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• Honda Installs Fast-Refilling Hydrogen Fueling Station Gas 2.0 (Today) - 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 (Today) - Copenhagen is always leading the way in the bicycle world. Here's another example....
• Obama Wants To End Oil Subsidies, Use The Money For Alt-Fuels Gas 2.0 (Today) - It’s tax season again, and that means the annual plea from the Obama Administration for eliminating $4 billion in annual federal tax incentives for the oil and natural gas industry.  This year there was an additional request however, earmarking that money for advanced alternative fuel...
• Audi of America introduces 2015 A3 Sedan with gasoline engines; diesel and PHEV coming Green Car Congress (Today) - Audi of America introduced the all-new 2015 A3 Sedan with both the 1.8 TFSI and 2.0 TFSI gasoline-fueled powertrains. (Earlier post.) The A3 Sedan will be joined later in 2014 by the recently announced Audi A3 Cabriolet, A3 TDI clean diesel, the high-performance S3...
• Kickstart a coloring book about electric cars TreeHugger (Today) - An artist and an electric vehicle sales person are ready to answer all the questions you would have never dreamed of asking about EVs....
• Toyota’s ‘grandfather’ of the Prius forecasts 20 percent hybrid market share ‘soon’ hybridCARS (Today) - The man originally responsible for the Toyota Prius’ development has predicted the company’s global market share for hybrids will soon increase form 13-14 percent to 20 percent. “I foresee hybrid models pretty soon reaching 20 percent of global sales from about 13 percent to 14...
• Tesla Model E rendered TreeHugger (Today) - Tesla is focusing most of its attention right now on developing the Model X and bringing the Model S to European and Chinese markets. But most of us Tesla fans are most eager to see more details on the Model E, even if that...
• Tesla Gigafactory Won’t Be in California; Where Will It Be? Gas 2.0 (Today) - Now that Tesla has announced development of a $5 billion “Gigafactory,” everyone is wondering where it will be built. Well, we just got handed a clue: it’s not California. Although Tesla has a factory in Fremont, California, headquarters in Palo Alto, and a design studio...
• APTA reports record public transportation usage in US in 2013; growth outpacing population and VMT growth Green Car Congress (Today) - Growth in public transit ridership since 1995 has outpaced population and VMT growth. Data: APTA. Click to enlarge.In 2013, Americans took 10.7 billion trips on public transportation—the highest annual public transit ridership number in 57 years—according to a report released by the American Public...
• 10.7 Billion trips taken on transit in America last year, the most since 1956 TreeHugger (Today) - Marilyn Monroe made Bus Stop the last time taking transit was so popular....
• Republican Wants To Use America’s Oil As A Weapon Gas 2.0 (Today) - Republican U.S. Senator from Alaska Lisa Murkowski has suggested that the United States use its home grown oil and gas as a diplomatic tool, and that the increased production of American oil and gas needs to be used as strategic assets globally. In other words, we use...
• Saleen And GreenTech Automotive Joins Forces For Asian Market hybridCARS (Today) - Mississippi-based GreenTech Automotive entered in a partnership with Saleen Automotive to provide efficient sport cars for the Asian market. GreenTech Automotive (GTA) describes itself as a U.S. automotive manufacturer dedicated to developing and producing environmentally friendly, energy-efficient vehicles. GTA markets its vehicles in Asia under...
• Taxi Electric First Again, This Time With Nissan’s e-NV200 Taxi hybridCARS (Today) - Taxi Electric will be the first private taxi company to add the electric Nissan e-NV200 taxi to its green-energy-fueled, zero-emission fleet. Taxi Electric’s EV-based city transportation model started operation in 2011 with a fleet of Nissan Leafs. The company chose to add the Nissan e-NV200...
• Traffic-related air pollution associated with changes in right ventricular structure and function Green Car Congress (Today) - Exposure to high levels of traffic-related air pollution is associated with changes in the right ventricle of the heart that may contribute to the known connection between air pollution exposure and heart disease, according to a new study published in the American Thoracic Society’s...
• Audi says traffic light information system production ready; potential for 15% reduction in CO2 emissions Green Car Congress (Today) - Audi says that its Online traffic light information system, demonstrated in an Audi A6 as part of a technology display at the Consumer Electronics Show in January in Las Vegas, is production ready and could be fitted to every Audi model in the range...
• Researchers identify four new man-made gases contributing to destruction of ozone layer Green Car Congress (Today) - A study by an international team led by scientists at the University of East Anglia have identified four new man-made gases in the atmosphere, all of which are contributing to the destruction of the ozone layer. New research published in the journal Nature Geoscience...
