tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52846688413963712612011-11-27T17:59:53.362-08:00SharKnoreply@blogger.comBlogger40471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-52487288392594005462009-12-30T14:46:00.001-08:002009-12-30T14:46:56.778-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/china/">China</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/beijing-2008-byd-e6#4"><img hspace=" " vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/byd_e6_1024-(2).png" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>BYD E6 - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />As the country <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/">keeps getting ready for more plug-in vehicles</a>, China's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a> has raised its 2010 sales target by 14 percent. Instead of 700,000 cars next year, BYD hopes to sell 800,000. The two main reasons mentioned in this <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a> article are the introduction of the company's first all-electric car, the E6, and a large stimulus package from the Chinese government designed to boost car sales. In 2009, through November, BYD sold over 400,000 vehicles, so the doubled target is nothing if not ambitious. The E6 will go on sale in the early part of 2010, with exports to places like the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/18/detroit-2010-preview-byds-plug-in-plans/">U.S.</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/26/byd-signs-agreement-to-import-evs-to-spain/">Spain</a> scheduled to follow after that. For the company's sake, here's hoping the E6 becomes more popular than the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/tag/byd+f3dm/">plug-in hybrid F3DM</a>, which had <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/21/report-byd-only-sells-100-plug-in-f3dm-hybrids-in-eight-months/">dismal sales figures</a> in 2009. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/">Beijing 2008: BYD e6</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(1)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(10)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(2)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(3)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(4)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/">BYD raises 2010 sales target because of all-electric E6, gov't stimulus plan</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:04:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298521/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-5248728839259400546?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-16761075587066416042009-12-30T14:42:00.003-08:002009-12-30T14:42:52.725-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/on-two-wheels/">On Two Wheels</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/#continued"><img vspace="4" hspace=" " border=" " alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/slidescooter.jpg"/></a><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>GOVECS electric scooter with Snow Kit Solution - Click above to watch the video <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/#continued">after the break</a></small></strong></em></div><br /><br /> Depending on where you happen to live on the planet, two-wheeled transportation may be anything from a year-round necessity to a few-months-of-the-year hobby. Right about now, at least half of all motorcyclists here in the United States have their scooters and motorcycles packed warmly away in the garage. But does it <em>have</em> to be that way?<br /> <br /> Well, that partially depends on your penchant for excitement and snow sports. We remember having all kinds of fun on snowmobiles in our teen years, and after watching the video after the break, we have a new obsession to look forward to: snow-scooting.<br /> <br /> That's right, remove the front wheel of your scooter, replace it with a ski and add a nice, knobby tire out back. Instant snow-scooter! Best of all, the machine from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://slidescooters.com/home.html">Govecs Slidescooters</a> featured in today's video is electric, so there's no noxious exhaust to spoil America's pristine natural surroundings. Oh, and we apologize in advance for the soundtrack. Turn the volume down and check out the video <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/#continued">after the jump</a>. <br /> <br /> [Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CMRdPqxIJw&amp;feature=player_embedded">YouTube</a> via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.twowheelsblog.com/post/3546/bikes-for-the-snow-govecs-slidescooters?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+twowheelsblog%2Fcom+%28twowheelsblog%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">twowheelsblog.com</a>]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/">Continue reading <em>Video: Electric scooter gets the Snow Kit Solution</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/">Video: Electric scooter gets the Snow Kit Solution</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:19:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/#continued">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19294809/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-1676107558706641604?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-69772057945980664682009-12-30T14:42:00.001-08:002009-12-30T14:42:28.830-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/china/">China</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/beijing-2008-byd-e6#4"><img hspace=" " vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/byd_e6_1024-(2).png" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>BYD E6 - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />As the country <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/">keeps getting ready for more plug-in vehicles</a>, China's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a> has raised its 2010 sales target by 14 percent. Instead of 700,000 cars next year, BYD hopes to sell 800,000. The two main reasons mentioned in this <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a> article are the introduction of the company's first all-electric car, the E6, and a large stimulus package from the Chinese government designed to boost car sales. In 2009, through November, BYD sold over 400,000 vehicles, so the doubled target is nothing if not ambitious. The E6 will go on sale in the early part of 2010, with exports to places like the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/18/detroit-2010-preview-byds-plug-in-plans/">U.S.</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/26/byd-signs-agreement-to-import-evs-to-spain/">Spain</a> scheduled to follow after that. For the company's sake, here's hoping the E6 becomes more popular than the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/tag/byd+f3dm/">plug-in hybrid F3DM</a>, which had <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/21/report-byd-only-sells-100-plug-in-f3dm-hybrids-in-eight-months/">dismal sales figures</a> in 2009. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/">Beijing 2008: BYD e6</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(1)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(10)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(2)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(3)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(4)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/">BYD raises 2010 sales target because of all-electric E6, gov't stimulus plan</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:04:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298521/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-6977205794598066468?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-67679294095850655402009-12-30T14:39:00.001-08:002009-12-30T14:39:32.486-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/on-two-wheels/">On Two Wheels</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/#continued"><img vspace="4" hspace=" " border=" " alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/slidescooter.jpg"/></a><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>GOVECS electric scooter with Snow Kit Solution - Click above to watch the video <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/#continued">after the break</a></small></strong></em></div><br /><br /> Depending on where you happen to live on the planet, two-wheeled transportation may be anything from a year-round necessity to a few-months-of-the-year hobby. Right about now, at least half of all motorcyclists here in the United States have their scooters and motorcycles packed warmly away in the garage. But does it <em>have</em> to be that way?<br /> <br /> Well, that partially depends on your penchant for excitement and snow sports. We remember having all kinds of fun on snowmobiles in our teen years, and after watching the video after the break, we have a new obsession to look forward to: snow-scooting.<br /> <br /> That's right, remove the front wheel of your scooter, replace it with a ski and add a nice, knobby tire out back. Instant snow-scooter! Best of all, the machine from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://slidescooters.com/home.html">Govecs Slidescooters</a> featured in today's video is electric, so there's no noxious exhaust to spoil America's pristine natural surroundings. Oh, and we apologize in advance for the soundtrack. Turn the volume down and check out the video <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/#continued">after the jump</a>. <br /> <br /> [Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CMRdPqxIJw&amp;feature=player_embedded">YouTube</a> via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.twowheelsblog.com/post/3546/bikes-for-the-snow-govecs-slidescooters?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+twowheelsblog%2Fcom+%28twowheelsblog%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">twowheelsblog.com</a>]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/">Continue reading <em>Video: Electric scooter gets the Snow Kit Solution</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/">Video: Electric scooter gets the Snow Kit Solution</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:19:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/#continued">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19294809/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-6767929409585065540?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-86573894534062929822009-12-30T14:37:00.001-08:002009-12-30T14:37:28.563-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/china/">China</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/beijing-2008-byd-e6#4"><img hspace=" " vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/byd_e6_1024-(2).png" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>BYD E6 - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />As the country <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/">keeps getting ready for more plug-in vehicles</a>, China's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a> has raised its 2010 sales target by 14 percent. Instead of 700,000 cars next year, BYD hopes to sell 800,000. The two main reasons mentioned in this <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a> article are the introduction of the company's first all-electric car, the E6, and a large stimulus package from the Chinese government designed to boost car sales. In 2009, through November, BYD sold over 400,000 vehicles, so the doubled target is nothing if not ambitious. The E6 will go on sale in the early part of 2010, with exports to places like the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/18/detroit-2010-preview-byds-plug-in-plans/">U.S.</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/26/byd-signs-agreement-to-import-evs-to-spain/">Spain</a> scheduled to follow after that. For the company's sake, here's hoping the E6 becomes more popular than the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/tag/byd+f3dm/">plug-in hybrid F3DM</a>, which had <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/21/report-byd-only-sells-100-plug-in-f3dm-hybrids-in-eight-months/">dismal sales figures</a> in 2009. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/">Beijing 2008: BYD e6</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(1)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(10)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(2)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(3)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(4)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/">BYD raises 2010 sales target because of all-electric E6, gov't stimulus plan</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:04:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298521/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-8657389453406292982?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-58329661478866819862009-12-30T14:36:00.001-08:002009-12-30T14:36:42.444-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/on-two-wheels/">On Two Wheels</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/#continued"><img vspace="4" hspace=" " border=" " alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/slidescooter.jpg"/></a><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>GOVECS electric scooter with Snow Kit Solution - Click above to watch the video <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/#continued">after the break</a></small></strong></em></div><br /><br /> Depending on where you happen to live on the planet, two-wheeled transportation may be anything from a year-round necessity to a few-months-of-the-year hobby. Right about now, at least half of all motorcyclists here in the United States have their scooters and motorcycles packed warmly away in the garage. But does it <em>have</em> to be that way?<br /> <br /> Well, that partially depends on your penchant for excitement and snow sports. We remember having all kinds of fun on snowmobiles in our teen years, and after watching the video after the break, we have a new obsession to look forward to: snow-scooting.<br /> <br /> That's right, remove the front wheel of your scooter, replace it with a ski and add a nice, knobby tire out back. Instant snow-scooter! Best of all, the machine from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://slidescooters.com/home.html">Govecs Slidescooters</a> featured in today's video is electric, so there's no noxious exhaust to spoil America's pristine natural surroundings. Oh, and we apologize in advance for the soundtrack. Turn the volume down and check out the video <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/#continued">after the jump</a>. <br /> <br /> [Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CMRdPqxIJw&amp;feature=player_embedded">YouTube</a> via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.twowheelsblog.com/post/3546/bikes-for-the-snow-govecs-slidescooters?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+twowheelsblog%2Fcom+%28twowheelsblog%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">twowheelsblog.com</a>]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/">Continue reading <em>Video: Electric scooter gets the Snow Kit Solution</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/">Video: Electric scooter gets the Snow Kit Solution</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:19:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/#continued">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19294809/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/video-electric-scooter-gets-the-snow-kit-solution/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-5832966147886681986?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-34910629614884346352009-12-30T13:19:00.001-08:002009-12-30T13:19:22.268-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/china/">China</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/beijing-2008-byd-e6#4"><img hspace=" " vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/byd_e6_1024-(2).png" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>BYD E6 - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />As the country <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/">keeps getting ready for more plug-in vehicles</a>, China's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a> has raised its 2010 sales target by 14 percent. Instead of 700,000 cars next year, BYD hopes to sell 800,000. The two main reasons mentioned in this <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a> article are the introduction of the company's first all-electric car, the E6, and a large stimulus package from the Chinese government designed to boost car sales. In 2009, through November, BYD sold over 400,000 vehicles, so the doubled target is nothing if not ambitious. The E6 will go on sale in the early part of 2010, with exports to places like the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/18/detroit-2010-preview-byds-plug-in-plans/">U.S.</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/26/byd-signs-agreement-to-import-evs-to-spain/">Spain</a> scheduled to follow after that. For the company's sake, here's hoping the E6 becomes more popular than the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/tag/byd+f3dm/">plug-in hybrid F3DM</a>, which had <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/21/report-byd-only-sells-100-plug-in-f3dm-hybrids-in-eight-months/">dismal sales figures</a> in 2009. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/">Beijing 2008: BYD e6</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(1)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(10)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(2)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(3)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(4)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/">BYD raises 2010 sales target because of all-electric E6, gov't stimulus plan</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:04:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298521/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-3491062961488434635?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-83151200243863013842009-12-30T13:18:00.001-08:002009-12-30T13:18:37.575-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/v6-tdi.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />It's no secret that when it comes to promoting more efficient transportation, the current administration in Washington is all about batteries and plugs - pretty much to the exclusion of all else. In his latest column at trade publication <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>, Drew Winter tries to make the case for the government taking agnostic approach to technology and simply promoting anything that would make a measurable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption. Just given the relative lack of technological understanding among most of the people in Washington, that certainly makes sense. <br /><br /><br /><br />Add in the fact that cost constraints and charging limitations will likely keep EVs from comprising a significant portion of new vehicle sales for at least the next decade, and it's clear that other near term solutions should be getting a boost as well. Certainly, the tax credits that were provided to early hybrid buyers helped get that segment established in the last several years. The government also offers similar (although smaller) breaks to diesel buyers. Providing further incentives for diesel would help get more of these on the road and might convince manufacturers to offer it as an option in the U.S. On average, diesels consume about 30 percent less petroleum and produce about 25 percent less CO₂ (the difference coming from the fact that diesel fuel contains about 15 percent more carbon than gas) than a comparable gasoline engine. That's a real measurable difference that we should be taking advantage of today while continuing to develop other technologies for the future. We should also be doing more to help other technologies and fuels - like HCCI or bio-butanol - to come to market<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/">Ward's columnist makes the case for tech agnostic efficiency incentives</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298013/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-8315120024386301384?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-52278826017676511942009-12-30T13:16:00.001-08:002009-12-30T13:16:57.908-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/china/">China</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/beijing-2008-byd-e6#4"><img hspace=" " vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/byd_e6_1024-(2).png" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>BYD E6 - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />As the country <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/">keeps getting ready for more plug-in vehicles</a>, China's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a> has raised its 2010 sales target by 14 percent. Instead of 700,000 cars next year, BYD hopes to sell 800,000. The two main reasons mentioned in this <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a> article are the introduction of the company's first all-electric car, the E6, and a large stimulus package from the Chinese government designed to boost car sales. In 2009, through November, BYD sold over 400,000 vehicles, so the doubled target is nothing if not ambitious. The E6 will go on sale in the early part of 2010, with exports to places like the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/18/detroit-2010-preview-byds-plug-in-plans/">U.S.</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/26/byd-signs-agreement-to-import-evs-to-spain/">Spain</a> scheduled to follow after that. For the company's sake, here's hoping the E6 becomes more popular than the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/tag/byd+f3dm/">plug-in hybrid F3DM</a>, which had <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/21/report-byd-only-sells-100-plug-in-f3dm-hybrids-in-eight-months/">dismal sales figures</a> in 2009. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/">Beijing 2008: BYD e6</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(1)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(10)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(2)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(3)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(4)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/">BYD raises 2010 sales target because of all-electric E6, gov't stimulus plan</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:04:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298521/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-5227882601767651194?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-24598525270526706752009-12-30T13:13:00.001-08:002009-12-30T13:13:00.099-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/v6-tdi.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />It's no secret that when it comes to promoting more efficient transportation, the current administration in Washington is all about batteries and plugs - pretty much to the exclusion of all else. In his latest column at trade publication <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>, Drew Winter tries to make the case for the government taking agnostic approach to technology and simply promoting anything that would make a measurable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption. Just given the relative lack of technological understanding among most of the people in Washington, that certainly makes sense. <br /><br /><br /><br />Add in the fact that cost constraints and charging limitations will likely keep EVs from comprising a significant portion of new vehicle sales for at least the next decade, and it's clear that other near term solutions should be getting a boost as well. Certainly, the tax credits that were provided to early hybrid buyers helped get that segment established in the last several years. The government also offers similar (although smaller) breaks to diesel buyers. Providing further incentives for diesel would help get more of these on the road and might convince manufacturers to offer it as an option in the U.S. On average, diesels consume about 30 percent less petroleum and produce about 25 percent less CO₂ (the difference coming from the fact that diesel fuel contains about 15 percent more carbon than gas) than a comparable gasoline engine. That's a real measurable difference that we should be taking advantage of today while continuing to develop other technologies for the future. We should also be doing more to help other technologies and fuels - like HCCI or bio-butanol - to come to market<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/">Ward's columnist makes the case for tech agnostic efficiency incentives</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298013/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-2459852527052670675?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-8832147329856113282009-12-30T13:09:00.003-08:002009-12-30T13:09:53.345-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/china/">China</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/beijing-2008-byd-e6#4"><img hspace=" " vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/byd_e6_1024-(2).png" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>BYD E6 - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />As the country <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/">keeps getting ready for more plug-in vehicles</a>, China's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a> has raised its 2010 sales target by 14 percent. Instead of 700,000 cars next year, BYD hopes to sell 800,000. The two main reasons mentioned in this <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a> article are the introduction of the company's first all-electric car, the E6, and a large stimulus package from the Chinese government designed to boost car sales. In 2009, through November, BYD sold over 400,000 vehicles, so the doubled target is nothing if not ambitious. The E6 will go on sale in the early part of 2010, with exports to places like the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/18/detroit-2010-preview-byds-plug-in-plans/">U.S.