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• Test Driving A Tesla Model S With A Tea Party Pundit: Part One Gas 2.0 (Today) - The Tesla Model S is easily one of the most polarizing cars in America. While you and I might be big fans of the thing, the electric sedan has plenty of haters and detractors- most notably among the ultra-conservative Tea Party wing of the...
• Chris Christie administration pulls a switcharoo on Tesla TreeHugger (Today) - Tesla thought it had a deal with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. But Christie has apparently decided pull a switcharoo at the last minute....
• Sounds of Speed: 2014 Formula 1 Engine Noises (w/ Video) Gas 2.0 (Today) - The 2014 season of Formula 1 racing begins this weekend in Australia. For many, it’ll be the first time they’ve heard the new, turbocharged V6 engines that have replaced last year’s high-revving and naturally-aspirated V8s- and they may be surprised once they hear the...
• Toyota iRoad Undergoes More Trials Ahead of Production Gas 2.0 (Today) - The last mile. That’s the biggest hurdle facing city planners and proponents of public transport- that last mile that commuters have to cross from the train station to their home or office. For many, the answer is either walking or cycling- that’s what all...
• Dinosaur Comics on the most dangerous game: Driving TreeHugger (Today) - Ryan North points out that unlike most games, this one is lethal...
• Public Transit Use Reaches A 57-Year High Gas 2.0 (Today) - It has taken a global recession, stagnating wages, and high gas prices, but use of public transportation in America has reached a 57-year high. Public transit use has leaped up more than 37% since 1995, one study finds, and this could be a key factor...
• BMW i8 customer demand exceeding planned production; improved fuel consumption Green Car Congress (Today) - Series production of the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid (earlier post) begins in April, with delivery of the first customer cars to start in June 2014, beginning with the main European markets. Customers have already been able to place pre-orders for the BMW i8 in...
• Honda to install public CNG fueling station near Marysville Auto Plant Green Car Congress (Today) - As part of its effort to reduce its global CO2 emissions and minimize the environmental impact of its operations, Honda of America Mfg. (HAM) will install a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station on its Marysville Auto Plant property in Marysville, Ohio. The CNG...
• Kia Soul To Launch 2016 In US and EU hybridCARS (Today) - Today Kia announced it will this month begin building its first exported EV, the Soul EV, for a 2016 launch even as affiliate company Hyundai prepares its first fuel cell vehicle. Soon enough also, say the companies, they’ll each offer battery and fuel-cell cars as...
• Want To Design A Hybrid Race Car? hybridCARS (Today) - Have you dreamed of being involved in the design of a hybrid-powered racecar? Now’s your chance! A new British racecar manufacturer is offering members of the public a unique way to become involved in a project to develop, build and run a sports car which...
• Audi And AT&T Reveal 4G LTE Prices For 2015 A3 hybridCARS (Today) - Audi of America and AT&T announced prices of the data plans for their in-vehicle 4G LTE data connection. Available in the new 2015 A3 sedan, which debuts this month, both companies will enable the first-ever in-vehicle 4G LTE data connection in North America. Audi stated...
• Take To The Skies In The Autonomous Hybrid Terrafugia Flying Car Gas 2.0 (Today) - The TF-X and Transition are a pair of hybrid flying cars designed by Terrafugia to be safer, faster and easier than anything currently on the road, and you don’t need a pilot’s license to drive one. Despite the unfortunate happenings with Malaysian Airlines Flight 370,...
• CompactGTL announces 3,000 bpd commercial small-scale GTL project in Kazakhstan Green Car Congress (Today) - CompactGTL will build a commercially deployed small-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Kazakhstan. The proposed plant is expected to bring with it significant future commercial and environmental benefits, according to the company. Up to 820,000 cubic meteres of associated gas that might otherwise be wasted...
• Lux: biofuels face sharp slowdown to 3.2% annual growth as next-generation fuels emerge Green Car Congress (Today) - The 53.2 billion gallon a year (BGY) biofuel industry is poised for a sharp slowdown in capacity growth, to a 3.2% annual rate from 2013 to 2017—60.4 billion gallons—off from 19.6% annually from 2005 to 2013, according to a new report from Lux Research....
• Velocys and Shiloh in new GTL manufacturing partnership and share purchase agreement Green Car Congress (Today) - Velocys plc, a developer and supplier of smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology, announced a new manufacturing partnership with and new share purchase by Shiloh Industries, Inc. Velocys and Shiloh have been working together since 2012 to develop and implement economic, high quality mass-manufacturing capabilities...