• Volkswagen Group’s new Future Tracks program targeting digitalization era in auto industry; “James 2025” Green Car Congress (Today) - At the Geneva Motor Show and now at the IT trade fair CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, Volkswagen Group executive management has begun to outline its “Future Tracks” program which will address, among other things, what Chairman of the Board of Management Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn...
• California ARB staff posts concept paper on re-adoption and modification of LCFS; possible more stringent post-2020 targets Green Car Congress (Today) - The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted a Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Re-Adoption Concept Paper, which will be discussed during the LCFS workshop on 11 March 2014. The LCFS regulation mandates a 10% reduction in the carbon intensity (CI) of transportation...
• Ensyn and Memorial Hospital sign supply agreement for RFO cellulosic biofuel Green Car Congress (Today) - Ensyn Fuels, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ensyn Corporation, has signed a contract with Memorial Hospital of North Conway, New Hampshire for the supply of RFO (Renewable Fuel Oil), Ensyn’s advanced cellulosic biofuel. (Earlier post.) Ensyn’s patented RTP (Rapid Thermal Processing) pyrolysis technology is a processing...
• Taxi Electric in Amsterdam first to adopt the Nissan e-NV200 Green Car Congress (Today) - Taxi Electric, based in Amsterdam, will be the first private taxi company to add the new battery-electric Nissan e-NV200 taxi (earlier post) to its fleet. Taxi Electric operates a fleet of 25 Nissan LEAF vehicles and was the first private taxi service to switch...
• Eaton and Cummins Westport launch first automated transmission/natural gas engine package for N.A. Market; expanding SmartAdvantage diesel packages Green Car Congress (Today) - ISXG12 G paired with UltraShift PLUS. Click to enlarge. Eaton and Cummins Westport, a joint-venture company of Cummins Inc. and Westport Innovations (NASDAQ: WPRT/TSX: WPT), are introducing an integrated powertrain package for the Cummins Westport ISX12 G natural gas engine that will provide customers...
• 2014 Audi A8L TDI quattro Review – Video hybridCARS (Today) - Since its introduction in spring of 2013, Audi’s A8L TDI quattro has been generally received as a worthy alternative within the German automaker’s all-wheel-drive flagship line. Why people have been keen on the diesel-burning A8L soon became apparent when we spent a week with an...
• Electronically-Controlled quattro System For Audi’s 2014 R18 e-tron hybridCARS (Today) - In 2014, Audi’s two diesel-hybrid R18 e-tron quattro racecars competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) will be relying on electrified four-wheel drive. “Innovations only become pioneering achievements when they’re successfully used and others start to adopt them,” said Head of Audi Motorsport Dr....
• Mercedes’ B-Class F-CELL Showcased In Video With Star-Power hybridCARS (Today) - Hollywood stars Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson have been enjoying time at the wheel of Mercedes-Benz’ B-Class F-CELL for more than two years; they have produced a video about it. Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson are not the only ones enjoying the B-Class F-CELL stated...
• Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model S Dominate New EV Sales Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - US Nissan LEAF Sales Increase 118%, LEAF Holds #1 Spot In US Electric Car Sales (via EV Obsession) Following its market-leading position in January US electric car sales, the Nissan LEAF took #1 again in February. (Though, it was just a little above our...
• Entry-level 2016 Tesla Model E Gets Rendered, Looks Good Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - It’s at least two years away, but there’s already rampant speculation about the whys, whats, and hows of Tesla’s “entry-level” Model E sedan. There should be, after all- because the Model E, even more than the Model S and Roadster before it, will be...
• Secrets of the Porsche 919 Hybrid Racer Explained (15 Photos) Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Porsche isn’t messing around with its new Porsche 919 Hybrid race car. For starters, they’ve built a slippery, aerodynamic racer and hired Formula 1 ace (and damn near 2010 World Driver’s Champion) Mark Webber to drive the thing at this year’s 24 hour LeMans race....
• 2015 Fisker Atlantic, Karma Headed for Production Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Troubled automaker Fisker won a stay of execution when Wanxiang bought its assets out of court. In the days after the purchase, speculation about the future of Fisker ranged from starting where they’d left off to ditching the Karma’s troublesome hybrid drivetrain in favor...
• 2014 IMSA TV Schedule Announced Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - The reborn IMSA series kicked off its 2014 season with a thrilling race at Daytona last month- but there’s lots more to come, and you’ll be able to watch all the action on Fox Sports 1. Most of the action, anyway. “Teaming with IMSA...
• Opel with OnStar connectivity beginning in 2015 Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Opel is planning to introduce OnStar across its passenger car range in selected European markets beginning in 2015. More than 6.5 million customers in the US, Canada, China, and Mexico already use OnStar connected services. With OnStar 4G LTE, the car becomes a mobile...

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