</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/26/byd-signs-agreement-to-import-evs-to-spain/">Spain</a> scheduled to follow after that. For the company's sake, here's hoping the E6 becomes more popular than the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/tag/byd+f3dm/">plug-in hybrid F3DM</a>, which had <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/21/report-byd-only-sells-100-plug-in-f3dm-hybrids-in-eight-months/">dismal sales figures</a> in 2009. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/">Beijing 2008: BYD e6</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(1)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(10)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(2)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(3)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(4)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/">BYD raises 2010 sales target because of all-electric E6, gov't stimulus plan</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:04:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298521/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-883214732985611328?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-45896357066282243472009-12-30T13:09:00.001-08:002009-12-30T13:09:28.543-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/v6-tdi.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />It's no secret that when it comes to promoting more efficient transportation, the current administration in Washington is all about batteries and plugs - pretty much to the exclusion of all else. In his latest column at trade publication <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>, Drew Winter tries to make the case for the government taking agnostic approach to technology and simply promoting anything that would make a measurable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption. Just given the relative lack of technological understanding among most of the people in Washington, that certainly makes sense. <br /><br /><br /><br />Add in the fact that cost constraints and charging limitations will likely keep EVs from comprising a significant portion of new vehicle sales for at least the next decade, and it's clear that other near term solutions should be getting a boost as well. Certainly, the tax credits that were provided to early hybrid buyers helped get that segment established in the last several years. The government also offers similar (although smaller) breaks to diesel buyers. Providing further incentives for diesel would help get more of these on the road and might convince manufacturers to offer it as an option in the U.S. On average, diesels consume about 30 percent less petroleum and produce about 25 percent less CO₂ (the difference coming from the fact that diesel fuel contains about 15 percent more carbon than gas) than a comparable gasoline engine. That's a real measurable difference that we should be taking advantage of today while continuing to develop other technologies for the future. We should also be doing more to help other technologies and fuels - like HCCI or bio-butanol - to come to market<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/">Ward's columnist makes the case for tech agnostic efficiency incentives</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298013/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-4589635706628224347?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-19675010656754285962009-12-30T13:08:00.001-08:002009-12-30T13:08:53.825-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/china/">China</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/beijing-2008-byd-e6#4"><img hspace=" " vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/byd_e6_1024-(2).png" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>BYD E6 - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />As the country <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/">keeps getting ready for more plug-in vehicles</a>, China's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a> has raised its 2010 sales target by 14 percent. Instead of 700,000 cars next year, BYD hopes to sell 800,000. The two main reasons mentioned in this <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a> article are the introduction of the company's first all-electric car, the E6, and a large stimulus package from the Chinese government designed to boost car sales. In 2009, through November, BYD sold over 400,000 vehicles, so the doubled target is nothing if not ambitious. The E6 will go on sale in the early part of 2010, with exports to places like the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/18/detroit-2010-preview-byds-plug-in-plans/">U.S.</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/26/byd-signs-agreement-to-import-evs-to-spain/">Spain</a> scheduled to follow after that. For the company's sake, here's hoping the E6 becomes more popular than the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/tag/byd+f3dm/">plug-in hybrid F3DM</a>, which had <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/21/report-byd-only-sells-100-plug-in-f3dm-hybrids-in-eight-months/">dismal sales figures</a> in 2009. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/">Beijing 2008: BYD e6</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(1)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(10)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(2)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(3)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(4)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/">BYD raises 2010 sales target because of all-electric E6, gov't stimulus plan</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:04:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298521/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-1967501065675428596?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-47305911824715148212009-12-30T13:07:00.001-08:002009-12-30T13:07:38.553-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/v6-tdi.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />It's no secret that when it comes to promoting more efficient transportation, the current administration in Washington is all about batteries and plugs - pretty much to the exclusion of all else. In his latest column at trade publication <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>, Drew Winter tries to make the case for the government taking agnostic approach to technology and simply promoting anything that would make a measurable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption. Just given the relative lack of technological understanding among most of the people in Washington, that certainly makes sense. <br /><br /><br /><br />Add in the fact that cost constraints and charging limitations will likely keep EVs from comprising a significant portion of new vehicle sales for at least the next decade, and it's clear that other near term solutions should be getting a boost as well. Certainly, the tax credits that were provided to early hybrid buyers helped get that segment established in the last several years. The government also offers similar (although smaller) breaks to diesel buyers. Providing further incentives for diesel would help get more of these on the road and might convince manufacturers to offer it as an option in the U.S. On average, diesels consume about 30 percent less petroleum and produce about 25 percent less CO₂ (the difference coming from the fact that diesel fuel contains about 15 percent more carbon than gas) than a comparable gasoline engine. That's a real measurable difference that we should be taking advantage of today while continuing to develop other technologies for the future. We should also be doing more to help other technologies and fuels - like HCCI or bio-butanol - to come to market<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/">Ward's columnist makes the case for tech agnostic efficiency incentives</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298013/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-4730591182471514821?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-26993027960767143462009-12-30T13:06:00.001-08:002009-12-30T13:06:32.949-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/china/">China</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/beijing-2008-byd-e6#4"><img hspace=" " vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/byd_e6_1024-(2).png" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>BYD E6 - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />As the country <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/">keeps getting ready for more plug-in vehicles</a>, China's <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/byd/">BYD</a> has raised its 2010 sales target by 14 percent. Instead of 700,000 cars next year, BYD hopes to sell 800,000. The two main reasons mentioned in this <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a> article are the introduction of the company's first all-electric car, the E6, and a large stimulus package from the Chinese government designed to boost car sales. In 2009, through November, BYD sold over 400,000 vehicles, so the doubled target is nothing if not ambitious. The E6 will go on sale in the early part of 2010, with exports to places like the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/18/detroit-2010-preview-byds-plug-in-plans/">U.S.</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/26/byd-signs-agreement-to-import-evs-to-spain/">Spain</a> scheduled to follow after that. For the company's sake, here's hoping the E6 becomes more popular than the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/tag/byd+f3dm/">plug-in hybrid F3DM</a>, which had <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/21/report-byd-only-sells-100-plug-in-f3dm-hybrids-in-eight-months/">dismal sales figures</a> in 2009. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/">Beijing 2008: BYD e6</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(1)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(10)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(2)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(3)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2008-byd-e6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/04/byd_e6_1024-(4)_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Ali Baba</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/">BYD raises 2010 sales target because of all-electric E6, gov't stimulus plan</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:04:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100225304-1-china%2527s-byd-lifts-2010-auto.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298521/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/byd-raises-2010-sales-target-because-of-all-electric-e6-govt-s/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-2699302796076714346?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-50806738804875008232009-12-30T12:27:00.001-08:002009-12-30T12:27:42.904-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/v6-tdi.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />It's no secret that when it comes to promoting more efficient transportation, the current administration in Washington is all about batteries and plugs - pretty much to the exclusion of all else. In his latest column at trade publication <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>, Drew Winter tries to make the case for the government taking agnostic approach to technology and simply promoting anything that would make a measurable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption. Just given the relative lack of technological understanding among most of the people in Washington, that certainly makes sense. <br /><br /><br /><br />Add in the fact that cost constraints and charging limitations will likely keep EVs from comprising a significant portion of new vehicle sales for at least the next decade, and it's clear that other near term solutions should be getting a boost as well. Certainly, the tax credits that were provided to early hybrid buyers helped get that segment established in the last several years. The government also offers similar (although smaller) breaks to diesel buyers. Providing further incentives for diesel would help get more of these on the road and might convince manufacturers to offer it as an option in the U.S. On average, diesels consume about 30 percent less petroleum and produce about 25 percent less CO₂ (the difference coming from the fact that diesel fuel contains about 15 percent more carbon than gas) than a comparable gasoline engine. That's a real measurable difference that we should be taking advantage of today while continuing to develop other technologies for the future. We should also be doing more to help other technologies and fuels - like HCCI or bio-butanol - to come to market<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/">Ward's columnist makes the case for tech agnostic efficiency incentives</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298013/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-5080673880487500823?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-32812346708238578912009-12-30T12:26:00.001-08:002009-12-30T12:26:56.319-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/audi/">Audi</a></p><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/59394aud.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/23/audi-attacks-the-low-co-sub-2-sub-european-market-with-two-new/">Back in September</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/audi/">Audi</a> first announced the addition of the new <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/a3">1.6 TDI model to the A3</a> lineup over in Europe and now it's available to order in the UK. The newest A3 features the VW group's latest 1.6-liter common rail injected four cylinder diesel powerplant. In the A3, this engine combines with several other tweaks - including brake energy regeneration and automatic start-stop - to get a CO₂ rating of just 99 g/km and mileage of 61.9 mpg (U.S.) on the EU combined cycle.<br /><br /><br /><br />Audi conducted an <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/03/audi-completes-a-to-b-efficiency-challenge-a3-tdi-gets-71-3-mpg/">efficiency challenge in Europe</a> in late September that included the new A3 1.6 where the cars averaged 59.4 mpg (U.S.) going from Norway to Italy. In the UK, the new A3 costs about $34,500 including value added taxes. Volkswagen and Audi have not given any indication that it will offer the 1.6 in the U.S. market, although other elements like stop-start and regen braking probably will be added here in the coming years. <br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: Audi]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">Continue reading <em>New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:02:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297610/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-3281234670823857891?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-66888521108206901332009-12-30T12:23:00.001-08:002009-12-30T12:23:47.038-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/v6-tdi.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />It's no secret that when it comes to promoting more efficient transportation, the current administration in Washington is all about batteries and plugs - pretty much to the exclusion of all else. In his latest column at trade publication <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>, Drew Winter tries to make the case for the government taking agnostic approach to technology and simply promoting anything that would make a measurable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption. Just given the relative lack of technological understanding among most of the people in Washington, that certainly makes sense. <br /><br /><br /><br />Add in the fact that cost constraints and charging limitations will likely keep EVs from comprising a significant portion of new vehicle sales for at least the next decade, and it's clear that other near term solutions should be getting a boost as well. Certainly, the tax credits that were provided to early hybrid buyers helped get that segment established in the last several years. The government also offers similar (although smaller) breaks to diesel buyers. Providing further incentives for diesel would help get more of these on the road and might convince manufacturers to offer it as an option in the U.S. On average, diesels consume about 30 percent less petroleum and produce about 25 percent less CO₂ (the difference coming from the fact that diesel fuel contains about 15 percent more carbon than gas) than a comparable gasoline engine. That's a real measurable difference that we should be taking advantage of today while continuing to develop other technologies for the future. We should also be doing more to help other technologies and fuels - like HCCI or bio-butanol - to come to market<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/">Ward's columnist makes the case for tech agnostic efficiency incentives</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298013/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-6688852110820690133?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-8677534026126410812009-12-30T12:22:00.001-08:002009-12-30T12:22:35.338-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/audi/">Audi</a></p><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/59394aud.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/23/audi-attacks-the-low-co-sub-2-sub-european-market-with-two-new/">Back in September</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/audi/">Audi</a> first announced the addition of the new <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/a3">1.6 TDI model to the A3</a> lineup over in Europe and now it's available to order in the UK. The newest A3 features the VW group's latest 1.6-liter common rail injected four cylinder diesel powerplant. In the A3, this engine combines with several other tweaks - including brake energy regeneration and automatic start-stop - to get a CO₂ rating of just 99 g/km and mileage of 61.9 mpg (U.S.) on the EU combined cycle.<br /><br /><br /><br />Audi conducted an <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/03/audi-completes-a-to-b-efficiency-challenge-a3-tdi-gets-71-3-mpg/">efficiency challenge in Europe</a> in late September that included the new A3 1.6 where the cars averaged 59.4 mpg (U.S.) going from Norway to Italy. In the UK, the new A3 costs about $34,500 including value added taxes. Volkswagen and Audi have not given any indication that it will offer the 1.6 in the U.S. market, although other elements like stop-start and regen braking probably will be added here in the coming years. <br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: Audi]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">Continue reading <em>New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:02:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297610/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-867753402612641081?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-9391313122149171852009-12-30T12:18:00.001-08:002009-12-30T12:18:41.011-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/v6-tdi.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />It's no secret that when it comes to promoting more efficient transportation, the current administration in Washington is all about batteries and plugs - pretty much to the exclusion of all else. In his latest column at trade publication <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>, Drew Winter tries to make the case for the government taking agnostic approach to technology and simply promoting anything that would make a measurable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption. Just given the relative lack of technological understanding among most of the people in Washington, that certainly makes sense. <br /><br /><br /><br />Add in the fact that cost constraints and charging limitations will likely keep EVs from comprising a significant portion of new vehicle sales for at least the next decade, and it's clear that other near term solutions should be getting a boost as well. Certainly, the tax credits that were provided to early hybrid buyers helped get that segment established in the last several years. The government also offers similar (although smaller) breaks to diesel buyers. Providing further incentives for diesel would help get more of these on the road and might convince manufacturers to offer it as an option in the U.S. On average, diesels consume about 30 percent less petroleum and produce about 25 percent less CO₂ (the difference coming from the fact that diesel fuel contains about 15 percent more carbon than gas) than a comparable gasoline engine. That's a real measurable difference that we should be taking advantage of today while continuing to develop other technologies for the future. We should also be doing more to help other technologies and fuels - like HCCI or bio-butanol - to come to market<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/">Ward's columnist makes the case for tech agnostic efficiency incentives</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298013/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-939131312214917185?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-50865519627963662742009-12-30T12:12:00.001-08:002009-12-30T12:12:02.999-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/audi/">Audi</a></p><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/59394aud.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/23/audi-attacks-the-low-co-sub-2-sub-european-market-with-two-new/">Back in September</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/audi/">Audi</a> first announced the addition of the new <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/a3">1.6 TDI model to the A3</a> lineup over in Europe and now it's available to order in the UK. The newest A3 features the VW group's latest 1.6-liter common rail injected four cylinder diesel powerplant. In the A3, this engine combines with several other tweaks - including brake energy regeneration and automatic start-stop - to get a CO₂ rating of just 99 g/km and mileage of 61.9 mpg (U.S.) on the EU combined cycle.<br /><br /><br /><br />Audi conducted an <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/03/audi-completes-a-to-b-efficiency-challenge-a3-tdi-gets-71-3-mpg/">efficiency challenge in Europe</a> in late September that included the new A3 1.6 where the cars averaged 59.4 mpg (U.S.) going from Norway to Italy. In the UK, the new A3 costs about $34,500 including value added taxes. Volkswagen and Audi have not given any indication that it will offer the 1.6 in the U.S. market, although other elements like stop-start and regen braking probably will be added here in the coming years. <br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: Audi]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">Continue reading <em>New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:02:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297610/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-5086551962796366274?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-72377860912184536052009-12-30T12:11:00.001-08:002009-12-30T12:11:41.639-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/v6-tdi.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />It's no secret that when it comes to promoting more efficient transportation, the current administration in Washington is all about batteries and plugs - pretty much to the exclusion of all else. In his latest column at trade publication <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>, Drew Winter tries to make the case for the government taking agnostic approach to technology and simply promoting anything that would make a measurable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption. Just given the relative lack of technological understanding among most of the people in Washington, that certainly makes sense. <br /><br /><br /><br />Add in the fact that cost constraints and charging limitations will likely keep EVs from comprising a significant portion of new vehicle sales for at least the next decade, and it's clear that other near term solutions should be getting a boost as well. Certainly, the tax credits that were provided to early hybrid buyers helped get that segment established in the last several years. The government also offers similar (although smaller) breaks to diesel buyers. Providing further incentives for diesel would help get more of these on the road and might convince manufacturers to offer it as an option in the U.S. On average, diesels consume about 30 percent less petroleum and produce about 25 percent less CO₂ (the difference coming from the fact that diesel fuel contains about 15 percent more carbon than gas) than a comparable gasoline engine. That's a real measurable difference that we should be taking advantage of today while continuing to develop other technologies for the future. We should also be doing more to help other technologies and fuels - like HCCI or bio-butanol - to come to market<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/">Ward's columnist makes the case for tech agnostic efficiency incentives</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298013/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-7237786091218453605?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-66429552629587706892009-12-30T12:09:00.001-08:002009-12-30T12:09:34.084-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/audi/">Audi</a></p><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/59394aud.