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• 39 MPG Volkswagen Beetle TDI Coming To Chicago Auto Show Gas 2.0 (Today) - Volkswagen wants to be the #1 Automaker in the world, but to do that they’re going to have to sell a lot of cars. To be honest, there aren’t many cars in their lineup that catch my eye…but the new, more masculine Beetle has me...
• Canada and Alberta introduce joint plan for improved environmental monitoring in the oil sands Green Car Congress (Today) - Proposed oil sands monitoring by 2015. Click to enlarge. The Government of Canada and Government of Alberta unveiled “The Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring” in a partnership to improve environmental monitoring in the oil sands region with a program that will...
• DOE seeking stakeholder feedback on commercial readiness of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies for transportation applications Green Car Congress (Today) - The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a request for information (RFI) (DE-FOA-0000655) seeking feedback from stakeholders for technology deployment activities aimed at verifying the commercial readiness of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. DOE emphasized that the RFI is not a funding opportunity...
• EcoDual achieves EPA compliance for natural gas conversions of heavy-duty diesel engines under CAFC rule Green Car Congress (Today) - EcoDual, LLC, a provider of dual fuel natural gas conversion systems for heavy-duty diesel trucks, has achieved US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliance for installing its systems on 2004 to 2009 Cummins ISX engines. The EcoDual technology enables existing diesel engines to be converted...
• California Congressman Proposes $1 Billion Prize For 100 MPG Car Gas 2.0 (Today) - The Automotive X-Prize was a $10 million contest with a simple premise at its heart; produce a road-worthy, 100 MPG car. Sounds easy, but the contest was no joke, and at the end hundreds of contestants had been whittled down to three winners, the Edison2,...
• Algae Producer Aquaviridis and OriginOil sign joint commercial agreement for algae production rollout in Mexico Green Car Congress (Today) - Algae producer Aquaviridis has signed a commercial agreement with OriginOil, Inc. to help develop the multi-phase algae production rollout at its Mexicali, Mexico site, a potential model for algae sites throughout the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) region, with a focus on desert...
• Will VW’s Jetta hybrid succeed where the TDI has failed? Hybridcarblog (Today) - Can the hybrid version appeal where TDI has not? Can hybrid technology lift VW’s US sales? Back in college an old girlfriend drove a Volkswagen Jetta. I loved it, although I was glad I had the privilege of just driving it, not owning it. That...
• Green News Roundup: Friday, February 3rd, 2012 Gas 2.0 (Today) - In case you all didn’t know, I am a huge NY Giants Fan, so this Superbowl Sunday is about as close to a religious holiday as I have. What I’m saying is, there may or may not be a green news roundup on Monday morning....
• Infiniti EMERG-E Plug-In Performance Concept Teased Ahead of Geneva Gas 2.0 (Today) - Nissan and its luxury subsidiary, Infiniti, are playing a game with the automotive press called “tease and speculate.” We’ve been hearing about an upcoming luxury electric car from Infiniti since last year, as well as a plug-in performance hybrid. The latest crop of teaser pictures...
• Mercedes-Benz to introduce new Citan urban delivery van; electric drive version being planned Green Car Congress (Today) - Sketch of the Citan. Click to enlarge. Mercedes-Benz will introduce a new urban delivery van called Citan later this year. The name Citan combines the words “city” and “titan,” indicating that the vehicle is designed for city logistics, the company said during a symposium...
• Ford to introduce production-ready B-MAX at Geneva Motor Show Green Car Congress (Today) - Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally will unveil the production-ready version of all-new Ford B-MAX (earlier post) at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March. Ford introduced the B-MAX concept at the 2011 Geneva show. Production version of the B-MAX. Click to enlarge. Ford’s...
• BP begins shipping crude oil for US West Coast through transPanama Pipeline Green Car Congress (Today) - BP Products North America Inc. has started shipping crude oil bound for the US West Coast through Petroterminal de Panama (PTP)’s trans-Panama pipeline, marking the start of a seven-year transportation and storage agreement between BP and PTP. Under the terms of the agreement, BP...
• US National ITS Architecture updated to version 7.0; aligned with connected vehicle research program Green Car Congress (Today) - High-level architecture diagram. The four colored rectangles representing classes filled with smaller white rectangles representing subsystems. all interconnected by straight lines representing communications links going through one of four pink ovals representing types of communications. Click to enlarge. The US National Intelligent Transportation Systems...
• Green News Roundup: Friday, February 2nd, 2012 Gas 2.0 (Today) - In case you all didn’t know, I am a huge NY Giants Fan, so this Superbowl Sunday is about as close to a religious holiday as I have. What I’m saying is, there may or may not be a green news roundup on Monday morning....