• Volvo Car Group tests road-embedded magnets for accurate positioning of self-driving cars Green Car Congress (Today) - Volvo Car Group has completed a research project using magnets in the roadway to help the car determine its position. A pattern of round ferrite magnets (40x15 mm) was located 200 mm below the road surface. The test car was equipped with several magnetic...
• Toyota continues prepare the market for fuel cell vehicle in 2015 Green Car Congress (Today) - Toyota Motor continues to lay the foundation for the introduction of its production fuel cell hybrid vehicle in 2015; the company began work on fuel cell technology in 1992. Showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in January in Las Vegas (earlier post), the FCV...
• Navigant Research: stationary fuel cells will reach $40B in annual revenue by 2022 Green Car Congress (Today) - According to a new report from Navigant Research, global stationary fuel cell revenue will grow from $1.4 billion in 2013 to $40.0 billion in 2022. Navigant Research forecasts that even under conservative growth estimates, the industry will be shipping 6.9 GW per annum of...
• ATDynamics projects 200,000 semi-trailers to be equipped with fuel-saving rear-drag aerodynamics technology by end of 2017 Green Car Congress (Today) - The patented TrailerTail design lowers vehicle fuel consumption by reducing low-pressure suction drag directly behind a trailer. Source: ATDynamics. Click to enlarge. ATDynamics, a supplier of semi-trailer aerodynamics technology, projects that, based on current trucking fleet adoption trends, 200,000 semi-trailers will be equipped with...
• Study finds energy savings of PHEVs relative to HEVs dependent on charging coverage and daily VMT Green Car Congress (Today) - A study based on a spatial and longitudinal travel dataset by a team from Lamar University, Iowa State University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory found that whether plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) have lower energy costs that conventional gasoline vehicles (CGVs) or hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) depends...
• Chargemaster’s Chargers Ready To Electrify hybridCARS (Today) - Chargemaster’s network of 14 electric vehicle (EV) rapid chargers is ready to go four weeks earlier than anticipated. The network of 14 rapid chargers, forming Milton Keynes CrossLink and supplied and operated by Chargemaster Plc, has been completed four weeks. Chargemaster  said the rapid chargers...
• Former Volt Line Director and Fisker CEO Tony Posawatz Lands at Electrification Coalition hybridCARS (Today) - Yesterday former Volt line director and former Fisker CEO Tony Posawatz was announced as a new member of the Electrification Coalition (EC). His contribution to electrification was more pronounced when he was working for General Motors, where he worked over 30 years, and was in...
• Confirmed! BMW i8 Out In June hybridCARS (Today) - BMW confirmed the i8 will start being delivered to customers in June. With the completion of the development work and final preparations for production at the BMW Group plant in Leipzig, BMW confirmed the launch of the BMW i8 is on track. Delivery of the...
• Audi traffic light recognition could save 240 million gallons of fuel [UPDATE] Autoblog Green (Today) - Filed under: Emerging Technologies, MPG, Audi Any hypermiler will tell you that the way you drive your car has a huge impact on how much energy it uses. But these greenfoot drivers haven't had a car that's smart enough to tell them about the inner...
• All-natural, DIY Air Freshener for Your Car Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - A lot of you may not know this, but Gas 2 is just a small part of a larger media company called the Important Media Network. It’s a group of about 20 sites that focus on healthy, sustainable practices- and millions of caring people...
• The Great Bruce Meyers Drives the Zelectric Bug (w/ Video) Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - When Bruce Meyers stripped the body off an old Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle and fitted a light, fiberglass tub to it some fifty-odd years ago, he invented the dune buggy. He might have called it the Meyers Manx, but we all know it’s a...
• Audi traffic light recognition could save 240 million gallons of fuel Autoblog Green (Yesterday) - Filed under: Emerging Technologies, MPG, Audi Any hypermiler will tell you that the way you drive your car has a huge impact on how much energy it uses. But these greenfoot drivers haven't had a car that's smart enough to tell them about the inner...
• Burning A Hole In Our Pocket: Exporting American Oil Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - The landscape of American energy is changing. Fracking has opened up once inaccessible resources at great cost to the American public and environment.  The question now is what can be done with all this shale gas? Some people want to export it, but that requires changes...
• Honda Installs Fast-Refilling Hydrogen Fueling Station Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Honda isn’t looking back when it comes to hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, and the automaker has opened an advanced, fast-filling hydrogen fueling station at its California campus. This is in anticipation of the 2015 Honda FCEV (Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle), which will roll out in the next...
• Love it: Map + cargo bike in Copenhagen TreeHugger (Yesterday) - Copenhagen is always leading the way in the bicycle world. Here's another example....

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