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/23/audi-attacks-the-low-co-sub-2-sub-european-market-with-two-new/">Back in September</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/audi/">Audi</a> first announced the addition of the new <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/a3">1.6 TDI model to the A3</a> lineup over in Europe and now it's available to order in the UK. The newest A3 features the VW group's latest 1.6-liter common rail injected four cylinder diesel powerplant. In the A3, this engine combines with several other tweaks - including brake energy regeneration and automatic start-stop - to get a CO₂ rating of just 99 g/km and mileage of 61.9 mpg (U.S.) on the EU combined cycle.<br /><br /><br /><br />Audi conducted an <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/03/audi-completes-a-to-b-efficiency-challenge-a3-tdi-gets-71-3-mpg/">efficiency challenge in Europe</a> in late September that included the new A3 1.6 where the cars averaged 59.4 mpg (U.S.) going from Norway to Italy. In the UK, the new A3 costs about $34,500 including value added taxes. Volkswagen and Audi have not given any indication that it will offer the 1.6 in the U.S. market, although other elements like stop-start and regen braking probably will be added here in the coming years. <br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: Audi]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">Continue reading <em>New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:02:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297610/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-6642955262958770689?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-40180869518596393172009-12-30T12:08:00.001-08:002009-12-30T12:08:51.485-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/v6-tdi.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />It's no secret that when it comes to promoting more efficient transportation, the current administration in Washington is all about batteries and plugs - pretty much to the exclusion of all else. In his latest column at trade publication <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>, Drew Winter tries to make the case for the government taking agnostic approach to technology and simply promoting anything that would make a measurable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption. Just given the relative lack of technological understanding among most of the people in Washington, that certainly makes sense. <br /><br /><br /><br />Add in the fact that cost constraints and charging limitations will likely keep EVs from comprising a significant portion of new vehicle sales for at least the next decade, and it's clear that other near term solutions should be getting a boost as well. Certainly, the tax credits that were provided to early hybrid buyers helped get that segment established in the last several years. The government also offers similar (although smaller) breaks to diesel buyers. Providing further incentives for diesel would help get more of these on the road and might convince manufacturers to offer it as an option in the U.S. On average, diesels consume about 30 percent less petroleum and produce about 25 percent less CO₂ (the difference coming from the fact that diesel fuel contains about 15 percent more carbon than gas) than a comparable gasoline engine. That's a real measurable difference that we should be taking advantage of today while continuing to develop other technologies for the future. We should also be doing more to help other technologies and fuels - like HCCI or bio-butanol - to come to market<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228/">Ward's Auto World</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/">Ward's columnist makes the case for tech agnostic efficiency incentives</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wardsauto.com/commentary/diesel_deserves_better_091228">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298013/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/wards-columnist-makes-the-case-for-tech-agnostic-efficiency-inc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-4018086951859639317?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-21989440036768094942009-12-30T11:17:00.001-08:002009-12-30T11:17:42.203-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/audi/">Audi</a></p><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/59394aud.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/23/audi-attacks-the-low-co-sub-2-sub-european-market-with-two-new/">Back in September</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/audi/">Audi</a> first announced the addition of the new <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/a3">1.6 TDI model to the A3</a> lineup over in Europe and now it's available to order in the UK. The newest A3 features the VW group's latest 1.6-liter common rail injected four cylinder diesel powerplant. In the A3, this engine combines with several other tweaks - including brake energy regeneration and automatic start-stop - to get a CO₂ rating of just 99 g/km and mileage of 61.9 mpg (U.S.) on the EU combined cycle.<br /><br /><br /><br />Audi conducted an <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/03/audi-completes-a-to-b-efficiency-challenge-a3-tdi-gets-71-3-mpg/">efficiency challenge in Europe</a> in late September that included the new A3 1.6 where the cars averaged 59.4 mpg (U.S.) going from Norway to Italy. In the UK, the new A3 costs about $34,500 including value added taxes. Volkswagen and Audi have not given any indication that it will offer the 1.6 in the U.S. market, although other elements like stop-start and regen braking probably will be added here in the coming years. <br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: Audi]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">Continue reading <em>New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:02:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297610/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-2198944003676809494?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-23128257356772126622009-12-30T11:09:00.003-08:002009-12-30T11:09:51.490-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/china/">China</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html"><img vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/3566287076_fc912a6941_b.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Electric vehicle infrastructure projects in China are growing swiftly if not ubiquitously. The latest example: a new set of two charging stations for electric cars at the Universiade Center in Shenzhen that were put into service this week, along with 134 pole chargers around town. The centralized stations have quick-charging options while the poles are mostly designed for overnight (slow) charging. The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">People's Daily</a> says that this is currently "China's largest charging station in terms of area and investment scale." It cost $41.5 million (U.S.) to build. <br /><br /><br /><br />The charging stations are part of the $41.5 million (U.S.) Universiade Center, which <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/12/chinas-largest-ev-charging-stations-open-in-shenzhen.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greencarcongress%2FTrBK+%28Green+Car+Congress%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Green Car Congress</a> calls a "landmark green building project." The sports-focused project is being built for the World University Games coming in August 2011.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">People's Daily</a> via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/12/chinas-largest-ev-charging-stations-open-in-shenzhen.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greencarcongress%2FTrBK+%28Green+Car+Congress%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Green Car Congress</a>]<br /><br /><em><strong><small>Photo by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakobusan/3566287076/">Jakob Montrasio</a>. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0</small></strong></em>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/">China's largest electric vehicle infrastructure project opens in Shenzhen</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298337/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-2312825735677212662?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-7291392931600762062009-12-30T11:09:00.001-08:002009-12-30T11:09:23.376-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/audi/">Audi</a></p><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/59394aud.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/23/audi-attacks-the-low-co-sub-2-sub-european-market-with-two-new/">Back in September</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/audi/">Audi</a> first announced the addition of the new <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/a3">1.6 TDI model to the A3</a> lineup over in Europe and now it's available to order in the UK. The newest A3 features the VW group's latest 1.6-liter common rail injected four cylinder diesel powerplant. In the A3, this engine combines with several other tweaks - including brake energy regeneration and automatic start-stop - to get a CO₂ rating of just 99 g/km and mileage of 61.9 mpg (U.S.) on the EU combined cycle.<br /><br /><br /><br />Audi conducted an <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/03/audi-completes-a-to-b-efficiency-challenge-a3-tdi-gets-71-3-mpg/">efficiency challenge in Europe</a> in late September that included the new A3 1.6 where the cars averaged 59.4 mpg (U.S.) going from Norway to Italy. In the UK, the new A3 costs about $34,500 including value added taxes. Volkswagen and Audi have not given any indication that it will offer the 1.6 in the U.S. market, although other elements like stop-start and regen braking probably will be added here in the coming years. <br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: Audi]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">Continue reading <em>New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:02:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297610/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-729139293160076206?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-24128583714996748252009-12-30T11:08:00.001-08:002009-12-30T11:08:07.731-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/china/">China</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html"><img vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/3566287076_fc912a6941_b.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Electric vehicle infrastructure projects in China are growing swiftly if not ubiquitously. The latest example: a new set of two charging stations for electric cars at the Universiade Center in Shenzhen that were put into service this week, along with 134 pole chargers around town. The centralized stations have quick-charging options while the poles are mostly designed for overnight (slow) charging. The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">People's Daily</a> says that this is currently "China's largest charging station in terms of area and investment scale." It cost $41.5 million (U.S.) to build. <br /><br /><br /><br />The charging stations are part of the $41.5 million (U.S.) Universiade Center, which <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/12/chinas-largest-ev-charging-stations-open-in-shenzhen.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greencarcongress%2FTrBK+%28Green+Car+Congress%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Green Car Congress</a> calls a "landmark green building project." The sports-focused project is being built for the World University Games coming in August 2011.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">People's Daily</a> via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/12/chinas-largest-ev-charging-stations-open-in-shenzhen.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greencarcongress%2FTrBK+%28Green+Car+Congress%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Green Car Congress</a>]<br /><br /><em><strong><small>Photo by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakobusan/3566287076/">Jakob Montrasio</a>. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0</small></strong></em>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/">China's largest electric vehicle infrastructure project opens in Shenzhen</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298337/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-2412858371499674825?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-85891297027976358332009-12-30T11:07:00.001-08:002009-12-30T11:07:25.902-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/audi/">Audi</a></p><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/59394aud.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/23/audi-attacks-the-low-co-sub-2-sub-european-market-with-two-new/">Back in September</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/audi/">Audi</a> first announced the addition of the new <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/a3">1.6 TDI model to the A3</a> lineup over in Europe and now it's available to order in the UK. The newest A3 features the VW group's latest 1.6-liter common rail injected four cylinder diesel powerplant. In the A3, this engine combines with several other tweaks - including brake energy regeneration and automatic start-stop - to get a CO₂ rating of just 99 g/km and mileage of 61.9 mpg (U.S.) on the EU combined cycle.<br /><br /><br /><br />Audi conducted an <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/03/audi-completes-a-to-b-efficiency-challenge-a3-tdi-gets-71-3-mpg/">efficiency challenge in Europe</a> in late September that included the new A3 1.6 where the cars averaged 59.4 mpg (U.S.) going from Norway to Italy. In the UK, the new A3 costs about $34,500 including value added taxes. Volkswagen and Audi have not given any indication that it will offer the 1.6 in the U.S. market, although other elements like stop-start and regen braking probably will be added here in the coming years. <br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: Audi]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">Continue reading <em>New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:02:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297610/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-8589129702797635833?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-56949518752220741482009-12-30T11:05:00.001-08:002009-12-30T11:05:59.945-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/china/">China</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html"><img vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/3566287076_fc912a6941_b.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Electric vehicle infrastructure projects in China are growing swiftly if not ubiquitously. The latest example: a new set of two charging stations for electric cars at the Universiade Center in Shenzhen that were put into service this week, along with 134 pole chargers around town. The centralized stations have quick-charging options while the poles are mostly designed for overnight (slow) charging. The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">People's Daily</a> says that this is currently "China's largest charging station in terms of area and investment scale." It cost $41.5 million (U.S.) to build. <br /><br /><br /><br />The charging stations are part of the $41.5 million (U.S.) Universiade Center, which <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/12/chinas-largest-ev-charging-stations-open-in-shenzhen.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greencarcongress%2FTrBK+%28Green+Car+Congress%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Green Car Congress</a> calls a "landmark green building project." The sports-focused project is being built for the World University Games coming in August 2011.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">People's Daily</a> via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/12/chinas-largest-ev-charging-stations-open-in-shenzhen.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greencarcongress%2FTrBK+%28Green+Car+Congress%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Green Car Congress</a>]<br /><br /><em><strong><small>Photo by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakobusan/3566287076/">Jakob Montrasio</a>. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0</small></strong></em>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/">China's largest electric vehicle infrastructure project opens in Shenzhen</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298337/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-5694951875222074148?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-40086999986570842862009-12-30T11:04:00.001-08:002009-12-30T11:04:52.228-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/diesel/">Diesel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/audi/">Audi</a></p><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/59394aud.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/23/audi-attacks-the-low-co-sub-2-sub-european-market-with-two-new/">Back in September</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/audi/">Audi</a> first announced the addition of the new <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/a3">1.6 TDI model to the A3</a> lineup over in Europe and now it's available to order in the UK. The newest A3 features the VW group's latest 1.6-liter common rail injected four cylinder diesel powerplant. In the A3, this engine combines with several other tweaks - including brake energy regeneration and automatic start-stop - to get a CO₂ rating of just 99 g/km and mileage of 61.9 mpg (U.S.) on the EU combined cycle.<br /><br /><br /><br />Audi conducted an <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/03/audi-completes-a-to-b-efficiency-challenge-a3-tdi-gets-71-3-mpg/">efficiency challenge in Europe</a> in late September that included the new A3 1.6 where the cars averaged 59.4 mpg (U.S.) going from Norway to Italy. In the UK, the new A3 costs about $34,500 including value added taxes. Volkswagen and Audi have not given any indication that it will offer the 1.6 in the U.S. market, although other elements like stop-start and regen braking probably will be added here in the coming years. <br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: Audi]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">Continue reading <em>New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/">New 99 g/km Audi 1.6 TDI now available for order in the UK</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:02:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297610/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/new-99-g-km-audi-1-6-tdi-now-available-for-order-in-the-uk/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-4008699998657084286?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-4705057513446005912009-12-30T10:12:00.003-08:002009-12-30T10:12:41.338-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/china/">China</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html"><img vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/3566287076_fc912a6941_b.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Electric vehicle infrastructure projects in China are growing swiftly if not ubiquitously. The latest example: a new set of two charging stations for electric cars at the Universiade Center in Shenzhen that were put into service this week, along with 134 pole chargers around town. The centralized stations have quick-charging options while the poles are mostly designed for overnight (slow) charging. The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">People's Daily</a> says that this is currently "China's largest charging station in terms of area and investment scale." It cost $41.5 million (U.S.) to build. <br /><br /><br /><br />The charging stations are part of the $41.5 million (U.S.) Universiade Center, which <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/12/chinas-largest-ev-charging-stations-open-in-shenzhen.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greencarcongress%2FTrBK+%28Green+Car+Congress%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Green Car Congress</a> calls a "landmark green building project." The sports-focused project is being built for the World University Games coming in August 2011.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">People's Daily</a> via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/12/chinas-largest-ev-charging-stations-open-in-shenzhen.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greencarcongress%2FTrBK+%28Green+Car+Congress%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Green Car Congress</a>]<br /><br /><em><strong><small>Photo by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakobusan/3566287076/">Jakob Montrasio</a>. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0</small></strong></em>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/">China's largest electric vehicle infrastructure project opens in Shenzhen</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298337/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-470505751344600591?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-45028085841946322832009-12-30T10:12:00.001-08:002009-12-30T10:12:17.666-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/on-two-wheels/">On Two Wheels</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/vectrix/">Vectrix</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/446642/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/vectrix_lead.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>Vectrix VX-1 electric scooter - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />Vectrix may soon be <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/29/vectrix-officially-files-for-bankruptcy-plans-to-stay-in-busine/">back in business</a> as Hong Kong-based GP Batteries has purchased the so-called New Vectrix company for $5 million. That sum is comprised of $1.75 million in cash and the assumption of up to $3.3 million in liabilities. The deal has reportedly been approved by a U.S. bankruptcy court, and apparently there were no rival bids for the company's assets.<br /><br /><br /><br />Some Vectrix owners may be entitled to warranty coverage from GP Batteries, depending on when the scooters were purchased and claims were filed in relation to the company's bankruptcy. There's some chatter that the electric scooter may be reborn with lithium ion batteries, but no announcement on that front has been made. We'll take a wait-and-see approach and be patient to learn how things proceed under the new ownership.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/">Vectrix Electric Scooter</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0171_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0172_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0173_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0174_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0175_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://electricaid.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-rebirth-of-electric">Electric Aid</a> via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/vectrix-electric-scooters-reborn.php?campaign=th_rss&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Treehugger</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/report-vectrix-scooters-saved-by-gp-batteries/">REPORT: Vectrix Scooters saved by GP Batteries</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:53:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://electricaid.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-rebirth-of-electric">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/report-vectrix-scooters-saved-by-gp-batteries/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297145/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/report-vectrix-scooters-saved-by-gp-batteries/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-4502808584194632283?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-54608926224652300892009-12-30T10:08:00.001-08:002009-12-30T10:08:45.295-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/china/">China</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html"><img vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/3566287076_fc912a6941_b.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Electric vehicle infrastructure projects in China are growing swiftly if not ubiquitously. The latest example: a new set of two charging stations for electric cars at the Universiade Center in Shenzhen that were put into service this week, along with 134 pole chargers around town. The centralized stations have quick-charging options while the poles are mostly designed for overnight (slow) charging. The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">People's Daily</a> says that this is currently "China's largest charging station in terms of area and investment scale." It cost $41.5 million (U.S.) to build. <br /><br /><br /><br />The charging stations are part of the $41.5 million (U.S.) Universiade Center, which <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/12/chinas-largest-ev-charging-stations-open-in-shenzhen.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greencarcongress%2FTrBK+%28Green+Car+Congress%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Green Car Congress</a> calls a "landmark green building project." The sports-focused project is being built for the World University Games coming in August 2011.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">People's Daily</a> via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/12/chinas-largest-ev-charging-stations-open-in-shenzhen.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greencarcongress%2FTrBK+%28Green+Car+Congress%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Green Car Congress</a>]<br /><br /><em><strong><small>Photo by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakobusan/3566287076/">Jakob Montrasio</a>. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0</small></strong></em>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/">China's largest electric vehicle infrastructure project opens in Shenzhen</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298337/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-5460892622465230089?