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Washington 2009: Colin Powell likes the Fisker Karma

There was a bit of a hub-bub around the Fisker Automotive booth yesterday afternoon thanks to the surprise appearance of one Colin Powell. The former four-star general, Secretary of State and WMD fearmonger spent a lot of time with both the Karma and the Karma S, getting a lot of one-on-one time learning about the vehicles from Henrik Fisker. A lot of well-known government officials visit the Washington Auto Show, but the Fisker booth model I talked with was geeked as anything about Powell's appearance, asking me to send her the photos I ... Read more →

DC Auto Show: GM announces plan for Volt introduction, San Francisco, D.C. early adopter cities Sebastian Blanco

At the Washington Auto Show this morning, GM outlined its plan for getting America ready for the Chevy Volt. GM has been looking at which cities are the most prepared for and has people who are ...

Green Car Summit: fiery debate in D.C. on policy, pressure and people Sebastian Blanco

Before the Washington Auto Show starts up for real tomorrow, a very spirited debate took place as part of the Green Car Summit. The topics: legislation, consumer desires, fuel-saving technologies ...

DC Auto Show: Destiny 2000 used to be a Fiero, now it's a solar electric Sebastian Blanco

There is section of the DC Auto Show, called the Green Car Pavilion, that is intended to highlight alternative fuel vehicles. Before the show officially opens tomorrow, we managed to take a walk ...

Ford loves ethanol Dane Muldoon

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the Ford E85 Escape Hybrids. Ford unveiled the Escape Hybrid E85 flex-fuel SUV last month at the DC Auto Show. The 85 percent ethanol-capable ...

Washington 2009: Colin Powell likes the Fisker Karma 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

There was a bit of a hub-bub around the Fisker Automotive booth yesterday afternoon thanks to the surprise appearance of one Colin Powell. The former four-star general, Secretary of State and WMD fearmonger spent a lot of time with both the Karma and the Karma S, getting a lot of one-on-one ...

DC Auto Show: GM announces plan for Volt introduction, San Francisco, D.C. early adopter cities 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

At the Washington Auto Show this morning, GM outlined its plan for getting America ready for the Chevy Volt. GM has been looking at which cities are the most prepared for and has people who are the most interested in a plug-in vehicle, and singled out San Francisco and Washington, D.C. as two ...

Green Car Summit: fiery debate in D.C. on policy, pressure and people 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Before the Washington Auto Show starts up for real tomorrow, a very spirited debate took place as part of the Green Car Summit. The topics: legislation, consumer desires, fuel-saving technologies and a whole lot more. The panelists: Johan de Nysschen, president of Audi America Bill ...

DC Auto Show: Destiny 2000 used to be a Fiero, now it's a solar electric 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

There is section of the DC Auto Show, called the Green Car Pavilion, that is intended to highlight alternative fuel vehicles. Before the show officially opens tomorrow, we managed to take a walk around the GCP and saw an interesting collection of vehicles parked there. One was the bright yellow ...

Ford loves ethanol 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the Ford E85 Escape Hybrids. Ford unveiled the Escape Hybrid E85 flex-fuel SUV last month at the DC Auto Show. The 85 percent ethanol-capable Escape looks like its just the start of many projected flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) models being produced ...


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