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SEMA 2008: Making Green Cool Zone trucks

We are so used to huge trucks with outlandish paint jobs at SEMA, that we barely noticed these monstrosities in one corner of the upper level of the South Hall. But then we spotted the "Making Green Cool Zone" banner hanging over them and decided to take a closer look. Along with the dozen or so cars and bikes on display there were some seriously non-green-looking trucks. Their carbon footprints might be small, but godalmighty were they huge. There was an enormous 2006 Chevy Dually done up by eXtreme-Biodiesel to showcase their 4-hour, ... Read more →

SEMA 2008: Making Green Cool Zone bikes and products Frank Filipponio

SEMA surprised us a bit this year with its "Making Green Cool Zone." On display were a dozen or so cars and trucks, along with a few bikes that all had some green angle. In some cases the vehicles ...

SEMA 2008: Making Green Cool Zone cars Frank Filipponio

There were a lot of crazy, over-the-top and outrageous vehicles at SEMA again this year. Some of those vehicles were boosted, blinged, airbrushed and lifted to within an inch of their lives. Crazy ...

SEMA 2008: biodiesel Hummer snowmobile update Frank Filipponio

That unholy marriage of a Hummer and a snowmobile turns out to be an Antarctic vehicle by Zero South. This biodiesel-powered truck thing has tracks instead of wheels, and is set to be piloted by the ...

SEMA 2008: Next Batmobile to be a smart? Jeremy Korzeniewski

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SEMA 2008: Mercedes shows off RENNTech Pikes Peak hybrid GLK 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

This year's festivities in Las Vegas mark the first year that Mercedes-Benz has participated at the SEMA Show, and it has done so in grand style with four separate GLK concepts. The one we're most interested in is the RENNTech Pikes Peak concept, which uses a novel new mild hybrid system that ...

SEMA 2008: Nissan Altima Hot Rod Hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

SEMA's tuner crowd and the green culture seem at first to clash. Starting last year, though, and continuing even stronger in 2008 are green performance cars infiltrating the gas-guzzling ways of the typical SEMA show car. A prime example of this green mind meld is the Nissan Altima Hot Rod ...

SEMA 2008: Toyota Yaris Tailback runs on CNG 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota has brought a really, really green concept with it to the SEMA Show that's currently taking place in Las Vegas. That first bit of green comes courtesy of a compressed natural gas conversion that allows the driver to switch from gasoline to CNG for the otherwise stock four cylinder engine ...

SEMA 2008: Volkswagen CC Eco performance concept 27/33 mpg 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Out in sin city at the SEMA show, Volkswagen - like everyone else - is showing off modified versions of its everyday products. Most of what's on display is either about bling, power or both. Volkswagen however, has one car on display that adds efficiency to the mix. The Performance CC is based ...

SEMA 2008: VW Jetta TDI Street concept, live from Vegas 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Our team of crack journalists at SEMA have located the Jetta TDI Street concept, so we can now bring you some live shots of the car along with all of the assorted details. As we expected when we first heard that VeeDub was working up the concept, there are no powertrain changes to speak of. ...

SEMA 2008: Honda shows Civic HFP Concept, announces Mugen accessories for Fit 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Honda is accessorizing its two smallest, most efficient models. Debuting at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas is the Civic HFP Concept, which starts life as a stock Civic Si sedan. To this extremely-capable platform, Honda adds a series of aero-tweaks designed to improve the car's efficiency, such as ...

SEMA 2008: Ronn Motors shows off its Scorpion 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ronn Motors has delivered on at least one of its ambitious promises by delivering a real concept car to the SEMA Show that's currently taking place in Las Vegas. For its next trick, the fledgling automaker will try and convince those of us who are skeptical that its on-demand hydrogen ...

80 mpg Mustang back, will drive to SEMA and record mileage 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Remember Doug Pelmear, the inventor and mechanic from Toledo, Ohio who claims that his late-80's Fox Body Mustang makes 400-horsepower and still manages to return 80 miles per gallon? Doug's back in Toledo's news and he's making the same claims as before. In fact, Pelmear's Mustang can run on ...

SEMA 2008 Preview: PML Flightlink to show Ford F-150 PHEV 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

PML Flightlink, makers of the 640-horsepower electric MINI from 2006, is headed to SEMA this year with a new concept vehicle to display. Based on a full-size Ford pickup truck, it would be hard to come up with a platform further from the MINI that the company originally used. Still, the concept ...

Ronn Motors plans to introduce Scorpion at SEMA 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more high-res renderings of the Ronn Motors Scorpion Ronn Motors, the company we introduced you to a while back, plans to properly introduce the world to its Scorpion supercar at the upcoming SEMA Show in Las Vegas. We have very real doubts as to whether the vehicle will function as ...


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