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-8156754921533957082009-12-30T10:06:00.001-08:002009-12-30T10:06:27.640-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/on-two-wheels/">On Two Wheels</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/vectrix/">Vectrix</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/446642/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/vectrix_lead.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>Vectrix VX-1 electric scooter - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />Vectrix may soon be <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/29/vectrix-officially-files-for-bankruptcy-plans-to-stay-in-busine/">back in business</a> as Hong Kong-based GP Batteries has purchased the so-called New Vectrix company for $5 million. That sum is comprised of $1.75 million in cash and the assumption of up to $3.3 million in liabilities. The deal has reportedly been approved by a U.S. bankruptcy court, and apparently there were no rival bids for the company's assets.<br /><br /><br /><br />Some Vectrix owners may be entitled to warranty coverage from GP Batteries, depending on when the scooters were purchased and claims were filed in relation to the company's bankruptcy. There's some chatter that the electric scooter may be reborn with lithium ion batteries, but no announcement on that front has been made. We'll take a wait-and-see approach and be patient to learn how things proceed under the new ownership.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/">Vectrix Electric Scooter</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0171_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0172_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0173_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0174_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0175_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://electricaid.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-rebirth-of-electric">Electric Aid</a> via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/vectrix-electric-scooters-reborn.php?campaign=th_rss&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Treehugger</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/report-vectrix-scooters-saved-by-gp-batteries/">REPORT: Vectrix Scooters saved by GP Batteries</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:53:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://electricaid.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-rebirth-of-electric">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/report-vectrix-scooters-saved-by-gp-batteries/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297145/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/report-vectrix-scooters-saved-by-gp-batteries/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-815675492153395708?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-79864453237436036572009-12-30T10:01:00.001-08:002009-12-30T10:01:39.367-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/china/">China</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html"><img vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/3566287076_fc912a6941_b.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Electric vehicle infrastructure projects in China are growing swiftly if not ubiquitously. The latest example: a new set of two charging stations for electric cars at the Universiade Center in Shenzhen that were put into service this week, along with 134 pole chargers around town. The centralized stations have quick-charging options while the poles are mostly designed for overnight (slow) charging. The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">People's Daily</a> says that this is currently "China's largest charging station in terms of area and investment scale." It cost $41.5 million (U.S.) to build. <br /><br /><br /><br />The charging stations are part of the $41.5 million (U.S.) Universiade Center, which <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/12/chinas-largest-ev-charging-stations-open-in-shenzhen.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greencarcongress%2FTrBK+%28Green+Car+Congress%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Green Car Congress</a> calls a "landmark green building project." The sports-focused project is being built for the World University Games coming in August 2011.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">People's Daily</a> via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/12/chinas-largest-ev-charging-stations-open-in-shenzhen.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greencarcongress%2FTrBK+%28Green+Car+Congress%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Green Car Congress</a>]<br /><br /><em><strong><small>Photo by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakobusan/3566287076/">Jakob Montrasio</a>. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0</small></strong></em>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/">China's largest electric vehicle infrastructure project opens in Shenzhen</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6855124.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19298337/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/china-s-largest-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-project-opens-in/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-7986445323743603657?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-89562833711938544952009-12-30T09:05:00.001-08:002009-12-30T09:05:39.781-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/on-two-wheels/">On Two Wheels</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/vectrix/">Vectrix</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/446642/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/vectrix_lead.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>Vectrix VX-1 electric scooter - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />Vectrix may soon be <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/29/vectrix-officially-files-for-bankruptcy-plans-to-stay-in-busine/">back in business</a> as Hong Kong-based GP Batteries has purchased the so-called New Vectrix company for $5 million. That sum is comprised of $1.75 million in cash and the assumption of up to $3.3 million in liabilities. The deal has reportedly been approved by a U.S. bankruptcy court, and apparently there were no rival bids for the company's assets.<br /><br /><br /><br />Some Vectrix owners may be entitled to warranty coverage from GP Batteries, depending on when the scooters were purchased and claims were filed in relation to the company's bankruptcy. There's some chatter that the electric scooter may be reborn with lithium ion batteries, but no announcement on that front has been made. We'll take a wait-and-see approach and be patient to learn how things proceed under the new ownership.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/">Vectrix Electric Scooter</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0171_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0172_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0173_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0174_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0175_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://electricaid.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-rebirth-of-electric">Electric Aid</a> via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/vectrix-electric-scooters-reborn.php?campaign=th_rss&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Treehugger</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/report-vectrix-scooters-saved-by-gp-batteries/">REPORT: Vectrix Scooters saved by GP Batteries</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:53:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://electricaid.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-rebirth-of-electric">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/report-vectrix-scooters-saved-by-gp-batteries/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297145/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/report-vectrix-scooters-saved-by-gp-batteries/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-8956283371193854495?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-81318963194090106322009-12-30T08:58:00.001-08:002009-12-30T08:58:46.117-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ford/">Ford</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/1337955/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/transit-connect--13-630.jpg"/></a><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>Ford Transit Connect - click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/">Ford</a>'s new compact <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/transit+connect">Transit Connect</a> vans are already proving to be a popular option for commercial operators needing something more fuel efficient than the traditional full-size vans. Through the end of November, Ford had sold nearly 7,000 units in the first four months of availability. <br /><br /><br /><br />One of the biggest companies to adopt the Transit Connect is Reddy Ice Holdings. Reddy is the largest provider of bagged ice in the United States and operates a fleet of 250 vehicles nationwide to service the ice dispensers. With its capacious rear compartment, the Transit Connect provides ample room for tools and parts for such applications. The 2.0-liter four cylinder engine provides adequate performance while getting double the typical mileage of the older E-series vans. The low load floor of the TC also makes access to parts and tools a lot easier for service personnel. So far, Reddy has acquired 17 Transit Connects and could eventually replace most of its fleet if the initial batch works out well. <br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/">2010 Ford Transit Connect</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--17-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--16-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--12-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--19-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--20-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: Ford]<br /><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/">Continue reading <em>Reddy Ice acquires Ford Transit Connects to save on fuel costs</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/">Reddy Ice acquires Ford Transit Connects to save on fuel costs</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:03:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19296725/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-8131896319409010632?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-60242055903208147492009-12-30T08:57:00.001-08:002009-12-30T08:57:02.718-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/on-two-wheels/">On Two Wheels</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/vectrix/">Vectrix</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/446642/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/vectrix_lead.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>Vectrix VX-1 electric scooter - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />Vectrix may soon be <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/29/vectrix-officially-files-for-bankruptcy-plans-to-stay-in-busine/">back in business</a> as Hong Kong-based GP Batteries has purchased the so-called New Vectrix company for $5 million. That sum is comprised of $1.75 million in cash and the assumption of up to $3.3 million in liabilities. The deal has reportedly been approved by a U.S. bankruptcy court, and apparently there were no rival bids for the company's assets.<br /><br /><br /><br />Some Vectrix owners may be entitled to warranty coverage from GP Batteries, depending on when the scooters were purchased and claims were filed in relation to the company's bankruptcy. There's some chatter that the electric scooter may be reborn with lithium ion batteries, but no announcement on that front has been made. We'll take a wait-and-see approach and be patient to learn how things proceed under the new ownership.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/">Vectrix Electric Scooter</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0171_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0172_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0173_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0174_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0175_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://electricaid.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-rebirth-of-electric">Electric Aid</a> via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/vectrix-electric-scooters-reborn.php?campaign=th_rss&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Treehugger</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/report-vectrix-scooters-saved-by-gp-batteries/">REPORT: Vectrix Scooters saved by GP Batteries</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:53:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://electricaid.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-rebirth-of-electric">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/report-vectrix-scooters-saved-by-gp-batteries/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297145/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/report-vectrix-scooters-saved-by-gp-batteries/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-6024205590320814749?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-44980622466578981492009-12-30T08:56:00.001-08:002009-12-30T08:56:04.545-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ford/">Ford</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/1337955/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/transit-connect--13-630.jpg"/></a><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>Ford Transit Connect - click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/">Ford</a>'s new compact <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/transit+connect">Transit Connect</a> vans are already proving to be a popular option for commercial operators needing something more fuel efficient than the traditional full-size vans. Through the end of November, Ford had sold nearly 7,000 units in the first four months of availability. <br /><br /><br /><br />One of the biggest companies to adopt the Transit Connect is Reddy Ice Holdings. Reddy is the largest provider of bagged ice in the United States and operates a fleet of 250 vehicles nationwide to service the ice dispensers. With its capacious rear compartment, the Transit Connect provides ample room for tools and parts for such applications. The 2.0-liter four cylinder engine provides adequate performance while getting double the typical mileage of the older E-series vans. The low load floor of the TC also makes access to parts and tools a lot easier for service personnel. So far, Reddy has acquired 17 Transit Connects and could eventually replace most of its fleet if the initial batch works out well. <br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/">2010 Ford Transit Connect</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--17-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--16-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--12-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--19-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--20-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: Ford]<br /><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/">Continue reading <em>Reddy Ice acquires Ford Transit Connects to save on fuel costs</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/">Reddy Ice acquires Ford Transit Connects to save on fuel costs</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:03:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19296725/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-4498062246657898149?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-15025562876482708732009-12-30T08:54:00.001-08:002009-12-30T08:54:39.157-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/on-two-wheels/">On Two Wheels</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/vectrix/">Vectrix</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/446642/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/vectrix_lead.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>Vectrix VX-1 electric scooter - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />Vectrix may soon be <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/29/vectrix-officially-files-for-bankruptcy-plans-to-stay-in-busine/">back in business</a> as Hong Kong-based GP Batteries has purchased the so-called New Vectrix company for $5 million. That sum is comprised of $1.75 million in cash and the assumption of up to $3.3 million in liabilities. The deal has reportedly been approved by a U.S. bankruptcy court, and apparently there were no rival bids for the company's assets.<br /><br /><br /><br />Some Vectrix owners may be entitled to warranty coverage from GP Batteries, depending on when the scooters were purchased and claims were filed in relation to the company's bankruptcy. There's some chatter that the electric scooter may be reborn with lithium ion batteries, but no announcement on that front has been made. We'll take a wait-and-see approach and be patient to learn how things proceed under the new ownership.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/">Vectrix Electric Scooter</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0171_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0172_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0173_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0174_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/ventrix-electric-scooter/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/10/img_0175_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://electricaid.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-rebirth-of-electric">Electric Aid</a> via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/vectrix-electric-scooters-reborn.php?campaign=th_rss&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Treehugger</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/report-vectrix-scooters-saved-by-gp-batteries/">REPORT: Vectrix Scooters saved by GP Batteries</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:53:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://electricaid.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-rebirth-of-electric">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/report-vectrix-scooters-saved-by-gp-batteries/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297145/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/report-vectrix-scooters-saved-by-gp-batteries/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-1502556287648270873?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-53690848883601322482009-12-30T08:22:00.001-08:002009-12-30T08:22:24.181-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ford/">Ford</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/1337955/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/transit-connect--13-630.jpg"/></a><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>Ford Transit Connect - click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/">Ford</a>'s new compact <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/transit+connect">Transit Connect</a> vans are already proving to be a popular option for commercial operators needing something more fuel efficient than the traditional full-size vans. Through the end of November, Ford had sold nearly 7,000 units in the first four months of availability. <br /><br /><br /><br />One of the biggest companies to adopt the Transit Connect is Reddy Ice Holdings. Reddy is the largest provider of bagged ice in the United States and operates a fleet of 250 vehicles nationwide to service the ice dispensers. With its capacious rear compartment, the Transit Connect provides ample room for tools and parts for such applications. The 2.0-liter four cylinder engine provides adequate performance while getting double the typical mileage of the older E-series vans. The low load floor of the TC also makes access to parts and tools a lot easier for service personnel. So far, Reddy has acquired 17 Transit Connects and could eventually replace most of its fleet if the initial batch works out well. <br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/">2010 Ford Transit Connect</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--17-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--16-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--12-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--19-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--20-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: Ford]<br /><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/">Continue reading <em>Reddy Ice acquires Ford Transit Connects to save on fuel costs</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/">Reddy Ice acquires Ford Transit Connects to save on fuel costs</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:03:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19296725/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-5369084888360132248?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-15536264634933966712009-12-30T08:19:00.001-08:002009-12-30T08:19:40.138-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/emerging-technologies/">Emerging Technologies</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/hybrid/">Hybrid</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/racing/">Racing</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.insideline.com/car-news/formula-1-todt-calls-for-more-green-less-spending.html"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/bmw-renault-ferrari.jpg"/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Says Jean Todt, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/23/todt-elected-fia-president/">newly-appointed president</a> of the F&eacute;d&eacute;ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), "I am convinced that we absolutely must reflect the environment with new technologies." With that statement, it would appear that at least some of the direction of former FIA president Max Mosley will stay intact.<br /><br /><br /><br />Mosley had championed a number of green efforts at the top run of the motorsports ladder, not the least of which were hybrid drivetrains in the form of the controversial <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/tag/kers">Kinetic Energy Recovery System</a> (KERS). Though most teams dropped their KERS units in 2009 and none plan to use them in 2010, the technology will likely make the transition to road use within the next few years, probably starting with <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/18/rumormill-aluminum-and-carbon-fiber-kers-equipped-bmw-m5-comet/">BMW</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/23/report-ferrari-to-show-599-hybrid-concept-in-geneva/">Ferrari</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />Other changes designed to make F1 racing more accessible to new teams may include spending caps and budget restraints, though it would seem that may clash with the desire to be more environmentally friendly. We'll be watching.<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.insideline.com/car-news/formula-1-todt-calls-for-more-green-less-spending.html">Inside Line</a> | Photo: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/fia-president-jean-todt-to-push-forward-with-the-greening-of-f1/">FIA President Jean Todt to push forward with the greening of F1</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.insideline.com/car-news/formula-1-todt-calls-for-more-green-less-spending.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/fia-president-jean-todt-to-push-forward-with-the-greening-of-f1/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297114/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/fia-president-jean-todt-to-push-forward-with-the-greening-of-f1/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-1553626463493396671?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-50224412846175941732009-12-30T08:17:00.001-08:002009-12-30T08:17:58.000-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ford/">Ford</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/1337955/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/transit-connect--13-630.jpg"/></a><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>Ford Transit Connect - click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/">Ford</a>'s new compact <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/transit+connect">Transit Connect</a> vans are already proving to be a popular option for commercial operators needing something more fuel efficient than the traditional full-size vans. Through the end of November, Ford had sold nearly 7,000 units in the first four months of availability. <br /><br /><br /><br />One of the biggest companies to adopt the Transit Connect is Reddy Ice Holdings. Reddy is the largest provider of bagged ice in the United States and operates a fleet of 250 vehicles nationwide to service the ice dispensers. With its capacious rear compartment, the Transit Connect provides ample room for tools and parts for such applications. The 2.0-liter four cylinder engine provides adequate performance while getting double the typical mileage of the older E-series vans. The low load floor of the TC also makes access to parts and tools a lot easier for service personnel. So far, Reddy has acquired 17 Transit Connects and could eventually replace most of its fleet if the initial batch works out well. <br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/">2010 Ford Transit Connect</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--17-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--16-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--12-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--19-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--20-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: Ford]<br /><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/">Continue reading <em>Reddy Ice acquires Ford Transit Connects to save on fuel costs</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/">Reddy Ice acquires Ford Transit Connects to save on fuel costs</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:03:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19296725/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-5022441284617594173?