How much demand is there for a $60K electric MINI? Not much! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

About a month ago Hybrid Technologies sent out press release that they were slashing the price of their electric vehicle conversions. For some time now, they have been offering up MINI Coopers, Chrysler PT Cruisers and even Crossfires among others. The flaw in the plan however was the pricing. ...

New York 2008: Saleen unveils E85 fueled S5S Raptor supercar concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Saleen S5S Raptor A quarter century after Steve Saleen started building heavily modified high performance Ford Mustangs, the company that still bears his name, if not his direct involvement, unveiled a new concept car at the New York Auto Show. The S5S Raptor is the second ground-up ...

Toyota is considering a hybrid for Scion 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for high-res gallery of the Scion Hako Concept First, the quote: "Will we have a truck in our lineup? Does it make sense to have a hybrid powertrain? Is a subcompact roadster the answer? Or will an SUV ever be viable for us. We don't know the answers but we're very open-minded." That ...

New York 2008: Live reveal of the Kia Koup concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Kia Koup for a high res gallery Kia just officially unveiled their latest concept at the New York Auto Show, the Koup. As we already showed a little earlier this morning the Koup is a front wheel drive coupe that exhibits Kia's latest styling direction. The look isn't hugely original, but ...

New York 2008: Kia joins the GTDI party with new Koup Concept [w/VIDEO] 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Kia Koup concept for a high-res gallery After all the embargo breaks that typically occur during the run up to big auto shows, Kia actually managed to drop a real surprise here in New York. The Kia Koup concept that is debuting here is a front wheel drive four seat coupe. This concept is ...

New York 2008: Scion Hako Coupe concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click the Hako concept for a high-res gallery Apparently Scion got the message from fans of the first generation xA and xB when the replacements grew larger and heavier. Today they debuted a new concept called the Hako Coupe at the New York Auto Show. The Hako was created by Toyota's Tokyo design ...

New York 2008: Nissan Denki Cube concept headlines environmental theme 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Denki Cube for a high res gallery. As part Nissans Green 2010 program, they announced today that they will be going for a new low next year. Sometime in 2009 Nissan will launch the next generation Cube in the US market as an entry level model below the Versa. The Cube should be be a nice ...

New York '08: 2009 Acura TSX, soon with a diesel, but not quite yet! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the TSX for a high-res gallery Acura took the wraps of the all-new TSX today at the New York Auto Show, although we already saw it with Honda badges at the Geneva Auto Show a couple of weeks ago. The TSX will almost certainly be the first Acura model to get Honda's new 2.2L diesel four ...

New York 2008: 2009 Nissan Maxima, coming next year with a new diesel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the new Maxima for a high-res gallery of 60+ photos Almost a year ago, Nissan announced that they would introduce their first U.S.-market diesel engines in 2010 in the Nissan Maxima. While we still have a while to wait for the new fifty-state legal diesel V-6 to turn up, the car that will ...

New York 2008: Subaru R1e on the stand 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge and see our high-resolution gallery. The all-electric Subaru R1e will be seen on the streets of New York City more and more in the coming months, thanks to the expansion of a testing program that now includes the New York Power Authority (NYPA). The NYPA will be getting two of ...

AutoblogGreen Podcast #20 - Geneva Motor Show wrap-up 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Episode 20 of the AutoblogGreen Podcast has us recapping Geneva mere days before we head to New York. There were lots of exciting things over in Switzerland, and we touch on a few of them. Th!nk's new Ox will be a Tesla-magnitude achievement if it hits the market doing what the company says it will. ...

Coke to add 120 hybrid trucks to its US fleet in 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Coca-Cola Enterprises plans to add 120 hybrid trucks to its fleet in the US over the next year. The company currently uses two hybrids in the Bronx, NY fleet and plans to add another three to the Bronx fleet in December. Coke's president and CEO, John Brock, and New York Major Michael Bloomberg said ...

Interested in free scooter parking throughout New York City? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Remember the study that said "if Americans were to utilize one of the latest eco-friendly motor scooters for just 10 percent of their everyday travel, they could potentially reduce national fuel consumption by 14 million gallons of gasoline per day and decrease carbon dioxide emissions by 324 ...

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