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Actor Matthew Modine brings Bike for a Day event to NYC

Last month, New York City closed down a few streets to automobile traffic in an attempt to get people out of their cars and into the fresh air (well, the New York air, anyway). The Summer Streets campaign seems to have been a success (based on the website, anyway) and now a similar event will take place next weekend at NYC's South Street Seaport. The Bicycle for a Day event will happen Saturday, September 20 and will try to get people to "observe a greener, carbon-emission-free lifestyle by traveling by bike, foot, or skates." Sound like fun? ... Read more →

NYC gets hit with lawsuit over "unsafe" hybrid taxis Sebastian Blanco

While the shift to hybrid taxis in New York City has been moving forward for a while now, not everyone thinks that the yellow cabs should be cleaner just yet. Who, you ask? Well, the Metropolitan ...

Big Ideas, season 2 preview: Transport Sebastian Blanco

The Sundance Channel's Big Ideas For A Small Planet is back. The eco-solutions show tidily takes on an issue - like, say Fuel or Drive in episodes from last year's season - and finds three "Big ...

NYC Council approves traffic free plan for Manhattan Xavier Navarro

It's finally arrived. NYC is copying London's Congestion Charge. The City Council voted 30 to 20 for a Home Rule resolution asking lawmakers to approve a Senate Bill empowering the city to impose the ...

ABG First Impression: Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid w/Video Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

New York 2008: BMW North America CEO takes a swipe at Mercedes' clean diesel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

During the BMW press conference at the New York Auto Show last week, BMW North America president and CEO Tom Purves made a nice swipe at the earlier announcement from Mercedes about those clean diesel SUVs. While Purves talked about the BMW's ActiveHybrid and clean diesel systems in general, he ...

New York 2008: Motive Industries' muscular X Prize entry vehicle needs a name 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Of the 60+ teams that have signed a letter of intent to participate in the Progressive Automotive X Prize, about 15 were on hand at the New York Auto Show. With only four cars on stage, it's easy to calculate that some teams arrived sans vehicle. The group from Motive Industries had just a little ...

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: Actually, it's not called the Air Car - Q&A with MDI's Guy Negre 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Automotive X Prize announcer used it. We've been using if forever. And, until recently, MDI and Zero Pollution Motors were still calling their vehicles the Air Car. Now, though, to avoid confusion as much as possible, the preferred term is "Compressed Air Vehicle" (don't look now, but the ZPM ...

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 ...

New York 2008: Progressive Insurance CEO on why he's spending $10m on the Auto X Prize 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In the general hub-bub before the Automotive X-Prize kick-off event yesterday, we cornered Progressive Insurance's President and CEO Glenn Renwick for a few brief moments to get his thoughts on the prize. I mean, it's his company that is putting up the ten million dollars in prize money, so you can ...

Officially, official: The Progressive Auto X Prize has now begun 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Before this release gets too much older (traveling sure eats into blogging time, I'll tell you that), let's confirm what was announced today at the New York Auto Show about the Progressive Automotive X Prize. The full statement can be found after the jump, but here's a bulleted list of highlights: ...

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: Auto Alliance re-emphasizes focus on environment and safety 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When the U.S. Congress passes or is about to pass some legislation relating to issues of automobile safety or vehicles' ecological impact, the Auto Alliance speaks up. Why do we only hear from the group on these issues? The Alliance's Charles Territo sat down with us at the New York Auto Show to ...

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: Why yes, the Ford Transit Connect could be used as a taxi 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge The flashiness of the Ford Transit Connect's debut from Chicago is long gone. Here in New York, Ford is expanding the idea of what these spacious vehicles can do with a Transit Connect Taxi concept, which we learned about yesterday. We went to check this version of the Transit ...

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: '09 Honda Fit blushes in bright red 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge The New York stage presence of the 2009 Honda Fit says nothing if not red. The car, the background, everything about the display served to emphasize that color. But there is certainly a green side to a car that gets 46 mpg under the Japanese test cycle. The new Fit is even more ...

New York 2008: will Prius sales make up for slowing Tundra sales? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At the New York Auto Show, Toyota U.S. General Manager Bob Carter spoke with Bloomberg about high fuel prices and the full-size truck market (see video below the fold). Carter said "we are not immune to what the current market conditions are and many full-size truck owners are delaying their ...

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 2008: Milner plug-in hybrid waiting in the wings 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge and enter ABG's high-resolution gallery Sitting still next to the Milner AirCar in the back of the New York Auto Show is the Milner ElectriCar. As we wrote in February, the ElectriCar uses an 11kWh battery and two 15hp electric motors to go for 120 miles without the 125cc engine ...

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 ...

Leakage alert! 2009 Nissan Maxima hits the web before New York debut! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above to view high-res gallery of the 2009 Nissan Maxima var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/LEAK_2009_Nissan_Maxima_back_to_sports_car_form'; It's embargo-breaking time again. With previews beginning tomorrow for the New York Auto show, the star of the Nissan stand has hit the web ...

NYC fleet of limousines to meet fuel-efficiency standards 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

NYC efficiency is not only for cabs, the Big Apple is going to get better limousines as well. At least, that's the plan. The city's entire fleet of roughly 10,000 chauffeured cars, mostly black, would be required to meet fuel efficiency standards, currently attainable with hybrids, of 25 miles a ...

Holy pipeline, Batman: Midwest-to-East-Coast route a possibility 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There has been talk of a continental U.S. ethanol pipeline before. Back in 2006, Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) proposed legislation on the issue, but it didn't get very far. The idea didn't die, though. This past week, Magellan Midstream Partners and Buckeye Partners announced ...

New York '08 Preview: Hybrid Technologies to show off '08 model lineup 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Hybrid Technologies has announced that it will be renaming its electric vehicle conversions with LiV branding for 2008. The newest model based on the Toyota Yaris is now called the LiV Wise rather than the utterly forgettable Y-120. The LiV Wise starts at $39,500 and prices climb from there. Hybrid ...

New York '08: Chevy Volt fans invited to a meetup 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Calling all New York-area Volt-aholics: Lyle Dennis, the proprietor of GM-Volt.com (who also happens to live in New York) recently called up GM and asked them if they would consider hosting a gathering of Chevy Volt fans at the upcoming New York Auto Show and the company agreed. The Volt Nation ...

New York '08 Preview: 2009 Acura TSX to debut 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Acura's entry-level TSX sedan is is a re-badged version of the European-market Honda Accord, a car that will debut on March 5 at the Geneva Motor Show. Acura has now let us know that the U.S.-market TSX will be dropping just two weeks later at the New York Auto Show. Why is this relevant here on ...

Study shows New York hybrid buses improve efficiency, reduce operating cost 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The first hybrid buses hits the streets of New York City almost ten years ago and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has just done a follow-up study to evaluate the second generation. The newer buses were compared to the original Orion VII hybrid units. The more recent buses were found to ...

Videos: NY Mayor Bloomberg test drives Javlon, Popular Mechanic test drives Aptera 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above shows New York mayor Bloomberg speaking in China and saying he will test drive Miles Automotive's Javlon electric car. Recently, we told you early versions of the car had rolled off the production line and the company was checking them out in China. Below is a video about another ...

NYPD to test Vectrix electric scooters next month 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The New York Police Department will road test four Vectrix electric scooters next month reports Newsday. Vectrix scooters have a range of 60 miles, a top speed of 60 MPH and, as Vectrix president Andrew MacGowen tells Newsday, his scooters are the first all-electric vehicles to be certified to ...


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