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-23075296368496758242009-12-30T08:13:00.001-08:002009-12-30T08:13:17.697-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/emerging-technologies/">Emerging Technologies</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/hybrid/">Hybrid</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/racing/">Racing</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.insideline.com/car-news/formula-1-todt-calls-for-more-green-less-spending.html"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/bmw-renault-ferrari.jpg"/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Says Jean Todt, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/23/todt-elected-fia-president/">newly-appointed president</a> of the F&eacute;d&eacute;ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), "I am convinced that we absolutely must reflect the environment with new technologies." With that statement, it would appear that at least some of the direction of former FIA president Max Mosley will stay intact.<br /><br /><br /><br />Mosley had championed a number of green efforts at the top run of the motorsports ladder, not the least of which were hybrid drivetrains in the form of the controversial <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/tag/kers">Kinetic Energy Recovery System</a> (KERS). Though most teams dropped their KERS units in 2009 and none plan to use them in 2010, the technology will likely make the transition to road use within the next few years, probably starting with <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/18/rumormill-aluminum-and-carbon-fiber-kers-equipped-bmw-m5-comet/">BMW</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/23/report-ferrari-to-show-599-hybrid-concept-in-geneva/">Ferrari</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />Other changes designed to make F1 racing more accessible to new teams may include spending caps and budget restraints, though it would seem that may clash with the desire to be more environmentally friendly. We'll be watching.<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.insideline.com/car-news/formula-1-todt-calls-for-more-green-less-spending.html">Inside Line</a> | Photo: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/fia-president-jean-todt-to-push-forward-with-the-greening-of-f1/">FIA President Jean Todt to push forward with the greening of F1</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.insideline.com/car-news/formula-1-todt-calls-for-more-green-less-spending.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/fia-president-jean-todt-to-push-forward-with-the-greening-of-f1/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297114/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/fia-president-jean-todt-to-push-forward-with-the-greening-of-f1/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-2307529636849675824?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-20428455308067081442009-12-30T08:09:00.001-08:002009-12-30T08:09:19.525-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ford/">Ford</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/1337955/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/transit-connect--13-630.jpg"/></a><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>Ford Transit Connect - click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/">Ford</a>'s new compact <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/transit+connect">Transit Connect</a> vans are already proving to be a popular option for commercial operators needing something more fuel efficient than the traditional full-size vans. Through the end of November, Ford had sold nearly 7,000 units in the first four months of availability. <br /><br /><br /><br />One of the biggest companies to adopt the Transit Connect is Reddy Ice Holdings. Reddy is the largest provider of bagged ice in the United States and operates a fleet of 250 vehicles nationwide to service the ice dispensers. With its capacious rear compartment, the Transit Connect provides ample room for tools and parts for such applications. The 2.0-liter four cylinder engine provides adequate performance while getting double the typical mileage of the older E-series vans. The low load floor of the TC also makes access to parts and tools a lot easier for service personnel. So far, Reddy has acquired 17 Transit Connects and could eventually replace most of its fleet if the initial batch works out well. <br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/">2010 Ford Transit Connect</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--17-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--16-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--12-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--19-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--20-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: Ford]<br /><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/">Continue reading <em>Reddy Ice acquires Ford Transit Connects to save on fuel costs</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/">Reddy Ice acquires Ford Transit Connects to save on fuel costs</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:03:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19296725/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-2042845530806708144?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-62024406077890450182009-12-30T08:07:00.003-08:002009-12-30T08:07:42.268-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/emerging-technologies/">Emerging Technologies</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/hybrid/">Hybrid</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/racing/">Racing</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.insideline.com/car-news/formula-1-todt-calls-for-more-green-less-spending.html"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/bmw-renault-ferrari.jpg"/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Says Jean Todt, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/23/todt-elected-fia-president/">newly-appointed president</a> of the F&eacute;d&eacute;ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), "I am convinced that we absolutely must reflect the environment with new technologies." With that statement, it would appear that at least some of the direction of former FIA president Max Mosley will stay intact.<br /><br /><br /><br />Mosley had championed a number of green efforts at the top run of the motorsports ladder, not the least of which were hybrid drivetrains in the form of the controversial <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/tag/kers">Kinetic Energy Recovery System</a> (KERS). Though most teams dropped their KERS units in 2009 and none plan to use them in 2010, the technology will likely make the transition to road use within the next few years, probably starting with <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/18/rumormill-aluminum-and-carbon-fiber-kers-equipped-bmw-m5-comet/">BMW</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/23/report-ferrari-to-show-599-hybrid-concept-in-geneva/">Ferrari</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />Other changes designed to make F1 racing more accessible to new teams may include spending caps and budget restraints, though it would seem that may clash with the desire to be more environmentally friendly. We'll be watching.<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.insideline.com/car-news/formula-1-todt-calls-for-more-green-less-spending.html">Inside Line</a> | Photo: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/fia-president-jean-todt-to-push-forward-with-the-greening-of-f1/">FIA President Jean Todt to push forward with the greening of F1</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.insideline.com/car-news/formula-1-todt-calls-for-more-green-less-spending.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/fia-president-jean-todt-to-push-forward-with-the-greening-of-f1/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297114/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/fia-president-jean-todt-to-push-forward-with-the-greening-of-f1/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-6202440607789045018?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-29011708196008681882009-12-30T08:07:00.001-08:002009-12-30T08:07:09.721-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ford/">Ford</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/1337955/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/transit-connect--13-630.jpg"/></a><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>Ford Transit Connect - click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/">Ford</a>'s new compact <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/transit+connect">Transit Connect</a> vans are already proving to be a popular option for commercial operators needing something more fuel efficient than the traditional full-size vans. Through the end of November, Ford had sold nearly 7,000 units in the first four months of availability. <br /><br /><br /><br />One of the biggest companies to adopt the Transit Connect is Reddy Ice Holdings. Reddy is the largest provider of bagged ice in the United States and operates a fleet of 250 vehicles nationwide to service the ice dispensers. With its capacious rear compartment, the Transit Connect provides ample room for tools and parts for such applications. The 2.0-liter four cylinder engine provides adequate performance while getting double the typical mileage of the older E-series vans. The low load floor of the TC also makes access to parts and tools a lot easier for service personnel. So far, Reddy has acquired 17 Transit Connects and could eventually replace most of its fleet if the initial batch works out well. <br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/">2010 Ford Transit Connect</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--17-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--16-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--12-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--19-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--20-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: Ford]<br /><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/">Continue reading <em>Reddy Ice acquires Ford Transit Connects to save on fuel costs</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/">Reddy Ice acquires Ford Transit Connects to save on fuel costs</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:03:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19296725/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-2901170819600868188?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-55019893201904580902009-12-30T08:05:00.001-08:002009-12-30T08:05:18.710-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/emerging-technologies/">Emerging Technologies</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/hybrid/">Hybrid</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/racing/">Racing</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.insideline.com/car-news/formula-1-todt-calls-for-more-green-less-spending.html"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/bmw-renault-ferrari.jpg"/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Says Jean Todt, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/23/todt-elected-fia-president/">newly-appointed president</a> of the F&eacute;d&eacute;ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), "I am convinced that we absolutely must reflect the environment with new technologies." With that statement, it would appear that at least some of the direction of former FIA president Max Mosley will stay intact.<br /><br /><br /><br />Mosley had championed a number of green efforts at the top run of the motorsports ladder, not the least of which were hybrid drivetrains in the form of the controversial <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/tag/kers">Kinetic Energy Recovery System</a> (KERS). Though most teams dropped their KERS units in 2009 and none plan to use them in 2010, the technology will likely make the transition to road use within the next few years, probably starting with <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/18/rumormill-aluminum-and-carbon-fiber-kers-equipped-bmw-m5-comet/">BMW</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/23/report-ferrari-to-show-599-hybrid-concept-in-geneva/">Ferrari</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />Other changes designed to make F1 racing more accessible to new teams may include spending caps and budget restraints, though it would seem that may clash with the desire to be more environmentally friendly. We'll be watching.<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.insideline.com/car-news/formula-1-todt-calls-for-more-green-less-spending.html">Inside Line</a> | Photo: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/fia-president-jean-todt-to-push-forward-with-the-greening-of-f1/">FIA President Jean Todt to push forward with the greening of F1</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.insideline.com/car-news/formula-1-todt-calls-for-more-green-less-spending.html">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/fia-president-jean-todt-to-push-forward-with-the-greening-of-f1/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297114/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/fia-president-jean-todt-to-push-forward-with-the-greening-of-f1/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-5501989320190458090?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-9466903341339828612009-12-30T08:04:00.001-08:002009-12-30T08:04:00.943-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ford/">Ford</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/1337955/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/transit-connect--13-630.jpg"/></a><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>Ford Transit Connect - click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/">Ford</a>'s new compact <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/transit+connect">Transit Connect</a> vans are already proving to be a popular option for commercial operators needing something more fuel efficient than the traditional full-size vans. Through the end of November, Ford had sold nearly 7,000 units in the first four months of availability. <br /><br /><br /><br />One of the biggest companies to adopt the Transit Connect is Reddy Ice Holdings. Reddy is the largest provider of bagged ice in the United States and operates a fleet of 250 vehicles nationwide to service the ice dispensers. With its capacious rear compartment, the Transit Connect provides ample room for tools and parts for such applications. The 2.0-liter four cylinder engine provides adequate performance while getting double the typical mileage of the older E-series vans. The low load floor of the TC also makes access to parts and tools a lot easier for service personnel. So far, Reddy has acquired 17 Transit Connects and could eventually replace most of its fleet if the initial batch works out well. <br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/">2010 Ford Transit Connect</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--17-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--16-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--12-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--19-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--20-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: Ford]<br /><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/">Continue reading <em>Reddy Ice acquires Ford Transit Connects to save on fuel costs</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/">Reddy Ice acquires Ford Transit Connects to save on fuel costs</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:03:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19296725/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/30/reddy-ice-acquires-ford-transit-connects-to-save-on-fuel-costs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-946690334133982861?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-60306725205866608152009-12-29T14:04:00.001-08:002009-12-29T14:04:49.440-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/aston-martin/">Aston Martin</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/aston-martin-cygnet/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/cygnet-frt-1-1260968139_opt.jpg"/></a><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><small>Aston Martin Cygnet - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />There are few automakers on earth as exclusive as <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/aston-martin/">Aston Martin</a>, so we were more than a little surprised when the English exoticmaker announced it was going to build the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/16/aston-martin-shows-off-the-completed-cygnet-euro-sales-in-2010/">Cygnet</a>, a city car based on the prosaic <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-production-toyota-iq-unveiled-smart-in-sight/">Toyota iQ</a>. After all, we chastise automakers for rebadging all the time, but <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/">Ford</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/honda/">Honda</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm/">General Motors</a> products don't have anywhere near the exclusivity of Aston Martin. Then there is the Cygnet's reported $35,000 price tag. Some Aston purists were a little taken back by the "modest" $120,000 price tag of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/v8+vantage">V8 Vantage</a>, so a $35,000 Toyota with a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/rapide">Rapide</a> grille probably won't go over well with more than a few loyalists.<br /><br /><br /><br /><em>The</em> <em>New York Times</em> has shed a little light on the subject, reporting that only owners of full-sized Astons will be eligible to purchase the Cygnet. Aston Martin CEO Ulrich Bez said in the winter issue of <em>Aston Martin </em>magazine that "this concept is akin to an exclusive tender for a luxury yacht." If that doesn't make sense to you non-yacht owners, think of it as a 105 mph golf cart for Aston owners. <br /><br /><br /><br />To further help the Cygnet stay exclusive, Aston only plans to build 2,000 copies of the iQ-based city car and there are no current plans to sell the mini car in the U.S. market, so it might be fair to say this is a bit of a commuter special for Londonites. Even still, while this novel sales plan may help to mitigate potential brand degredation that Cygnet skeptics suggest it may bring about, we can't help but wonder how the thousands of non-Cygnet toting Aston owners will feel about their favored brand dipping a foot into the House of Toyota.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/aston-martin-cygnet/low/">Aston Martin Cygnet</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/aston-martin-cygnet/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/cygnet-frt-1-1260968139_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/aston-martin-cygnet/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/cygnet-rr-1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/aston-martin-cygnet/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/cygnet-int-1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/aston-martin-cygnet/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/cygnet-build_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/aston-martin-cygnet-available-only-to-aston-owners/">The New York Times</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/report-want-an-aston-martin-cygnet-youll-need-to-have-a-big-b/">REPORT: Want an Aston Martin Cygnet? You'll need to have a big boy Aston first</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:01:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/aston-martin-cygnet-available-only-to-aston-owners">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/report-want-an-aston-martin-cygnet-youll-need-to-have-a-big-b/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19297071/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/report-want-an-aston-martin-cygnet-youll-need-to-have-a-big-b/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-6030672520586660815?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-87346422853177239002009-12-29T13:22:00.001-08:002009-12-29T13:22:06.493-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn091225-1/jn091225-1.html"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/18650-bbattery4_web.jpg"/></a></div><br /><div style="text-align:left;"> </div><br /><br /><br />Panasonic just <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/21/panasonic-starts-production-of-more-powerful-lithium-ion-cells/">started manufacturing of its latest 3.1 Ah 18650 format lithium ion cells</a> earlier this month but the Japanese company is already hard at work on its next-generation cells. In 2012, it plans to start production of cells with 3.4 Ah output and the following year it is planning 4.0 Ah cells. Both of the new cells retain the same nickel oxide positive electrodes used today. The 3.4 Ah unit also continues to use a carbon anode just like today's cells. <br /><br /><br /><br />The 4.0 Ah cell goes a different direction with a new silicon-based alloy for the electrode. The result is an energy density of 800 Wh/L compared to the 620 Wh/L of the current generation 2.9 Ah cells and a capacity increase from today's 10.4 Wh to 13.6 Wh. The downside is that the cell voltage drops from 3.6 V to 3.4 V and the mass increases from 44 to 54 g/cell. <br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn091225-1/jn091225-1.html">Panasonic</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/panasonic-working-on-even-higher-capacity-18650-liion-cells/">Panasonic working on even higher capacity 18650 LiIon cells</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/panasonic-working-on-even-higher-capacity-18650-liion-cells/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295114/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/panasonic-working-on-even-higher-capacity-18650-liion-cells/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-8734642285317723900?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-11400648720873516192009-12-29T13:19:00.001-08:002009-12-29T13:19:31.222-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mini/">MINI</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/1181222/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/mini-e-drive-580-01.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><br /><div align="center"><em><strong><small>Mini E - click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />Our friend Dr. Lyle Dennis of GM-Volt.com is one of the 450-odd privateers in the New York and Southern California areas that managed to get on the list of lessees for the battery-powered Mini E. Dennis has been driving his Mini <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.allcarselectric.com/review/1022015_the-first-1000-miles-of-driving-the-mini-e-electric-car">mostly pretty happily</a> for the past six months although it <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/28/gm-volt-founder-stranded-learns-why-evs-take-so-long-to-bring-t/">has not been ideal</a>. This past week, in particular, it's been a bit trying as the northeastern part of the United States got slammed by heavy winter weather and cold temperatures. <br /><br /><br /><br />As we learned recently from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/16/consumer-reports-suffers-range-anxiety-in-a-mitsubishi-imiev/">the guys at Consumer Reports</a> with the Mitsubishi i MiEV, winter and battery cars are a less than ideal mix. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/11/12/greenlings-why-does-mileage-drop-in-winter/">All cars loose efficiency for a number of reasons when the mercury drops</a>, but EVs seem to be particularly problematic. When outside of their optimum temperature range, batteries become reluctant to release their electrons. Dennis has a commute into Manhattan that consists of about 27 miles each way, not an unusual circumstance in the U.S. As the thermometer read 23 degrees Fahrenheit last week, the battery level gauge was on 0 after a 55-mile round trip to the office that included two hours on the plug while there. <br /><br /><br /><br />The temperature affects not only the battery directly but also adds load to the electrical system. The car's heater is also driven directly off the battery, so using it cuts range as well. In warmer weather, Dennis has been getting about 75-80 miles out of the same car. Perhaps GM really is onto something with the extended range Volt.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/">Quick Drive: MINI E</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gm-volt.com/2009/12/28/mini-e-electric-car-performance-in-cold-and-ice-is-not-good/">GM-Volt</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/">Mini E range plummets as winter hits the northeast</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gm-volt.com/2009/12/28/mini-e-electric-car-performance-in-cold-and-ice-is-not-good">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295514/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-1140064872087351619?