Eleven World Premieres from GM, 2007-08-17 07:00:50 GM announced the premiere of eleven new models for the European and global market: HydroGen4 fuel cell vehicle, Volt electric car, Opel/Vauxhall Electric car concept, ...Bookmark tags: business, hydrogen4, fuel, cell, vehicle, volt, electric, car, concept, ecoflex GEM electric vehicles are Clean Air Leaders, 2007-08-21 16:30:45 California environmentalists recognized the GEM electric vehicles (Global Electric Motorcars) as being leaders in bringing "green" technology on the market. ...Bookmark tags: technology, gem, electric, vehicles, clean, air, leaders, automtotive, cars, auto Video: GM Introduces European Flextreme Electric Vehicle At Auto Show, 2007-09-13 13:30:28 Opel, a division of General Motors (GM), has unveiled Flextreme, an eco-friendly concept car designed to emit less than 40 grams per kilometer of
carbon dioxide. ...Bookmark tags: business, cars, carbon, electric, vehicle, climate, emissions, fuel, gm, europe Video: GM Vice Chairman on the Automaker's Alternative Fuels Strategy, 2007-09-14 16:00:52 At the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany, General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz comments on the company's strategy, saying that in many parts of the world electrically-operated vehicles will provide optimal solutions. ...Bookmark tags: business, gm, auto, biofuel, electric, cars, vehicle, climate-change, fuel, emissions Video: Saturn Vue May Be First Plug-In Hybrid Available to Consumers, 2008-01-24 10:30:22 Saturn anticipates the production of its plug-in hybrid electric version Vue Green Line to begin as early as 2010, potentially making it the firstcommercially available vehicle of its kind. ...Bookmark tags: us-news, video, environment, cars, green, hybrid, electric, Saturn, fuel-economy, plug-in Skeptics Doubt We'll See ZAP's $30K Electric Sports Car in 2009, 2008-02-02 11:31:26 A California company known for its funky, electric commuter cars says it will break into the high-performance market with a 320-horsepower, three-wheeled sports car by 2009.
Industry insiders wonder what these people have been smoking. ...Bookmark tags: technology, cars, auto, car, hybrid, automobile, electric, sports-car, lotus, tesla Skeptics Doubt We'll See ZAP's $30K Electric Sports Car in 2009, 2008-02-05 09:31:49 ZAP says it will begin producing the Alias by the middle of next year, a timeline that many say is exceedingly optimistic -- if not impossible -- given that the company only recently invited suppliers to design components for the $30,000 car. ...Bookmark tags: business, global-warming, cars, automobiles, production, manufacturing, electric, alias, agw Video: sports car that runs for a year on one tank of petrol, 2008-03-06 16:30:20 Making its European debut today, the sports car that only needs refuelling once a year. ...Bookmark tags: technology, automobiles, cars, gasoline, petrol, electric, plug-in-hybrid, vehicle, zero-emissions-vehicles First Lithium-ion Prototype Chevy Volt Running - 2 Years to Showroom Debut?, 2008-04-24 23:00:33 The Detroit News today reported an interview with GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz. Lutz verified for the first time publicly that a Chevy Volt prototype with an actual full-sized lithium ion battery is actually running. ...Bookmark tags: technology, global-warming, climate-change, energy, cars, inflation, independence, general-motors, electric, Chevrolet Google philanthropy funds Aptera and ActaCell, 2008-07-23 18:30:20 Google.org is investing $2.75 million into electric-vehicle maker Aptera and battery start-up ActaCell. ...Bookmark tags: technology, google, cars, auto, hybrid, vehicles, electric, electric-cars, green-tech, plug-in Video: Green Cars: Electric, Hemp, Dashboardless, 2008-07-24 01:00:51 British Motor Show goes green (view article for video)
From a car with no dashboard to one partly made of hemp: Patrick Barkham casts an eye over the green offerings at this year's British Motor Show, which opens to the public tomorrow ...Bookmark tags: technology, environment, economy, cars, gas, green, electric, petrol, hemp |