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Now here's one we totally wish we'd thought of ourselves. Since it takes 70,000 miles for a clunker replacement to compensate for the carbon emitted in its manufacturing, why not just convert a clunker into something greener? Two diesels, two electrics Kudos to our colleagues at Popular Mechanics...

The following is a guest post by Richard Bornemann who runs the dedicated website http://fusionhybridhypermiler.blogspot.com/. I’ve always been a car guy. Mostly a high performance car guy, truth be told. Still am. But when Ford came out with the Fusion Hybrid I was intrigued. From early reports...

Lotus recently announced that they will unveil their all new range extending generator designed for series hybrid vehicles at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show next week. The generator, a tiny 1.2 liters in size and boasting only 3 cylinders, is designed to be attached to the electric motor via the...

A little known company based in Pennsylvania called East Penn Mfg. Co. Inc. was awarded $32.5 million in federal grants to increase their development and commercialization of a breakthrough Australian UltraBattery technology for use in micro and mild hybrid vehicles. The grant awarded came from the...

Imagine how many vehicles drive through a fast food restaurant parking lot in New Jersey on Labor Day weekend. What if all of the extra kinetic energy wasted by those vehicles during deceleration could be turned into electricity? A Maryland based renewable energy company is hoping to answer that...

  Two years ago GM launched its fuel cell Equinox fleet test program known as Project Driveway. To date, 70 families and thousands of media people throughout the nation have logged over 1 million miles in these hydrogen-powered SUVs. They are smooth, quiet electrically-driven vehicles that are...

According to a company official at Mercedes, there is a possibility that all upcoming S-Class sedans could be of the hybrid variety. The move to make an entire hybrid model lineup would be the first by any major automaker in the world and likely not the last.  With stricter regulations regarding...

We're a bit late on what's usually an end-of-month recap of the five most popular posts on AllAboutPrius.com. But, hey, we had a long Labor Day too ... and now we're back in business. So here they are for August. Unusually for us, compared to July's most popular posts, three of our Top Five are...

We usually recap our five most popular posts on GreenCarReports.com at the end of every month. We're a bit late for August but, hey, we had a long Labor Day too ... now we're back in business. We replaced most of July's most popular posts, with three new winners in our Top Five. Here goes: # 1: How...

The small Indian company known as Reva specializes in electric cars of the diminutive variety.  Aside from their current offering, the G-Wiz, the company will introduce two new electric models at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week.  In addition to the vehicles, the company will also display what...

San Francisco based Oorja Protonics, which currently sells its fuel cells to Nissan Motor Co. for use in robotic forklifts,  is developing a product intended to be used as a range-extender in pure electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles.  In an interview on Friday, chief executive Sanjiv Malhotra...

This is the face of the Lexus LF-Ch hybrid concept and it will probably come in colors other than baby poop metallic. This premium compact designed to compete with the Audi A3 and BMW 1-Series will have its public debut at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show. The concept is a dramatic departure from...

The 2010 Fisker Karma will be the world's first production series hybrid, or extended-range electric vehicle, when it comes off the line late this year. Customer deliveries will start next May. Just prior to the Karma's German debut at next week's Frankfurt Auto Show, the company released emissions...

We've written before about upcoming tiny, powerful engines that perform like much bigger versions but get far better gas mileage. Now, British sports-car maker Lotus has used those lessons in an engine designed just for the extended-range electric vehicles of the future. At next week's Frankfurt...

Hybrid vs diesel: It's a longstanding green-car conundrum. Which is better, a hybrid-electric vehicle that recaptures wasted energy in a battery and uses it to assist the gasoline engine, or an efficient modern clean diesel that goes further on a gallon of fuel? The answer depends in part on your...

Peugeot released their all electric iOn sedan city car yesterday, the first example of a vehicle built off of the i-MiEV platform.  An additional Citreon model based off of the i-MiEV is expected soon. The iOn, as the name suggests, is powered by lithium-ion batteries and will have an output of 64...

Recently, Mazda announced plans to introduce several possible hybrids in the next few years.  The company intended to make hybrid vehicles with the assistance of Toyota and may still plan to do so, but according to Robert Davis, senior vice president of research and development for Mazda, the...

Starting a car was always a simple task.  You slid the key into the slot, turned the key, and the engine roared to life.  It may be a little more complex than that, several start-up events took place, but the basic procedure listed above was always how you got the chain of events going. Now as...

New EMC Flash to be based on The Ford F-150

Michigan Congressman Sander Levin is calling on the House of Representatives to pass a bill he sponsored that will double tax credits for those purchasing heavy-duty vehicles with hybrid powertrains. According to Levin, the bill which is in the Houses Ways and Means Committee, must be voted on and...