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-11550678940432957582009-12-29T13:17:00.001-08:002009-12-29T13:17:07.400-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn091225-1/jn091225-1.html"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/18650-bbattery4_web.jpg"/></a></div><br /><div style="text-align:left;"> </div><br /><br /><br />Panasonic just <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/21/panasonic-starts-production-of-more-powerful-lithium-ion-cells/">started manufacturing of its latest 3.1 Ah 18650 format lithium ion cells</a> earlier this month but the Japanese company is already hard at work on its next-generation cells. In 2012, it plans to start production of cells with 3.4 Ah output and the following year it is planning 4.0 Ah cells. Both of the new cells retain the same nickel oxide positive electrodes used today. The 3.4 Ah unit also continues to use a carbon anode just like today's cells. <br /><br /><br /><br />The 4.0 Ah cell goes a different direction with a new silicon-based alloy for the electrode. The result is an energy density of 800 Wh/L compared to the 620 Wh/L of the current generation 2.9 Ah cells and a capacity increase from today's 10.4 Wh to 13.6 Wh. The downside is that the cell voltage drops from 3.6 V to 3.4 V and the mass increases from 44 to 54 g/cell. <br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn091225-1/jn091225-1.html">Panasonic</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/panasonic-working-on-even-higher-capacity-18650-liion-cells/">Panasonic working on even higher capacity 18650 LiIon cells</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/panasonic-working-on-even-higher-capacity-18650-liion-cells/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295114/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/panasonic-working-on-even-higher-capacity-18650-liion-cells/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-1155067894043295758?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-74957885291987558092009-12-29T13:15:00.001-08:002009-12-29T13:15:06.430-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mini/">MINI</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/1181222/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/mini-e-drive-580-01.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><br /><div align="center"><em><strong><small>Mini E - click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />Our friend Dr. Lyle Dennis of GM-Volt.com is one of the 450-odd privateers in the New York and Southern California areas that managed to get on the list of lessees for the battery-powered Mini E. Dennis has been driving his Mini <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.allcarselectric.com/review/1022015_the-first-1000-miles-of-driving-the-mini-e-electric-car">mostly pretty happily</a> for the past six months although it <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/28/gm-volt-founder-stranded-learns-why-evs-take-so-long-to-bring-t/">has not been ideal</a>. This past week, in particular, it's been a bit trying as the northeastern part of the United States got slammed by heavy winter weather and cold temperatures. <br /><br /><br /><br />As we learned recently from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/16/consumer-reports-suffers-range-anxiety-in-a-mitsubishi-imiev/">the guys at Consumer Reports</a> with the Mitsubishi i MiEV, winter and battery cars are a less than ideal mix. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/11/12/greenlings-why-does-mileage-drop-in-winter/">All cars loose efficiency for a number of reasons when the mercury drops</a>, but EVs seem to be particularly problematic. When outside of their optimum temperature range, batteries become reluctant to release their electrons. Dennis has a commute into Manhattan that consists of about 27 miles each way, not an unusual circumstance in the U.S. As the thermometer read 23 degrees Fahrenheit last week, the battery level gauge was on 0 after a 55-mile round trip to the office that included two hours on the plug while there. <br /><br /><br /><br />The temperature affects not only the battery directly but also adds load to the electrical system. The car's heater is also driven directly off the battery, so using it cuts range as well. In warmer weather, Dennis has been getting about 75-80 miles out of the same car. Perhaps GM really is onto something with the extended range Volt.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/">Quick Drive: MINI E</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gm-volt.com/2009/12/28/mini-e-electric-car-performance-in-cold-and-ice-is-not-good/">GM-Volt</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/">Mini E range plummets as winter hits the northeast</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gm-volt.com/2009/12/28/mini-e-electric-car-performance-in-cold-and-ice-is-not-good">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295514/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-7495788529198755809?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-14625769736236354162009-12-29T13:12:00.001-08:002009-12-29T13:12:48.110-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn091225-1/jn091225-1.html"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/18650-bbattery4_web.jpg"/></a></div><br /><div style="text-align:left;"> </div><br /><br /><br />Panasonic just <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/21/panasonic-starts-production-of-more-powerful-lithium-ion-cells/">started manufacturing of its latest 3.1 Ah 18650 format lithium ion cells</a> earlier this month but the Japanese company is already hard at work on its next-generation cells. In 2012, it plans to start production of cells with 3.4 Ah output and the following year it is planning 4.0 Ah cells. Both of the new cells retain the same nickel oxide positive electrodes used today. The 3.4 Ah unit also continues to use a carbon anode just like today's cells. <br /><br /><br /><br />The 4.0 Ah cell goes a different direction with a new silicon-based alloy for the electrode. The result is an energy density of 800 Wh/L compared to the 620 Wh/L of the current generation 2.9 Ah cells and a capacity increase from today's 10.4 Wh to 13.6 Wh. The downside is that the cell voltage drops from 3.6 V to 3.4 V and the mass increases from 44 to 54 g/cell. <br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn091225-1/jn091225-1.html">Panasonic</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/panasonic-working-on-even-higher-capacity-18650-liion-cells/">Panasonic working on even higher capacity 18650 LiIon cells</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/panasonic-working-on-even-higher-capacity-18650-liion-cells/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295114/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/panasonic-working-on-even-higher-capacity-18650-liion-cells/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-1462576973623635416?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-8931726508621751382009-12-29T13:10:00.001-08:002009-12-29T13:10:09.800-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mini/">MINI</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/1181222/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/mini-e-drive-580-01.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><br /><div align="center"><em><strong><small>Mini E - click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />Our friend Dr. Lyle Dennis of GM-Volt.com is one of the 450-odd privateers in the New York and Southern California areas that managed to get on the list of lessees for the battery-powered Mini E. Dennis has been driving his Mini <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.allcarselectric.com/review/1022015_the-first-1000-miles-of-driving-the-mini-e-electric-car">mostly pretty happily</a> for the past six months although it <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/28/gm-volt-founder-stranded-learns-why-evs-take-so-long-to-bring-t/">has not been ideal</a>. This past week, in particular, it's been a bit trying as the northeastern part of the United States got slammed by heavy winter weather and cold temperatures. <br /><br /><br /><br />As we learned recently from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/16/consumer-reports-suffers-range-anxiety-in-a-mitsubishi-imiev/">the guys at Consumer Reports</a> with the Mitsubishi i MiEV, winter and battery cars are a less than ideal mix. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/11/12/greenlings-why-does-mileage-drop-in-winter/">All cars loose efficiency for a number of reasons when the mercury drops</a>, but EVs seem to be particularly problematic. When outside of their optimum temperature range, batteries become reluctant to release their electrons. Dennis has a commute into Manhattan that consists of about 27 miles each way, not an unusual circumstance in the U.S. As the thermometer read 23 degrees Fahrenheit last week, the battery level gauge was on 0 after a 55-mile round trip to the office that included two hours on the plug while there. <br /><br /><br /><br />The temperature affects not only the battery directly but also adds load to the electrical system. The car's heater is also driven directly off the battery, so using it cuts range as well. In warmer weather, Dennis has been getting about 75-80 miles out of the same car. Perhaps GM really is onto something with the extended range Volt.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/">Quick Drive: MINI E</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gm-volt.com/2009/12/28/mini-e-electric-car-performance-in-cold-and-ice-is-not-good/">GM-Volt</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/">Mini E range plummets as winter hits the northeast</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gm-volt.com/2009/12/28/mini-e-electric-car-performance-in-cold-and-ice-is-not-good">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295514/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-893172650862175138?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-84137861045526646162009-12-29T13:09:00.001-08:002009-12-29T13:09:33.059-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn091225-1/jn091225-1.html"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/18650-bbattery4_web.jpg"/></a></div><br /><div style="text-align:left;"> </div><br /><br /><br />Panasonic just <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/21/panasonic-starts-production-of-more-powerful-lithium-ion-cells/">started manufacturing of its latest 3.1 Ah 18650 format lithium ion cells</a> earlier this month but the Japanese company is already hard at work on its next-generation cells. In 2012, it plans to start production of cells with 3.4 Ah output and the following year it is planning 4.0 Ah cells. Both of the new cells retain the same nickel oxide positive electrodes used today. The 3.4 Ah unit also continues to use a carbon anode just like today's cells. <br /><br /><br /><br />The 4.0 Ah cell goes a different direction with a new silicon-based alloy for the electrode. The result is an energy density of 800 Wh/L compared to the 620 Wh/L of the current generation 2.9 Ah cells and a capacity increase from today's 10.4 Wh to 13.6 Wh. The downside is that the cell voltage drops from 3.6 V to 3.4 V and the mass increases from 44 to 54 g/cell. <br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn091225-1/jn091225-1.html">Panasonic</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/panasonic-working-on-even-higher-capacity-18650-liion-cells/">Panasonic working on even higher capacity 18650 LiIon cells</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/panasonic-working-on-even-higher-capacity-18650-liion-cells/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295114/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/panasonic-working-on-even-higher-capacity-18650-liion-cells/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-8413786104552664616?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-6564867522436921652009-12-29T13:08:00.001-08:002009-12-29T13:08:44.188-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mini/">MINI</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/1181222/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/mini-e-drive-580-01.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><br /><div align="center"><em><strong><small>Mini E - click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />Our friend Dr. Lyle Dennis of GM-Volt.com is one of the 450-odd privateers in the New York and Southern California areas that managed to get on the list of lessees for the battery-powered Mini E. Dennis has been driving his Mini <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.allcarselectric.com/review/1022015_the-first-1000-miles-of-driving-the-mini-e-electric-car">mostly pretty happily</a> for the past six months although it <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/28/gm-volt-founder-stranded-learns-why-evs-take-so-long-to-bring-t/">has not been ideal</a>. This past week, in particular, it's been a bit trying as the northeastern part of the United States got slammed by heavy winter weather and cold temperatures. <br /><br /><br /><br />As we learned recently from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/16/consumer-reports-suffers-range-anxiety-in-a-mitsubishi-imiev/">the guys at Consumer Reports</a> with the Mitsubishi i MiEV, winter and battery cars are a less than ideal mix. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/11/12/greenlings-why-does-mileage-drop-in-winter/">All cars loose efficiency for a number of reasons when the mercury drops</a>, but EVs seem to be particularly problematic. When outside of their optimum temperature range, batteries become reluctant to release their electrons. Dennis has a commute into Manhattan that consists of about 27 miles each way, not an unusual circumstance in the U.S. As the thermometer read 23 degrees Fahrenheit last week, the battery level gauge was on 0 after a 55-mile round trip to the office that included two hours on the plug while there. <br /><br /><br /><br />The temperature affects not only the battery directly but also adds load to the electrical system. The car's heater is also driven directly off the battery, so using it cuts range as well. In warmer weather, Dennis has been getting about 75-80 miles out of the same car. Perhaps GM really is onto something with the extended range Volt.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/">Quick Drive: MINI E</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gm-volt.com/2009/12/28/mini-e-electric-car-performance-in-cold-and-ice-is-not-good/">GM-Volt</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/">Mini E range plummets as winter hits the northeast</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gm-volt.com/2009/12/28/mini-e-electric-car-performance-in-cold-and-ice-is-not-good">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295514/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-656486752243692165?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-8705531259196105512009-12-29T13:05:00.001-08:002009-12-29T13:05:35.482-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn091225-1/jn091225-1.html"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/18650-bbattery4_web.jpg"/></a></div><br /><div style="text-align:left;"> </div><br /><br /><br />Panasonic just <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/21/panasonic-starts-production-of-more-powerful-lithium-ion-cells/">started manufacturing of its latest 3.1 Ah 18650 format lithium ion cells</a> earlier this month but the Japanese company is already hard at work on its next-generation cells. In 2012, it plans to start production of cells with 3.4 Ah output and the following year it is planning 4.0 Ah cells. Both of the new cells retain the same nickel oxide positive electrodes used today. The 3.4 Ah unit also continues to use a carbon anode just like today's cells. <br /><br /><br /><br />The 4.0 Ah cell goes a different direction with a new silicon-based alloy for the electrode. The result is an energy density of 800 Wh/L compared to the 620 Wh/L of the current generation 2.9 Ah cells and a capacity increase from today's 10.4 Wh to 13.6 Wh. The downside is that the cell voltage drops from 3.6 V to 3.4 V and the mass increases from 44 to 54 g/cell. <br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn091225-1/jn091225-1.html">Panasonic</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/panasonic-working-on-even-higher-capacity-18650-liion-cells/">Panasonic working on even higher capacity 18650 LiIon cells</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:56:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/panasonic-working-on-even-higher-capacity-18650-liion-cells/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295114/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/panasonic-working-on-even-higher-capacity-18650-liion-cells/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-870553125919610551?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-44573159637958047962009-12-29T12:19:00.001-08:002009-12-29T12:19:20.912-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mini/">MINI</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/1181222/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/mini-e-drive-580-01.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><br /><div align="center"><em><strong><small>Mini E - click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />Our friend Dr. Lyle Dennis of GM-Volt.com is one of the 450-odd privateers in the New York and Southern California areas that managed to get on the list of lessees for the battery-powered Mini E. Dennis has been driving his Mini <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.allcarselectric.com/review/1022015_the-first-1000-miles-of-driving-the-mini-e-electric-car">mostly pretty happily</a> for the past six months although it <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/28/gm-volt-founder-stranded-learns-why-evs-take-so-long-to-bring-t/">has not been ideal</a>. This past week, in particular, it's been a bit trying as the northeastern part of the United States got slammed by heavy winter weather and cold temperatures. <br /><br /><br /><br />As we learned recently from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/16/consumer-reports-suffers-range-anxiety-in-a-mitsubishi-imiev/">the guys at Consumer Reports</a> with the Mitsubishi i MiEV, winter and battery cars are a less than ideal mix. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/11/12/greenlings-why-does-mileage-drop-in-winter/">All cars loose efficiency for a number of reasons when the mercury drops</a>, but EVs seem to be particularly problematic. When outside of their optimum temperature range, batteries become reluctant to release their electrons. Dennis has a commute into Manhattan that consists of about 27 miles each way, not an unusual circumstance in the U.S. As the thermometer read 23 degrees Fahrenheit last week, the battery level gauge was on 0 after a 55-mile round trip to the office that included two hours on the plug while there. <br /><br /><br /><br />The temperature affects not only the battery directly but also adds load to the electrical system. The car's heater is also driven directly off the battery, so using it cuts range as well. In warmer weather, Dennis has been getting about 75-80 miles out of the same car. Perhaps GM really is onto something with the extended range Volt.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/">Quick Drive: MINI E</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gm-volt.com/2009/12/28/mini-e-electric-car-performance-in-cold-and-ice-is-not-good/">GM-Volt</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/">Mini E range plummets as winter hits the northeast</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gm-volt.com/2009/12/28/mini-e-electric-car-performance-in-cold-and-ice-is-not-good">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295514/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-4457315963795804796?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-87069637647595204622009-12-29T12:17:00.001-08:002009-12-29T12:17:54.843-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/honda/">Honda</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/green-daily/">Green Daily</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/usa/">USA</a></p><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/save-the-earth.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br />All <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/make/honda">Honda</a> wanted to do was save the Earth, one gallon of gasoline at a time. It turns out, though, that in the act of saving said Earth, the Japanese automaker stepped on a few toes; namely, those of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.savetheearth.org/">Save the Earth Enterprises</a>, an environmental group based in the United States.<br /><br /><br /><br />See where this is going? That's right, Save the Earth Enterprises, which trademarked the slogan 'Save the Earth' back in 1972, has sued Honda and its advertising agency, Rubin Postaer &amp; Co., for trademark infringement. The lawsuit seeks to recover Honda's profits from a recent ad campaign for the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/model/civic">Civic</a> and to stop future use by Honda of the Save the Earth trademark.<br /><br /><br /><br />"The Honda ad campaign confused people into thinking that we endorsed Honda or were affiliated with Honda. We aren't affiliated with them and don't endorse them," said Neal Pargman of Save the Earth Foundation in a statement you'll find after the jump. The statement adds that Honda ignored cease-and-desist letters from the foundation. Perhaps they were too busy... saving the Earth?<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: Save the Earth Foundation]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/">Continue reading <em>Environmental group sues Honda for slogan trademark infringement</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/">Environmental group sues Honda for slogan trademark infringement</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:08:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295681/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-8706963764759520462?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-20881390521519901242009-12-29T12:13:00.001-08:002009-12-29T12:13:50.673-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mini/">MINI</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/1181222/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/mini-e-drive-580-01.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><br /><div align="center"><em><strong><small>Mini E - click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />Our friend Dr. Lyle Dennis of GM-Volt.com is one of the 450-odd privateers in the New York and Southern California areas that managed to get on the list of lessees for the battery-powered Mini E. Dennis has been driving his Mini <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.allcarselectric.com/review/1022015_the-first-1000-miles-of-driving-the-mini-e-electric-car">mostly pretty happily</a> for the past six months although it <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/28/gm-volt-founder-stranded-learns-why-evs-take-so-long-to-bring-t/">has not been ideal</a>. This past week, in particular, it's been a bit trying as the northeastern part of the United States got slammed by heavy winter weather and cold temperatures. <br /><br /><br /><br />As we learned recently from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/16/consumer-reports-suffers-range-anxiety-in-a-mitsubishi-imiev/">the guys at Consumer Reports</a> with the Mitsubishi i MiEV, winter and battery cars are a less than ideal mix. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/11/12/greenlings-why-does-mileage-drop-in-winter/">All cars loose efficiency for a number of reasons when the mercury drops</a>, but EVs seem to be particularly problematic. When outside of their optimum temperature range, batteries become reluctant to release their electrons. Dennis has a commute into Manhattan that consists of about 27 miles each way, not an unusual circumstance in the U.S. As the thermometer read 23 degrees Fahrenheit last week, the battery level gauge was on 0 after a 55-mile round trip to the office that included two hours on the plug while there. <br /><br /><br /><br />The temperature affects not only the battery directly but also adds load to the electrical system. The car's heater is also driven directly off the battery, so using it cuts range as well. In warmer weather, Dennis has been getting about 75-80 miles out of the same car. Perhaps GM really is onto something with the extended range Volt.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/">Quick Drive: MINI E</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gm-volt.com/2009/12/28/mini-e-electric-car-performance-in-cold-and-ice-is-not-good/">GM-Volt</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/">Mini E range plummets as winter hits the northeast</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gm-volt.com/2009/12/28/mini-e-electric-car-performance-in-cold-and-ice-is-not-good">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295514/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-2088139052151990124?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-65026546404490783272009-12-29T12:12:00.001-08:002009-12-29T12:12:02.744-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/honda/">Honda</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/green-daily/">Green Daily</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/usa/">USA</a></p><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/save-the-earth.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br />All <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/make/honda">Honda</a> wanted to do was save the Earth, one gallon of gasoline at a time. It turns out, though, that in the act of saving said Earth, the Japanese automaker stepped on a few toes; namely, those of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.savetheearth.org/">Save the Earth Enterprises</a>, an environmental group based in the United States.