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VIDEO: Before you weld a Volt, you have to stamp out the bodies

The other day we pointed you at a video produced by General Motors that is part of a series on the building of the pre-production Chevy Volt prototypes. That video showed the IVER (integration vehicle engineering release) bodies being assembled, welded and painted in the body shop at the pre-production operations center in Warren, Michigan. However, before you can weld and paint, you have take sheets of steel and stamp them into the right shapes. It turns out that there were other videos that came ahead the body shop video that we missed. ... Read more →

Cool videos: human powered walking vehicles Lascelles Linton

I know what you're thinking: "Walking vehicles? It's better to just walk." Sure, transferring power from your feet to a mechanical set of legs may be needlessly repetitious and simply waste energy in ...

Cool videos: storing energy in magnetic fields, motors powered by sound Lascelles Linton

Who says you have to use chemical batteries in electric cars? Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage System or SMES is a way storing electrical energy in magnetic fields. Chubu Electric Power and ...

Washington Auto Show videos: Car makers on senators, state regulators and CAFE Lascelles Linton

The big automakers showed a little teeth at this year's Washington Auto Show. The video above begins with Mark LaNeve of GM telling a story about a U.S. senator. The senator suggested to Mark that GM ...

Videos: car factories in the middle of the city? Lascelles Linton

Who says car factories have to be dirty? Volkswagen built a car factory in the middle of the city of Dresden called the Transparent Factory. The factory actually replaced a convention center and ...

Cool videos of Mazda's Furai, the ethanol-fueled racing car concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The first video below the fold is Mazda's Director of Design, Franz von Holzhausen talking about the Furai concept at the Detroit Auto Show. The Furai is a racing concept that runs on E100 (100 percent ethanol) and the car's design is inspired by the wind. The video includes a look at a really cool ...

Cool videos: MIT ethanol injection hybrid, Japanese hydrogen water engine 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Do you think the future of green engines is just flex-fuels, hybrids or fuel cells? Can you imagine a future with engines that have ethanol turbo-like injection or use steam super-heated by hydrogen? These engines are in the lab today. The video above is a look at a hybrid ethanol injection engine ...

Update: Project Better Place+Renault's electric car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, I told you about a news report with the debut of the Project Better Place+Renault electric car. If you had problems seeing the video at the news site, try watching the Dailymotion video above. We got translations from several of our readers (Thanks again to Emil and Vadim) and Le Blog ...

Detroit 2008 videos: Coskata, GM, Ford 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above includes a chat with clean tech investor Vinod Khosla at the Detroit Auto Show. Vinod Khosla has backed ethanol company Coskata, which announced a partnership with GM at the Detroit Auto Show. Vinod says oil companies will get into the ethanol business because they are really energy ...

Detroit Auto Show videos: CNBC special at 9 PM EST, Toyota's A-Bat, Toyota President Jim Lentz 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If all of the AutoblogGreen coverage isn't enough for you, you can see all the new cars at the Detroit Auto Show, in a live, one-hour special tonight at 9 PM Est on CNBC. The video above is a close look at the interior and back of Toyota's concept hybrid truck, the A-Bat. WARNING: In the video ...

Videos: Jan. 12 was "no pants day" on public transit 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Who says taking the train is boring? January 12th was "no pants" day on the public transit system. It's a prank started by Charlie Todd's Improv Everywhere. There really isn't a point to it and it's not a protest against anything. Well, perhaps they are protesting pants or celebrating legs? Anyway, ...

Videos: Ratan Tata responds to ctiticisms of the Nano's safety, emissions 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In the video above, Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Motors, responds to critics who say the Nano is not safe and pollutes. Here's what he said yesterday: Let me assure you and also assure our critics that the car we have designed and that we will be presenting to you today will indeed meet all the ...

Cool video: Leonardo Da Vinci's wooden car designed in 1495 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Leonardo Da Vinci designed a wooden, clock-work car in 1495. The designs, on page 812R of the Atlanticus Codex, were only interpreted correctly a few years ago and a working model was actually made. With the exception of flywheels, storing energy in a mechanical form never caught on. Wooden cars ...

Cool videos: air propelled train, personal street car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Have you heard about Aeromovel, a train that is driven by compressed air? You can see the train (which has no on-board motor) as it uses a sail-like propulsion device on what looks like traditional train tracks in the video above. It's currently in use in Brazil and Indonesia. Below the fold is a ...

The real reason Tata's Rs 1-lakh will change everything: it's green! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Tata's Rs1-lakh will debut at the Delhi's Auto Expo, which starts January 10th. The Rs1-lakh will also be at the Geneva Motor Show this March. Tata group chairman Ratan says Tata won't make a hybrid Rs1-lakh (also known as the people's car) because it would be too expensive. The Rs 1-lakh will be ...

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 ...

Video interview with the winners of Robocar 2057 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above is an interview with the winners of the LA Auto Show Design Challenge, Robocar 2057. The VW designers imagined cars that stand upright, which allows for higher traffic density. On the slipstream highways, things really get interesting as the car rotates to a flatter more aerodynamic ...

Exclusive video of DaimlerChrysler's hybrid engine 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Deutsche Welle English has a great video on YouTube called Made in Germany | Top Secret: Experimental Vehicles that includes a look at a DaimlerChrysler hybrid engine still in development. Fire your corporate spies top American automakers and just watch this video above that includes passing a key ...

