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• Topography-Minded Hybrid Vehicle From Mercedes-Benz hybridCARS (Today) - How about driving a hybrid car that can read the up and downs of the road ahead? This is the direction Mercedes-Benz is heading into with its intelligent energy management system for hybrid vehicles. Mercedes-Benz said this system assesses the road ahead and takes it...
• 2015 Camry Gets New Look; Camry Hybrid Gets SE Trim hybridCARS (Today) - Toyota unveiled a redesigned Camry for 2015 at the 2014 New York International Auto Show. This new Camry includes a new sporty trim level, the XSE, as well as the addition of the SE trim availability for the hybrid version. After selling almost a million...
• 2015 Volvo S60 Hybrid Bows in Beijing Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Volvo gave its bread-and-butter S60 sedan a major update for 2014 already, what with visual updates the classed up the car’s headlights and the introduction of the small- but powerful!- Volvo Drive E engines. One thing we didn’t get for 2014, however, was a...
• Department of Energy Promises Big Vehicle Improvements Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Earlier this week the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its comprehensive, Strategic Plan 2014. The Plan provides a roadmap for the DOE’s work over the next four years and highlights its major priorities. “Following this roadmap, the Department will continue building a cleaner...
• Bad Bike Brings Adds Sidecar Sex Appeal to E-Bikes Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - The genius designers at Italy’s Bad Bike have just released an electric bicycle with a sidecar mounted to it. This is a huge deal, and anyone who buys one will lose hours, days- maybe even weeks of their life explaining their rig to strangers...
• Driver who texted 44 times before almost killing a cyclist: "I just don't care" TreeHugger (Yesterday) - The 21-year-old from Australia has been fined $4500 and lost her licence for nine months....
• Driving the AWD, 2014 Buick Regal T-Type Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - You won’t find the old T-Type badge anywhere on the 2014 Buick Regal. That’s a shame, too, because this new, 259 HP, Ecotec-powered Regal would be more than up to the task of carrying that hefty badge. Regardless of what they should have called...
• Honda to introduce Fit-based HR-V Compact SUV in US this year Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Honda released the first official photos of the US-bound HR-V today at the New York International Auto Show. Built on the same global compact platform that underpins the Fit, the HR-V will feature a “versatile and spacious” interior thanks to a center tank layout....
• Opportunity charging electric bus using PRIMOVE inductive charging from Bombardier in service in Germany Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - A 12m Solaris battery-electric bus with electrical traction and on-board power supply equipment from Vossloh Kiepe has entered passenger service with the Braunschweiger Verkehrs-AG as the first of five such buses. For the first time, the modular system from Vossloh Kiepe has been combined...
• Subaru introduces 5th-gen AWD Outback with up to 10% improvement in fuel economy Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - 2015 Outback. Click to enlarge. Subaru of America, Inc. introduced the 5th-generation 2015 Outback. The 2015 all-wheel drive Outback offers the roomiest interior, most capable chassis and highest fuel-efficiency in the model’s 20-year history. New for 2015, all Outback models come standard with the...
• Saft Li-ion batteries to power Stockholm’s new Ballerina electric ferry Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Saft has received an order from Stockholm ferry operator Ballerina for lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery systems that will power a new electric ferry boat for the city of Stockholm. Ballerina is a well-established operator of ferries and has placed the order for Saft’s Li-ion marine...
• The future of transportation, as imagined by Disney in 1958 (video) TreeHugger (Yesterday) - It's always interesting to look at how the future was foreseen a long time ago. Hopefully it makes us question how we think about the future today, and help us steer things in the right direction....
• 2015 Audi A3 TDI Sportback Debuts Alongside A3 e-tron Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Who says automakers don’t listen? Hearing the cries of hatchback fans in America, the 2015 Audi A3 TDI Sportback will go on sale in the U.S. next year. According to Audi reps, some people wouldn’t even consider the A3 if it didn’t offer a...
• CO2 Solutions announces enzyme-enabled carbon capture pilot at heavy oil site with Husky Energy Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - CO2 Solutions Inc., an innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology, has entered into a Collaboration Agreement with Husky Energy. Under the terms of the agreement, CO2 Solutions will install and operate a pilot unit capturing approximately 15 tonnes of CO2 per...
• BMW increases i3 production 43%, Tesla fans sneer TreeHugger (Yesterday) - Wouldn't it be nice if clean tech advocates could, for once, just stop fighting with each other?...