• Toyota receives 120,000 orders for Aqua hybrid in Japan in first month after debut Green Car Congress (Today) - Manichi. Toyota received about 120,000 orders for the new Aqua compact hybrid (earlier post) by the end of January—about one month after its debut. The Aqua will sell as the Prius c in other markets such as the US. The figure was the second-highest...
• Phase One of UK's Nationwide Electric Car Charging Network Complete TreeHugger (Today) - A wind energy company is turning its attention to electric car charging. And the results are appearing in rest areas up and down the country....
• Audi to compete with hybrid drive at Le Mans for the first time; prototype to be presented at end of February Green Car Congress (Today) - Audi will compete in the 80th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans on 16-17 June 2012 with a total of four LMP1 sports cars. Two of the four cars in action will be equipped with hybrid drive for the first time. Audi...
• Azure Dynamics announces 45 Transit Connect Electric sales Green Car Congress (Today) - Azure Dynamics Corporation announced 45 new Ford Transit Connect Electric sales, including 20 units in Europe and 25 units in North America, which includes six initial units through the General Services Administration (GSA) via Northside Ford in San Antonio, TX, a four-unit order from...
• Brad Pitt Thinks Cars are Dumb, and So Should You TreeHugger (Yesterday) - Brad Pitt is right. Cars are ridiculous....
• Infiniti naming its range-extended electric sports car concept EMERG-E Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Infiniti has named the advanced range-extended electric sports car concept it will unveil at the 82nd Geneva Motor Show EMERG-E. The Infiniti EMERG-E will be the first car from the brand to have not only a range-extender drivetrain, but also one mounted in a mid-ship...
• The Republican Candidates On Alternative Energy and Electric Vehicles Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - We know where our Democratic President stands of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and alternative energy thanks to President Obama’s State of the Union Address. But where do the remaining Republican challengers stand on such issues? We here at Gas2 decided to find out. The current...
• China might have already won the plug-in vehicle revolution Hybridcarblog (Yesterday) - 2020: More e-bikes in China than cars in US 100 million electric vehicles strong and growing fast Back as the Internet bubble was beginning to froth, I remember some very smart people making the argument that no one was ever going to challenge Microsoft without...
• Fisker Karma Coming to Canada EnergyBoom (Yesterday) - Fisker Automotive has announced its flagship plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, the Karma, will soon be available in Canada. read more...
• OnStar opens up APIs for Smart Grid applications for EVs Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - OnStar, a wholly owned subsidiary of GM, is inviting utilities, energy companies and tech firms to develop Smart Grid solutions using a set of proprietary OnStar application programming (APIs). OnStar is opening up its APIs to give developers the ability to broaden the potential...
• Lincoln MKZ Hybrid hybridCARS (Yesterday) - By Larry E. Hall How does 41 city mpg/36 highway sound for a midsize luxury sedan that offers a long list of interior bells and whistles? If that grabbed your attention, then test drive the 2012 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid. Or, if you can wait...
• Stanford Researchers Working Wireless On-Road Charging For EV’s Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Range anxiety is a common theme in arguments against electric vehicles, and it is a valid argument. But what if electric vehicles could drive…forever? Sounds crazy, but the idea of an in-road electric car charging system isn’t new. It is receiving a fresh look from...
• Injured Journalist Inspires London's The Times Newspaper to Launch a Safe Cycling Campaign TreeHugger (Yesterday) - Finally some serious promotion to the dangers of cycling and the responsibility of drivers....
• Smart buy: Many hybrid cars are an Intellichoice Hybridcarblog (Yesterday) - GM's eAssist makes sense according to Intellichoice Toyota dominates list of 2012 Best Values You know the line. Hybrids just don’t add up. The hybrid premium isn’t made up for decades, long after the car has expired. Blah, blah, blah. Yet, over and over numerous...
• Bicycling and Walking Benchmarking Report 2012: Bicycling is on the Rise Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - The “Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2012 Benchmarking Report” was published by the Alliance for Biking and Walking on January 23rd. The report, which was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the AARP, and Planet Bike ranks the levels of bicycling and...
• US DOE soliciting applications for Battery and Energy Storage Innovation Hub; up to $120M in funding over 5 years Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a funding opportunity announcement (DE-FOA-0000559) for a Batteries and Energy Storage Energy Innovation Hub. The Batteries and Energy Storage Hub will be the fourth such Hub established by DOE. Three Energy Innovation Hubs were launched in...

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