2008 Detroit Auto Show preview videos: A-BAT Toyota's hybrid concept truck, BMW X6 Active Hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Above is a video all about the A-BAT, Toyota's hybrid concept truck, that will premiere at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show. The video does not show the A-BAT driving around but it's still a nice look at the concept that just might be the star of the Detroit Auto Show. Some have said the truck is ugly ...

Video: documentary on the making of the electric "cooler" go-cart 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Remember the Electric Cooler? The video above looks at the making of this electric go-cart made from a cooler. The bicycle handle bar and wheelie bar gives the vehicle a Harley Davidson look and feel ... except, well, you know, it's still a cooler. The video includes important things like where ...

Video: Huckabee on a Segway 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Leading presidential candidate Mike Huckabee took a ride on a Segway recently, as you can see in the video above. He goes about 0.0000005 MPH while someone holds him and someone else actually screams "moving forward." I am assuming his handlers wanted to avoid the photo-op and headline "Huckabee ...

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 ...

Videos: not-for-profit City Car Share has 15,000 drivers 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above is a France 24 news report about City Car Share, a not-for-profit car sharing program based in San Francisco. The video report says City Car Share has 15,000 members that pay rates of $4 an hour and 44 cents a mile. A mother of two was interviewed in the report and she says that the ...

Video: EPA head ignored entire staff in denying CA waiver says Sen. Boxer 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Outspoken California senator, Barbara Boxer, had a memorable visit to the NewsHour yesterday, supporting California's right to regulate tail pipe emissions. In the highlights clip above which, you can see choice lines like "the cheese stands alone" and the mention of a Washington Post article that ...

Videos: London's Heathrow airport to use driver-less, electric POD transport system 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

According to the Reuters video above, London's Heathrow Airport will use electrically-powered, driver-less pods to transport passengers from Terminal Five, which should open in 2008, to the business car park. The biggest selling point of this small vehicle system is the cars are queued up ...

Videos: Skysail debuts on world's first commercial merchant ship to use kite power 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Skysail, a giant kite used to help propel ships, has made its debut as you can see in the Reuters video above. MV Beluga Skysail is the world's first cargo ship to use the Skysail and the ship will make its maiden voyage in early 2008 from Germany to Venezuela. The Skysail is 400 feet long and ...

Video: Paris Hilton runs out of gas (and hilarity ensues) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/celebrity/Watch_what_Paris_Hilton_does_with_the_change'; Soon-to-be hybrid owner Paris Hilton ran out gas recently and, go figure, the paparazzi stalking helped out by picking some up for her. The video above is a Jimmy Kimmel Live routine about the incident that ...

It's Friday: New York to Japan in 42 minutes by gliding through the hollow Earth 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above describes the idea of a gravity train, which imagines drilling a hole through the Earth to travel to different locations on the surface of the Earth. The gravity train would mean travel times of about 42 minutes from any two locations on the Earth's surface. Of course, digging a ...

Videos: Switchbike transforms into a recumbent, the Hour drives a Velomobile 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above is the Switchbike, which looks like a regular bike but can transform into a recumbent, lay-back seating type of bike. There is only one and creator Ron de Jong is still looking for someone to bring this concept to production. Below the fold is a video of the CBC show's look at the ...

It's Friday: is a cat bus green? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, Korean scientists created glow in the dark cats and scientists have created glow in the dark rabbits and pigs in the past. Glowing animals are novelties but GMO or Genetically Modified Organisms are actually quite common in our food supply and you often see these foods bannned because of ...

Videos: The amazing story of the High Line 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

This is a great story. A raised train track in the middle of New York City was abandoned. Unused since the 1980s, this train track actually began to grow wild grasses. So much wild grass grew on the track that you could mistake it for the countryside and not a space in the middle of a city. A group ...

Videos: kids explain how cars harm the planet, Ford Escape hybrid daughter commercial 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/motorsport/Kids_explain_how_cars_harm_the_planet_Videos'; The video above is the Climate Kids ad where children are asked how do cars harm the planet. There responses are what you might expect from kids except for the second to last kid who understands it better than ...

Mistakes in the Mythbusters' episode on fuel economy devices 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mythbusters, a popular TV show on the Discovery Channel, tried to bust the myth that there are devices out there that can dramatically improve your fuel economy. I think Mythbusters made a lot of mistakes in the episode with claims about hydrogen, used vegetable oil and EPA testing. I also think ...

AutoblogGreen video: Six-hour House debate on fuel efficiency in just 5 minutes 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I watched the last six hours of the House of Representatives debate on the energy bill yesterday and recorded significant references to CAFE, fuel efficiency, transportation, etc. and whittled it down to five minutes because hey, I know you're busy. The video above includes Dingell being praised ...

Videos: Toyota's MR, Segway wheelchair 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After the violin-playing robot in the video above, we get a look at Toyota's Mobility Robot (or MR), which we told you about yesterday. MR reminds me a lot of Toyota's I-Real, which was on display at the Tokyo Auto Show and seemed very close to production. There are a handful of a good designs for ...

Video: Dingell admits defeat, will vote for energy bill 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In September, I wrote Dingell would kill CAFE. Earlier today, I wrote he played a part in delaying a vote on the energy bill in the House. However, a rebel alliance has pushed the vote through, and it should happen later today. We'll have more updates the vote occurs. Until then, I thought this was ...

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