• 2016 Mazda Miata Makes A Naked Debut For 25th Anniversary Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Speculation was rampant that the 2016 Mazda Miata would break cover at the New York International Auto Show this year, and it did. Sorta. What Mazda actually gave us for the Miata’s 25th anniversary was the debut of an all-new SkyActiv chassis, which may...
• Mercedes-Benz’ anticipatory energy management system for hybrids Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - The Intelligent HYBRID operating strategy manages the state of charge of the battery to exploit the potential for energy recuperation. Click to enlarge. Mercedes-Benz has developed an intelligent energy management system for hybrid vehicles that assesses the road ahead and takes it into account....
• It's that time of year when bike lanes disappear TreeHugger (Yesterday) - In Toronto, you go from winter to construction and somehow, it's always the bike lanes that take the hit....
• The New 2015 Toyota Camry Hits The Gym Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - The best-selling car in America is getting remade. The 2015 Toyota Camry debuted at the New York Auto Show today to a large crowd at the Jacob Jarvits Center. The remodeled Camry has been stretched by 1.8 inches and widened by 0.4 because as...
• 2015 Hyundai Sonata, Genesis, and Fuel Cell Tuscon Debut Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - The 2015 Hyundai Sonata and 2015 Hyundai Genesis made their world debut alongside the hydrogen powered 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell CUV at the 2014 New York International Auto Show. Hyundai’s Fluidic Sculpture 2.0 philosophy can be seen throughout their newly refined lineup. The 2015 Hyundai...
• 2015 BMW M4 Convertible Cuts Emissions, Increases Power Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Today at the 2014 New York International Auto Show, the 2015 BMW M4 Convertible, which made its world debut alongside the BMW X4 Sport Activity Coupe. Crossover coupe aside though, the new twin-turbo, inline-six cylinder engine in the M4 not only produces an enviable...
• 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI Sportwagen Is Close To Perfect Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Don’t be fooled by the frumpy face and stretched wheelbase, the 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI Sportwagen ain’t no Jetta, but it’s close to the perfect car. With ample utility, plenty of torque, and hybrid-rivaling fuel economy, the Golf TDI Sportwagen concept is just the...
• Jeep Renegade Achieves Fuel-Efficient Trail-Rated Zen Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Over the past few years Jeep has widened its trail-rated focus to include its new fuel-efficient goals, embracing smaller engines and smaller vehicles. The Jeep Renegade will be released this year, marking yet another notch on Jeep’s “30 MPG or above” belt. Using one...
• NYIAS: Jeep Renegade Achieves Fuel-Efficient Trail-Rated Zen Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Over the past few years Jeep has widened its trail-rated focus to include its new fuel-efficient goals, embracing smaller engines and smaller vehicles. The Jeep Renegade will be released this year, marking yet another notch on Jeep’s “30 MPG or above” belt. Using one...
• Hydro-Québec and Sony forming JV to develop large-scale Li-ion energy storage system for power grids Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Hydro-Québec and Sony Corporation will establish a joint venture to research and develop a large-scale energy storage system for power grids. Sony and Hydro-Québec plan to establish the new company in June, 2014. Forecasts indicate that demand for large-scale energy storage systems will increase...
• BMW increases i3 production 43%, Tesla fans snear TreeHugger (Yesterday) - Wouldn't it be nice if clean tech advocates could, for once, just stop fighting with each other?...
• Lux Research: market for 3D printing of production parts will reach $7B in 2025 Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Lux Research forecasts that the market for the 3D printing (additive manufacturing) of end use parts will grow at a 21% CAGR to $7.0 billion in 2025 from $684 million in 2013. Projected growth in the 3D printing market. Source: Lux Research. Click to...
• SoCalGas unveils branded, public-access compressed natural gas refueling station Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) unveiled its newly company-branded, public-access natural gas vehicle (NGV) refueling station in Los Angeles County. Located at the company’s operating base at 44416 Division St. in the city of Lancaster, the retail station is open 24 hours a day...
• Promising Delphi 1st-gen Gasoline Direct Injection Compression Ignition engine meeting ultra fuel efficient program targets Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Researchers at Delphi Powertrain, in collaboration with colleagues at Hyundai Motor, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants (WERC), have developed a first-generation multi-cylinder Gasoline Direct Injection Compression Ignition (GDCI) engine, based on several years of extensive simulations and single-cylinder engine tests. (Earlier...
• Nissan expanding “No Charge to Charge” program; all-access EZ-Charge card Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Nissan is expanding its successful “No Charge to Charge” promotion, which will provide two years of no-cost public charging with the purchase or lease of a new Nissan LEAF. In total, Nissan will launch “No Charge to Charge” in 25 US markets, which are...

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