This kind of article cracks me up!
According to a recent study, eco-geeks get more attention for their vehicles than sportscar drivers do.
And they’re including female attention within that.
According to a study conducted by GM as part of this year’s Challenge X competition:
* Nearly 9 in 10 women (88 percent) say they’d rather chat up someone [...]
Here are 3 updates on the forthcoming hybrid Cadillac Escalade - better known as the Eli Manning Superbowl MVP SUV!
** Please note that I’m not in the market for a hybrid SUV - instead, I find the unveiling of this car interesting. The buzz around the Escalade coming to market brings it into focus for [...]
The Smart Fortwo is literally everywhere these days. Having gone on sale in the US just a few short months ago, sightings of the Smart Car are becoming increasingly commonplace.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes that cities may have to rethink their parking laws, based on new smaller cars.
What is a city to do?
Just 8-feet, 8-inches [...]
Volkswagen is joining Toyota, Honda and others in the hybrid auto mainstream.
According to AutoBlogGreen, Volkswagen has confirmed speculation that they will displaying a diesel-hybrid Golf at the Geneva Motor Show next week.
The Golf TDI Hybrid will be capable of running off either a diesel engine, an electric motor or both. Very cool.
Details are few at [...]
Toyota is continuing to innovate in the environmentally-friendly auto world. The new Toyota iQ will be coming into production during late 2008.
This so-called compact urban vehicle boasts some simple + green concepts:
* Small is better
* Fuel-efficiency
* Maximizing space for compact transportation
From the February 13th Press Release:
iQ represents a break-through in compact urban transportation. For [...]
I just saw this posted on Kanye West’s blog (I had gone there looking for something related to his recent Grammy appearances).
HumanCar’s human-powered hybrid concept Imagine LMV will be unveiled on Earth Day in April. Human-powered?
The $15,000 super-human hybrid is expected to feature an exo-skeletal safety cage chassis, dual electric motors and variable human power [...]
Superbowl MVPs have it good. And this topic has been pretty hot. Here is a little more on the hybrid Cadillac Escalade that Superbowl MVP New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning has selected as his prize from Cadillac:
The hybrid version of the iconic luxury truck will also feature regenerative braking, all-electric launch and drive [...]
Fresh off of his SuperBowl MVP performance, and win, last night, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning has chosen the hybrid Cadillac Escalade for his prize.
Manning’s individual effort was rewarded with the MVP prize, and his choice of Cadillacs. He went with the Escalade hybrid, which isn’t available yet.
“I know it comes out in the [...]
Yesterday, Yahoo posted a Hottest hybrids of 2008 list. The drive of the article is that hybrids continue to be a popular choice for new car and truck buyers, more models are being offered in 2008 and even more will be available in 2009 and beyond.
First the facts:
1. U.S. hybrid sales jumped more than 34 [...]
The city of San Francisco announced a program which marks a move towards all city vehicles running purely on biodiesel
The key? Free pickup of the main ingredients from local restaurants: oil and grease
Today the city launches SFGreasecycle, a free program in which the city will pick up used cooking oil and grease from local restaurants, [...]
