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Jetta TDI spotted doing taxi service in New York City
An alert reader in Manhattan recently noticed an unusual new vehicle decked in the yellow paint scheme of a New York cab. This is the first known example of a Volkswagen Jetta TDI doing livery service in the Big Apple. Much has been made of the city’s taxi and limousine commission requiring new...
Automobilwoche editor: widespCar Blog Greenelectric cars will take 15 more years
The long wait for the electric car (remember, they’ve been “just around the corner” for over 100 years ) will continue. That’s the verdict of Automobilwoche editor Guido Reinking, who wrote an article this week that predicted that we won’t be getting serious numbers of...
Hybrids account for 2.3% of January auto sales
Click above for high-res image gallery of the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Although the global and U.S. automotive markets are suffering a huge setback in sales, it’s not impossible for automakers to find a few positive trends to hang their hats on, and one of them centers around hybrids. On the surface,...
Honda sells its 300,000th hybrid, plans CR-Z for 2010
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Honda CR-Z concept Honda has a long history with hybrid vehicles, selling its first fuel-saver, the Insight, way back in 1999 and beating Toyota’s Prius to the American market by a couple of years in the process. Since then, the Japanese automaker has...
San Francisco puts electric car charger in front of City Hall, ZipCar gets its frist PHEV
The city of San Francisco took another step into electric vehicle territory by installing “Smartlet” electric vehicle charging stations outside of City Hall today. The Smartlets are on loan from Coulomb Technologies and will be used to charge up cars from ZipCar, City CarShare and “a...
Kelley Blue Book crowns four hybrids, one diesel with "Best New Family Vehicle" titles
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Escape Hybrid We got to try out both the 2008 and 2009 Ford Escape hybrid models in the AutoblogGreen garage, and found both to be respectable rides for families who need the room. Kelley Blue Book thinks so, too, and named the 2009 model one of its “2009...
Obama’s signature on Stimulus Bill earns praise
Click above for an interactive timeline As we noted over the weekend, the Stimulus Bill that moved through Congress contains a lot of help for plug-in vehicles. As you might expect, the advocacy group Plug In America is quite pleased that President Obama signed the bill today (see full statement after...
Jon Stewart talks to "Two Billion Cars" author Daniel Sperling
Click above and scroll down to watch the video Whether the cheap Tata Nano is the driving force behind a massive upswing in the number of cars actively used in the world or not , the day is coming when there will be two billion cars on the roads. So says author and California Air Resources Board member...
Jon Stewart talks to "Two Billion Cars" author Daniel Sperling
Click above and scroll down to watch the video Whether the cheap Tata Nano is the driving force behind a massive upswing in the number of cars actively used in the world or not , the day is coming when there will be two billion cars on the roads. So says author and California Air Resources Board member...
Jon Stewart talks to "Two Billion Cars" author Daniel Sperling
Click above and scroll down to watch the video Whether the cheap Tata Nano is the driving force behind a massive upswing in the number of cars actively used in the world or not , the day is coming when there will be two billion cars on the roads. So says author and California Air Resources Board member...
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