<br /><br /><br /><br />See where this is going? That's right, Save the Earth Enterprises, which trademarked the slogan 'Save the Earth' back in 1972, has sued Honda and its advertising agency, Rubin Postaer &amp; Co., for trademark infringement. The lawsuit seeks to recover Honda's profits from a recent ad campaign for the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/model/civic">Civic</a> and to stop future use by Honda of the Save the Earth trademark.<br /><br /><br /><br />"The Honda ad campaign confused people into thinking that we endorsed Honda or were affiliated with Honda. We aren't affiliated with them and don't endorse them," said Neal Pargman of Save the Earth Foundation in a statement you'll find after the jump. The statement adds that Honda ignored cease-and-desist letters from the foundation. Perhaps they were too busy... saving the Earth?<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: Save the Earth Foundation]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/">Continue reading <em>Environmental group sues Honda for slogan trademark infringement</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/">Environmental group sues Honda for slogan trademark infringement</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:08:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295681/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-6502654640449078327?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-53455531513993570672009-12-29T12:09:00.001-08:002009-12-29T12:09:40.046-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mini/">MINI</a></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/1181222/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/mini-e-drive-580-01.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><br /><div align="center"><em><strong><small>Mini E - click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div><br /><br /><br />Our friend Dr. Lyle Dennis of GM-Volt.com is one of the 450-odd privateers in the New York and Southern California areas that managed to get on the list of lessees for the battery-powered Mini E. Dennis has been driving his Mini <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.allcarselectric.com/review/1022015_the-first-1000-miles-of-driving-the-mini-e-electric-car">mostly pretty happily</a> for the past six months although it <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/28/gm-volt-founder-stranded-learns-why-evs-take-so-long-to-bring-t/">has not been ideal</a>. This past week, in particular, it's been a bit trying as the northeastern part of the United States got slammed by heavy winter weather and cold temperatures. <br /><br /><br /><br />As we learned recently from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/16/consumer-reports-suffers-range-anxiety-in-a-mitsubishi-imiev/">the guys at Consumer Reports</a> with the Mitsubishi i MiEV, winter and battery cars are a less than ideal mix. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/11/12/greenlings-why-does-mileage-drop-in-winter/">All cars loose efficiency for a number of reasons when the mercury drops</a>, but EVs seem to be particularly problematic. When outside of their optimum temperature range, batteries become reluctant to release their electrons. Dennis has a commute into Manhattan that consists of about 27 miles each way, not an unusual circumstance in the U.S. As the thermometer read 23 degrees Fahrenheit last week, the battery level gauge was on 0 after a 55-mile round trip to the office that included two hours on the plug while there. <br /><br /><br /><br />The temperature affects not only the battery directly but also adds load to the electrical system. The car's heater is also driven directly off the battery, so using it cuts range as well. In warmer weather, Dennis has been getting about 75-80 miles out of the same car. Perhaps GM really is onto something with the extended range Volt.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/">Quick Drive: MINI E</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/quick-drive-mini-e/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2008/11/mini-e-drive-1280-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gm-volt.com/2009/12/28/mini-e-electric-car-performance-in-cold-and-ice-is-not-good/">GM-Volt</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/">Mini E range plummets as winter hits the northeast</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gm-volt.com/2009/12/28/mini-e-electric-car-performance-in-cold-and-ice-is-not-good">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295514/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/mini-e-range-plummets-as-winter-hits-the-northeast/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-5345553151399357067?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-64229137967018056992009-12-29T11:36:00.001-08:002009-12-29T11:36:24.324-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/honda/">Honda</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/green-daily/">Green Daily</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/usa/">USA</a></p><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/save-the-earth.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br />All <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/make/honda">Honda</a> wanted to do was save the Earth, one gallon of gasoline at a time. It turns out, though, that in the act of saving said Earth, the Japanese automaker stepped on a few toes; namely, those of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.savetheearth.org/">Save the Earth Enterprises</a>, an environmental group based in the United States.<br /><br /><br /><br />See where this is going? That's right, Save the Earth Enterprises, which trademarked the slogan 'Save the Earth' back in 1972, has sued Honda and its advertising agency, Rubin Postaer &amp; Co., for trademark infringement. The lawsuit seeks to recover Honda's profits from a recent ad campaign for the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/model/civic">Civic</a> and to stop future use by Honda of the Save the Earth trademark.<br /><br /><br /><br />"The Honda ad campaign confused people into thinking that we endorsed Honda or were affiliated with Honda. We aren't affiliated with them and don't endorse them," said Neal Pargman of Save the Earth Foundation in a statement you'll find after the jump. The statement adds that Honda ignored cease-and-desist letters from the foundation. Perhaps they were too busy... saving the Earth?<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: Save the Earth Foundation]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/">Continue reading <em>Environmental group sues Honda for slogan trademark infringement</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/">Environmental group sues Honda for slogan trademark infringement</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:08:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295681/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-6422913796701805699?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-35104031770379688492009-12-29T11:35:00.001-08:002009-12-29T11:35:07.405-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/automotive-x-prize/">Automotive X-Prize</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0"><img hspace=" " vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/tango-altcar-05-630.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />All else being equal, Commuter Cars has about a 13 percent change to win the $2.5 million tandem-seating Alternative Class portion of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/automotive-x-prize/">Progressive Automotive X Prize</a> with their Tango two-seat electric car. Why, because only seven vehicles are entered in that category and one of the winning considerations will be which vehicle is the fastest - and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2008/12/04/video-tesla-versus-tango-on-the-drag-strip/">the Tango is fast</a>. The other six tandems are <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/eddison-mass-management" class="pageLinks">EDISON2</a>'s entry, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/future-vehicle-technologies" class="pageLinks">FVT Racing</a>'s eVaro, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/spira" class="pageLinks">Spira</a>'s Spira4u, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/ttw-italia" class="pageLinks">TTW Italia's</a> TTW One, and X-Tracer Team Switzerland's E-Tracer 7002 and E-Tracer 7009. <br /><br /><br /><br />Those are good odds, and it's one of the things keeping the quirky electric car alive. Commuter Cars has only made 11 Tangos - all on special order for people like George Clooney and the founders of Google - and expects that it would cost around $150 million to get the vehicle ready for mass production. The $2.5 million wouldn't cover all of that, but it'd be a boost to get started. At the very least, it's enough to get us some more <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2008/12/26/its-friday-tango-ev-good-enough-for-george-clooney-good-eno/">entertaining snow plow videos</a>. Ready more about what's been happening with Commuter Cars in the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance/">Spokesman-Review</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/">AltCar 2009: Tango EV</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance/">Spokesman-Review</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/">Tandem Tango ready for $2.5 million Automotive X-Prize challenge</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19296853/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-3510403177037968849?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-38069050605209960872009-12-29T11:34:00.001-08:002009-12-29T11:34:14.105-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/honda/">Honda</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/green-daily/">Green Daily</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/usa/">USA</a></p><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/save-the-earth.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br />All <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/make/honda">Honda</a> wanted to do was save the Earth, one gallon of gasoline at a time. It turns out, though, that in the act of saving said Earth, the Japanese automaker stepped on a few toes; namely, those of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.savetheearth.org/">Save the Earth Enterprises</a>, an environmental group based in the United States.<br /><br /><br /><br />See where this is going? That's right, Save the Earth Enterprises, which trademarked the slogan 'Save the Earth' back in 1972, has sued Honda and its advertising agency, Rubin Postaer &amp; Co., for trademark infringement. The lawsuit seeks to recover Honda's profits from a recent ad campaign for the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/model/civic">Civic</a> and to stop future use by Honda of the Save the Earth trademark.<br /><br /><br /><br />"The Honda ad campaign confused people into thinking that we endorsed Honda or were affiliated with Honda. We aren't affiliated with them and don't endorse them," said Neal Pargman of Save the Earth Foundation in a statement you'll find after the jump. The statement adds that Honda ignored cease-and-desist letters from the foundation. Perhaps they were too busy... saving the Earth?<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: Save the Earth Foundation]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/">Continue reading <em>Environmental group sues Honda for slogan trademark infringement</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/">Environmental group sues Honda for slogan trademark infringement</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:08:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295681/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-3806905060520996087?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-91490821593513871732009-12-29T11:29:00.003-08:002009-12-29T11:29:35.556-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/automotive-x-prize/">Automotive X-Prize</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0"><img hspace=" " vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/tango-altcar-05-630.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />All else being equal, Commuter Cars has about a 13 percent change to win the $2.5 million tandem-seating Alternative Class portion of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/automotive-x-prize/">Progressive Automotive X Prize</a> with their Tango two-seat electric car. Why, because only seven vehicles are entered in that category and one of the winning considerations will be which vehicle is the fastest - and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2008/12/04/video-tesla-versus-tango-on-the-drag-strip/">the Tango is fast</a>. The other six tandems are <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/eddison-mass-management" class="pageLinks">EDISON2</a>'s entry, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/future-vehicle-technologies" class="pageLinks">FVT Racing</a>'s eVaro, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/spira" class="pageLinks">Spira</a>'s Spira4u, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/ttw-italia" class="pageLinks">TTW Italia's</a> TTW One, and X-Tracer Team Switzerland's E-Tracer 7002 and E-Tracer 7009. <br /><br /><br /><br />Those are good odds, and it's one of the things keeping the quirky electric car alive. Commuter Cars has only made 11 Tangos - all on special order for people like George Clooney and the founders of Google - and expects that it would cost around $150 million to get the vehicle ready for mass production. The $2.5 million wouldn't cover all of that, but it'd be a boost to get started. At the very least, it's enough to get us some more <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2008/12/26/its-friday-tango-ev-good-enough-for-george-clooney-good-eno/">entertaining snow plow videos</a>. Ready more about what's been happening with Commuter Cars in the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance/">Spokesman-Review</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/">AltCar 2009: Tango EV</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance/">Spokesman-Review</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/">Tandem Tango ready for $2.5 million Automotive X-Prize challenge</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19296853/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-9149082159351387173?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-795179241467186532009-12-29T11:29:00.001-08:002009-12-29T11:29:04.405-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/honda/">Honda</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/green-daily/">Green Daily</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/usa/">USA</a></p><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/save-the-earth.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br />All <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/make/honda">Honda</a> wanted to do was save the Earth, one gallon of gasoline at a time. It turns out, though, that in the act of saving said Earth, the Japanese automaker stepped on a few toes; namely, those of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.savetheearth.org/">Save the Earth Enterprises</a>, an environmental group based in the United States.<br /><br /><br /><br />See where this is going? That's right, Save the Earth Enterprises, which trademarked the slogan 'Save the Earth' back in 1972, has sued Honda and its advertising agency, Rubin Postaer &amp; Co., for trademark infringement. The lawsuit seeks to recover Honda's profits from a recent ad campaign for the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/model/civic">Civic</a> and to stop future use by Honda of the Save the Earth trademark.<br /><br /><br /><br />"The Honda ad campaign confused people into thinking that we endorsed Honda or were affiliated with Honda. We aren't affiliated with them and don't endorse them," said Neal Pargman of Save the Earth Foundation in a statement you'll find after the jump. The statement adds that Honda ignored cease-and-desist letters from the foundation. Perhaps they were too busy... saving the Earth?<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: Save the Earth Foundation]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/">Continue reading <em>Environmental group sues Honda for slogan trademark infringement</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/">Environmental group sues Honda for slogan trademark infringement</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:08:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295681/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-79517924146718653?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-5318721562597550582009-12-29T11:18:00.003-08:002009-12-29T11:18:52.218-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/automotive-x-prize/">Automotive X-Prize</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0"><img hspace=" " vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/tango-altcar-05-630.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />All else being equal, Commuter Cars has about a 13 percent change to win the $2.5 million tandem-seating Alternative Class portion of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/automotive-x-prize/">Progressive Automotive X Prize</a> with their Tango two-seat electric car. Why, because only seven vehicles are entered in that category and one of the winning considerations will be which vehicle is the fastest - and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2008/12/04/video-tesla-versus-tango-on-the-drag-strip/">the Tango is fast</a>. The other six tandems are <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/eddison-mass-management" class="pageLinks">EDISON2</a>'s entry, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/future-vehicle-technologies" class="pageLinks">FVT Racing</a>'s eVaro, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/spira" class="pageLinks">Spira</a>'s Spira4u, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/ttw-italia" class="pageLinks">TTW Italia's</a> TTW One, and X-Tracer Team Switzerland's E-Tracer 7002 and E-Tracer 7009. <br /><br /><br /><br />Those are good odds, and it's one of the things keeping the quirky electric car alive. Commuter Cars has only made 11 Tangos - all on special order for people like George Clooney and the founders of Google - and expects that it would cost around $150 million to get the vehicle ready for mass production. The $2.5 million wouldn't cover all of that, but it'd be a boost to get started. At the very least, it's enough to get us some more <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2008/12/26/its-friday-tango-ev-good-enough-for-george-clooney-good-eno/">entertaining snow plow videos</a>. Ready more about what's been happening with Commuter Cars in the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance/">Spokesman-Review</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/">AltCar 2009: Tango EV</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance/">Spokesman-Review</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/">Tandem Tango ready for $2.5 million Automotive X-Prize challenge</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19296853/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-531872156259755058?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-3358378467412945212009-12-29T11:18:00.001-08:002009-12-29T11:18:25.530-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/honda/">Honda</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/green-daily/">Green Daily</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/usa/">USA</a></p><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/save-the-earth.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br />All <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/make/honda">Honda</a> wanted to do was save the Earth, one gallon of gasoline at a time. It turns out, though, that in the act of saving said Earth, the Japanese automaker stepped on a few toes; namely, those of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.savetheearth.org/">Save the Earth Enterprises</a>, an environmental group based in the United States.<br /><br /><br /><br />See where this is going? That's right, Save the Earth Enterprises, which trademarked the slogan 'Save the Earth' back in 1972, has sued Honda and its advertising agency, Rubin Postaer &amp; Co., for trademark infringement. The lawsuit seeks to recover Honda's profits from a recent ad campaign for the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/model/civic">Civic</a> and to stop future use by Honda of the Save the Earth trademark.<br /><br /><br /><br />"The Honda ad campaign confused people into thinking that we endorsed Honda or were affiliated with Honda. We aren't affiliated with them and don't endorse them," said Neal Pargman of Save the Earth Foundation in a statement you'll find after the jump. The statement adds that Honda ignored cease-and-desist letters from the foundation. Perhaps they were too busy... saving the Earth?<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: Save the Earth Foundation]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/">Continue reading <em>Environmental group sues Honda for slogan trademark infringement</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/">Environmental group sues Honda for slogan trademark infringement</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:08:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295681/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-335837846741294521?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-10616499207105340282009-12-29T11:17:00.001-08:002009-12-29T11:17:05.985-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/automotive-x-prize/">Automotive X-Prize</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0"><img hspace=" " vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/tango-altcar-05-630.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />All else being equal, Commuter Cars has about a 13 percent change to win the $2.5 million tandem-seating Alternative Class portion of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/automotive-x-prize/">Progressive Automotive X Prize</a> with their Tango two-seat electric car. Why, because only seven vehicles are entered in that category and one of the winning considerations will be which vehicle is the fastest - and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2008/12/04/video-tesla-versus-tango-on-the-drag-strip/">the Tango is fast</a>. The other six tandems are <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/eddison-mass-management" class="pageLinks">EDISON2</a>'s entry, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/future-vehicle-technologies" class="pageLinks">FVT Racing</a>'s eVaro, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/spira" class="pageLinks">Spira</a>'s Spira4u, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/ttw-italia" class="pageLinks">TTW Italia's</a> TTW One, and X-Tracer Team Switzerland's E-Tracer 7002 and E-Tracer 7009. <br /><br /><br /><br />Those are good odds, and it's one of the things keeping the quirky electric car alive. Commuter Cars has only made 11 Tangos - all on special order for people like George Clooney and the founders of Google - and expects that it would cost around $150 million to get the vehicle ready for mass production. The $2.5 million wouldn't cover all of that, but it'd be a boost to get started. At the very least, it's enough to get us some more <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2008/12/26/its-friday-tango-ev-good-enough-for-george-clooney-good-eno/">entertaining snow plow videos</a>. Ready more about what's been happening with Commuter Cars in the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance/">Spokesman-Review</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/">AltCar 2009: Tango EV</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance/">Spokesman-Review</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/">Tandem Tango ready for $2.5 million Automotive X-Prize challenge</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19296853/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-1061649920710534028?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-25517269100854671022009-12-29T11:15:00.001-08:002009-12-29T11:15:06.465-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/honda/">Honda</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/green-daily/">Green Daily</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/usa/">USA</a></p><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/save-the-earth.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br />All <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/make/honda">Honda</a> wanted to do was save the Earth, one gallon of gasoline at a time. It turns out, though, that in the act of saving said Earth, the Japanese automaker stepped on a few toes; namely, those of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.savetheearth.org/">Save the Earth Enterprises</a>, an environmental group based in the United States.<br /><br /><br /><br />See where this is going? That's right, Save the Earth Enterprises, which trademarked the slogan 'Save the Earth' back in 1972, has sued Honda and its advertising agency, Rubin Postaer &amp; Co., for trademark infringement. The lawsuit seeks to recover Honda's profits from a recent ad campaign for the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/model/civic">Civic</a> and to stop future use by Honda of the Save the Earth trademark.<br /><br /><br /><br />"The Honda ad campaign confused people into thinking that we endorsed Honda or were affiliated with Honda. We aren't affiliated with them and don't endorse them," said Neal Pargman of Save the Earth Foundation in a statement you'll find after the jump. The statement adds that Honda ignored cease-and-desist letters from the foundation. Perhaps they were too busy... saving the Earth?