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VIDEO: The real reason for the failure of ethanol? Bad marketing!

Over the last forty years, corn growers and automakers have repeatedly tried to convince America that ethanol was the solution to our ever growing thirst for petroleum. After all, we could just keep growing our own corn, distilling it into alcohol and pouring it in our tanks and say goodbye to Middle East oil forever. Automakers have built millions of flex-fuel cars and yet somehow, ethanol remains both relatively unavailable and controversial. So why the lack of success for our own home-brewed biofuel? Clearly, as Honda has so ... Read more →

Hybrid Technologies changes it name to EV Innovations Inc

While perusing YouTube the other day, we happened across some re-posted videos from the Hybrid Technologies collection. Nothing out of the ordinary, but then we read a video description that said ,"EV ...

VIDEO: How big is your footprint?

A couple of days ago, a Norwegian, know to us only as geisha44, uploaded to YouTube a nice little video meant to promote and provoke discussion. Consisting of wintry scenes from a bustling town ...

VIDEO: Stretching a Smart ForTwo to four seats... vertically!

The British tend to do things a little differently from the rest of us. They drive on the other side of the road with the steering wheel on the other side of the car (yes, I know they aren't the only ...

Video: Aptera rolls into Touchstone commercial

It was a Sunday like any other Sunday. I was on YouTube, browsing through the many Japanese game show selections, when I noticed a clip in English entitled "Aptera rolls into town". Although aptera ...

VIDEO: Driving the Eco-Rally in an electric delivery van 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The above video by Robert Llewellyn, (two separate links there) is part two of Episode 2 of his Using Less series, which he is producing exclusively on YouTube. Here you can see him driving an electric delivery van in the Brighton to London Eco-Rally, which we posted on earlier. As you can see, ...

Skeptical of HyPower's H2 Reactor on-demand hydrogen system? Video should be out today 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Regular readers of this site will recognize the name HyPower. We have written about their H2 Reactor before, and now, perhaps you will get a chance to see a video demonstration of the system working. After reading the press release announcing that this video will be out today, I decided that it ...

Video of Venture Vehicles playing around with a Carver three-wheeler 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here's a video of Ian Bruce, co-founder of Venture Vehicles, driving their new Carver three-wheeler. Venture Vehicles are going to design and build their own highly efficient three-wheeler based on Carver's technology with hybrid and all-electric powertrains. Analysis: Looks like a whole lot of ...

Video of the Piaggio MP3, a three-wheel scooter, in action 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I think I'm in an "Alternative Transportation" kind of mood today. That is to say, I feel like writing about alternatives to the car. We don't always need a car. In fact, as evidenced by the people that don't own one at all, we may not ever need a car. I'm not ready to make that change in my ...

HyPower hydrogen powers a Volkswagen GTi 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

HyPower have fitted a Volkswagen GTi with their H2 Reactor (H2R) hydrogen system to show that it can power the vehicle using only water. Designed to use electrolysis on the fly to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, the system then uses the hydrogen/oxygen gas to power its original internal ...

Video: BlueTec explained in 1 minute 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Seems like the diesel craze is actually starting to catch on. And why shouldn't it? We've finally got the new clean diesel fuel. Mercedes just announced they'd launch three new diesel-powered vehicles. And DaimlerChrysler, BMW and Volkswagen said they'd team up on BlueTec. Wait, there it is ...

EV from 1904 still silently cruising the streets 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

You know that Gram Parsons song "100 Years From Now"? The opening lyrics are "100 years from this day / Will the people still feel this way / And keep saying the things that they're / saying right now?" I thought of these words (and Gram's smooth voice) when I saw this video clip of a 1904 Baker ...

Get the gunk out with biodiesel on YouTube 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Have you ever wondered what may happen to your engine's delicate insides if you switch from dirty diesel fuel to the renewable power of biodiesel? One user-supplied video on the YouTube video-sharing website might have an answer for you. There are not a lot of details about the video, except that ...



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