<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: Save the Earth Foundation]<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/">Continue reading <em>Environmental group sues Honda for slogan trademark infringement</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/">Environmental group sues Honda for slogan trademark infringement</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:08:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295681/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/environmental-group-sues-honda-for-slogan-trademark-infringement/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-2551726910085467102?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-4170978656300610552009-12-29T10:29:00.001-08:002009-12-29T10:29:15.425-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/automotive-x-prize/">Automotive X-Prize</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0"><img hspace=" " vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/tango-altcar-05-630.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />All else being equal, Commuter Cars has about a 13 percent change to win the $2.5 million tandem-seating Alternative Class portion of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/automotive-x-prize/">Progressive Automotive X Prize</a> with their Tango two-seat electric car. Why, because only seven vehicles are entered in that category and one of the winning considerations will be which vehicle is the fastest - and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2008/12/04/video-tesla-versus-tango-on-the-drag-strip/">the Tango is fast</a>. The other six tandems are <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/eddison-mass-management" class="pageLinks">EDISON2</a>'s entry, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/future-vehicle-technologies" class="pageLinks">FVT Racing</a>'s eVaro, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/spira" class="pageLinks">Spira</a>'s Spira4u, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/ttw-italia" class="pageLinks">TTW Italia's</a> TTW One, and X-Tracer Team Switzerland's E-Tracer 7002 and E-Tracer 7009. <br /><br /><br /><br />Those are good odds, and it's one of the things keeping the quirky electric car alive. Commuter Cars has only made 11 Tangos - all on special order for people like George Clooney and the founders of Google - and expects that it would cost around $150 million to get the vehicle ready for mass production. The $2.5 million wouldn't cover all of that, but it'd be a boost to get started. At the very least, it's enough to get us some more <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2008/12/26/its-friday-tango-ev-good-enough-for-george-clooney-good-eno/">entertaining snow plow videos</a>. Ready more about what's been happening with Commuter Cars in the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance/">Spokesman-Review</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/">AltCar 2009: Tango EV</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance/">Spokesman-Review</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/">Tandem Tango ready for $2.5 million Automotive X-Prize challenge</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19296853/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-417097865630061055?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-44947193811593475132009-12-29T10:27:00.003-08:002009-12-29T10:27:31.076-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/usa/">USA</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091228/OEM06/312289967/1143"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/stop-start.jpg"/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Are there any among us that wouldn't prefer a meaningful boost in fuel mileage from our current car or truck, all other things being equal? Sure. And the good news is that there are a couple of easy ways to achieve that laudable goal, starting with adding stop/start technology to the car's powerplant.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="float:left;margin-right:10px;margin-top:7px;"> </span> In case you're not familiar with the fuel-saving tech, we're basically just talking about automatically shutting off the engine when it's not needed, which requires little more than some computer controls along with a slightly more powerful battery and starter motor (though some systems are admittedly more complex). Not exactly rocket science, but at an estimated cost of $500 per vehicle, it does cost a rather substantial amount. Still, why don't we see <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/02/26/which-cars-in-europe-have-stop-and-start-technology-these-do/">more of these cars in the States</a>?<br /><br /><br /><br />You can add head <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/make/mazda">Mazda</a> engineer Robert Davis to the list of those who think stop/start should spread throughout the States. According to <em>Automotive News</em>, he's got a theory as to why it hasn't: the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel economy testing procedures. Naturally, an engine needs a chance to idle for the stop/start-equipped car's computer to switch it off, and the EPA's current test cycle only allows that to happen a single time.<br /><br /><br /><br />We don't know about you... but our city driving patterns usually include way more than one single stop. By way of comparison, the Japanese city cycle is programmed to allow the engine to idle much more and cars with stop/start technology boast a significant mileage improvement - from seven to nine percent, according to Davis. Besides, most of the start/stop systems we've sampled on foreign-market cars include an override button for those who find the technology objectionable.<br /><br /><br /><br />So, if there's a problem with the way the technology jibes with the government's testing methodology, what's the solution? The EPA is currently accepting public comment and is seeking input on how to modify its fuel mileage testing procedures. Davis is calling for an "industry wide" agreement on a procedure that would help highlight the benefits of stop/start technology. Is that the right direction to go? Feel free to sound off in the comments.<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091228/OEM06/312289967/1143">Automotive News</a> - sub. req.]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/report-stop-start-tech-saves-fuel-so-why-cant-we-get-it-in-th/">REPORT: Stop-start tech saves fuel, so why can't we get it in the States? Blame the EPA</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091228/OEM06/312289967/1143">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/report-stop-start-tech-saves-fuel-so-why-cant-we-get-it-in-th/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295996/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/report-stop-start-tech-saves-fuel-so-why-cant-we-get-it-in-th/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-4494719381159347513?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-17707268021117141842009-12-29T10:27:00.001-08:002009-12-29T10:27:11.024-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/automotive-x-prize/">Automotive X-Prize</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0"><img hspace=" " vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/tango-altcar-05-630.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />All else being equal, Commuter Cars has about a 13 percent change to win the $2.5 million tandem-seating Alternative Class portion of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/automotive-x-prize/">Progressive Automotive X Prize</a> with their Tango two-seat electric car. Why, because only seven vehicles are entered in that category and one of the winning considerations will be which vehicle is the fastest - and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2008/12/04/video-tesla-versus-tango-on-the-drag-strip/">the Tango is fast</a>. The other six tandems are <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/eddison-mass-management" class="pageLinks">EDISON2</a>'s entry, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/future-vehicle-technologies" class="pageLinks">FVT Racing</a>'s eVaro, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/spira" class="pageLinks">Spira</a>'s Spira4u, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/ttw-italia" class="pageLinks">TTW Italia's</a> TTW One, and X-Tracer Team Switzerland's E-Tracer 7002 and E-Tracer 7009. <br /><br /><br /><br />Those are good odds, and it's one of the things keeping the quirky electric car alive. Commuter Cars has only made 11 Tangos - all on special order for people like George Clooney and the founders of Google - and expects that it would cost around $150 million to get the vehicle ready for mass production. The $2.5 million wouldn't cover all of that, but it'd be a boost to get started. At the very least, it's enough to get us some more <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2008/12/26/its-friday-tango-ev-good-enough-for-george-clooney-good-eno/">entertaining snow plow videos</a>. Ready more about what's been happening with Commuter Cars in the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance/">Spokesman-Review</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/">AltCar 2009: Tango EV</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance/">Spokesman-Review</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/">Tandem Tango ready for $2.5 million Automotive X-Prize challenge</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19296853/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-1770726802111714184?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-27718316614347621482009-12-29T10:19:00.001-08:002009-12-29T10:19:03.718-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/usa/">USA</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091228/OEM06/312289967/1143"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/stop-start.jpg"/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Are there any among us that wouldn't prefer a meaningful boost in fuel mileage from our current car or truck, all other things being equal? Sure. And the good news is that there are a couple of easy ways to achieve that laudable goal, starting with adding stop/start technology to the car's powerplant.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="float:left;margin-right:10px;margin-top:7px;"> </span> In case you're not familiar with the fuel-saving tech, we're basically just talking about automatically shutting off the engine when it's not needed, which requires little more than some computer controls along with a slightly more powerful battery and starter motor (though some systems are admittedly more complex). Not exactly rocket science, but at an estimated cost of $500 per vehicle, it does cost a rather substantial amount. Still, why don't we see <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/02/26/which-cars-in-europe-have-stop-and-start-technology-these-do/">more of these cars in the States</a>?<br /><br /><br /><br />You can add head <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/make/mazda">Mazda</a> engineer Robert Davis to the list of those who think stop/start should spread throughout the States. According to <em>Automotive News</em>, he's got a theory as to why it hasn't: the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel economy testing procedures. Naturally, an engine needs a chance to idle for the stop/start-equipped car's computer to switch it off, and the EPA's current test cycle only allows that to happen a single time.<br /><br /><br /><br />We don't know about you... but our city driving patterns usually include way more than one single stop. By way of comparison, the Japanese city cycle is programmed to allow the engine to idle much more and cars with stop/start technology boast a significant mileage improvement - from seven to nine percent, according to Davis. Besides, most of the start/stop systems we've sampled on foreign-market cars include an override button for those who find the technology objectionable.<br /><br /><br /><br />So, if there's a problem with the way the technology jibes with the government's testing methodology, what's the solution? The EPA is currently accepting public comment and is seeking input on how to modify its fuel mileage testing procedures. Davis is calling for an "industry wide" agreement on a procedure that would help highlight the benefits of stop/start technology. Is that the right direction to go? Feel free to sound off in the comments.<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091228/OEM06/312289967/1143">Automotive News</a> - sub. req.]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/report-stop-start-tech-saves-fuel-so-why-cant-we-get-it-in-th/">REPORT: Stop-start tech saves fuel, so why can't we get it in the States? Blame the EPA</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091228/OEM06/312289967/1143">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/report-stop-start-tech-saves-fuel-so-why-cant-we-get-it-in-th/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295996/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/report-stop-start-tech-saves-fuel-so-why-cant-we-get-it-in-th/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-2771831661434762148?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-66308705008245985222009-12-29T10:18:00.001-08:002009-12-29T10:18:29.110-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/automotive-x-prize/">Automotive X-Prize</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0"><img hspace=" " vspace="4" border=" " src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/tango-altcar-05-630.jpg" alt=""/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />All else being equal, Commuter Cars has about a 13 percent change to win the $2.5 million tandem-seating Alternative Class portion of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/automotive-x-prize/">Progressive Automotive X Prize</a> with their Tango two-seat electric car. Why, because only seven vehicles are entered in that category and one of the winning considerations will be which vehicle is the fastest - and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2008/12/04/video-tesla-versus-tango-on-the-drag-strip/">the Tango is fast</a>. The other six tandems are <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/eddison-mass-management" class="pageLinks">EDISON2</a>'s entry, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/future-vehicle-technologies" class="pageLinks">FVT Racing</a>'s eVaro, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/spira" class="pageLinks">Spira</a>'s Spira4u, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/ttw-italia" class="pageLinks">TTW Italia's</a> TTW One, and X-Tracer Team Switzerland's E-Tracer 7002 and E-Tracer 7009. <br /><br /><br /><br />Those are good odds, and it's one of the things keeping the quirky electric car alive. Commuter Cars has only made 11 Tangos - all on special order for people like George Clooney and the founders of Google - and expects that it would cost around $150 million to get the vehicle ready for mass production. The $2.5 million wouldn't cover all of that, but it'd be a boost to get started. At the very least, it's enough to get us some more <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2008/12/26/its-friday-tango-ev-good-enough-for-george-clooney-good-eno/">entertaining snow plow videos</a>. Ready more about what's been happening with Commuter Cars in the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance/">Spokesman-Review</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/">AltCar 2009: Tango EV</a></strong></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/altcar-2009-tango-ev-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/10/tango-altcar-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance/">Spokesman-Review</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/">Tandem Tango ready for $2.5 million Automotive X-Prize challenge</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/26/tango-remains-in-high-stakes-dance">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19296853/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/tandem-tango-ready-for-2-5-million-automotive-x-prize-challenge/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-6630870500824598522?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-89608749441976284332009-12-29T09:09:00.001-08:002009-12-29T09:09:15.722-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/usa/">USA</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091228/OEM06/312289967/1143"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/stop-start.jpg"/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Are there any among us that wouldn't prefer a meaningful boost in fuel mileage from our current car or truck, all other things being equal? Sure. And the good news is that there are a couple of easy ways to achieve that laudable goal, starting with adding stop/start technology to the car's powerplant.<br /><br /><br /><br />In case you're not familiar with the fuel-saving tech, we're basically just talking about automatically shutting off the engine when it's not needed, which requires little more than some computer controls along with a slightly more powerful battery and starter motor (though some systems are admittedly more complex). Not exactly rocket science, but at an estimated cost of $500 per vehicle, it does cost a rather substantial amount. Still, why don't we see <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/02/26/which-cars-in-europe-have-stop-and-start-technology-these-do/">more of these cars in the States</a>?<br /><br /><br /><br />You can add head <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/make/mazda">Mazda</a> engineer Robert Davis to the list of those who think stop/start should spread throughout the States. According to <em>Automotive News</em>, he's got a theory as to why it hasn't: the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel economy testing procedures. Naturally, an engine needs a chance to idle for the stop/start-equipped car's computer to switch it off, and the EPA's current test cycle only allows that to happen a single time.<br /><br /><br /><br />We don't know about you... but our city driving patterns usually include way more than one single stop. By way of comparison, the Japanese city cycle is programmed to allow the engine to idle much more and cars with stop/start technology boast a significant mileage improvement - from seven to nine percent, according to Davis. Besides, most of the start/stop systems we've sampled on foreign-market cars include an override button for those who find the technology objectionable.<br /><br /><br /><br />So, if there's a problem with the way the technology jibes with the government's testing methodology, what's the solution? The EPA is currently accepting public comment and is seeking input on how to modify its fuel mileage testing procedures. Davis is calling for an "industry wide" agreement on a procedure that would help highlight the benefits of stop/start technology. Is that the right direction to go? Feel free to sound off in the comments.<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091228/OEM06/312289967/1143">Automotive News</a> - sub. req.]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/report-stop-start-tech-saves-fuel-so-why-cant-we-get-it-in-th/">REPORT: Stop-start tech saves fuel, so why can't we get it in the States? Blame the EPA</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091228/OEM06/312289967/1143">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/report-stop-start-tech-saves-fuel-so-why-cant-we-get-it-in-th/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295996/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/report-stop-start-tech-saves-fuel-so-why-cant-we-get-it-in-th/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-8960874944197628433?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-91525713701708214022009-12-29T09:07:00.001-08:002009-12-29T09:07:09.650-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ford/">Ford</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/european-union/">Europe/EU</a></p><img hspace="4" vspace="4" align="top" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/ford-transit.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br />Ford of Europe has its headquarters in the German city of Cologne (K&ouml;ln), so an electric vehicle partnership between the city and the automaker doesn't come as a surprise. Ford of Germany, the city of Cologne, RheinEnergie AG, and the University of Duisburg-Essen have signed an agreement to deploy a fleet of 10 Ford Transit delivery vans for use in the inner city, where the zero-tailpipe emissions and reduced noise of the EV can be maximized. Ford is (obviously) supplying the vans and RheinEnergie will supply carbon-neutral electricity for these vans, while the city is installing charging points and defining the best routes for the trucks to use. The University of Duisburg-Essen will be in charge of the technical study, which has the goal of coming up with a plan to implement an EV charging network in the region. <br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://media.ford.com/news/elektromobilitaetsprojektcolognemobilstaatlichefoerderzusageliegtjetztvor.htm">Ford</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/ford-collaborates-with-cologne-on-electric-delivery-van-deployme/">Ford collaborates with Cologne on electric delivery van deployments</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:03:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://media.ford.com/news/elektromobilitaetsprojektcolognemobilstaatlichefoerderzusageliegtjetztvor.htm">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/ford-collaborates-with-cologne-on-electric-delivery-van-deployme/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19296069/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/ford-collaborates-with-cologne-on-electric-delivery-van-deployme/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-9152571370170821402?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-30873073738310763562009-12-29T09:06:00.001-08:002009-12-29T09:06:25.957-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/mpg/">MPG</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/legislation-and-policy/">Legislation and Policy</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/usa/">USA</a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091228/OEM06/312289967/1143"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/stop-start.jpg"/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Are there any among us that wouldn't prefer a meaningful boost in fuel mileage from our current car or truck, all other things being equal? Sure. And the good news is that there are a couple of easy ways to achieve that laudable goal, starting with adding stop/start technology to the car's powerplant.<br /><br /><br /><br />In case you're not familiar with the fuel-saving tech, we're basically just talking about automatically shutting off the engine when it's not needed, which requires little more than some computer controls along with a slightly more powerful battery and starter motor (though some systems are admittedly more complex). Not exactly rocket science, but at an estimated cost of $500 per vehicle, it does cost a rather substantial amount. Still, why don't we see <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/02/26/which-cars-in-europe-have-stop-and-start-technology-these-do/">more of these cars in the States</a>?<br /><br /><br /><br />You can add head <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://autoblog.com/make/mazda">Mazda</a> engineer Robert Davis to the list of those who think stop/start should spread throughout the States. According to <em>Automotive News</em>, he's got a theory as to why it hasn't: the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel economy testing procedures. Naturally, an engine needs a chance to idle for the stop/start-equipped car's computer to switch it off, and the EPA's current test cycle only allows that to happen a single time.<br /><br /><br /><br />We don't know about you... but our city driving patterns usually include way more than one single stop. By way of comparison, the Japanese city cycle is programmed to allow the engine to idle much more and cars with stop/start technology boast a significant mileage improvement - from seven to nine percent, according to Davis. Besides, most of the start/stop systems we've sampled on foreign-market cars include an override button for those who find the technology objectionable.<br /><br /><br /><br />So, if there's a problem with the way the technology jibes with the government's testing methodology, what's the solution? The EPA is currently accepting public comment and is seeking input on how to modify its fuel mileage testing procedures. Davis is calling for an "industry wide" agreement on a procedure that would help highlight the benefits of stop/start technology. Is that the right direction to go? Feel free to sound off in the comments.<br /><br /><br /><br />[Source: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091228/OEM06/312289967/1143">Automotive News</a> - sub. req.]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/report-stop-start-tech-saves-fuel-so-why-cant-we-get-it-in-th/">REPORT: Stop-start tech saves fuel, so why can't we get it in the States? Blame the EPA</a> originally appeared on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com">Autoblog Green</a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:58:00 EST. Please see our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;"></h6><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091228/OEM06/312289967/1143">Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/report-stop-start-tech-saves-fuel-so-why-cant-we-get-it-in-th/" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/forward/19295996/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/29/report-stop-start-tech-saves-fuel-so-why-cant-we-get-it-in-th/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5284668841396371261-3087307373831076356?l=autoblogtrends.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SharKnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284668841396371261.post-29375955901307422652009-12-29T09:03:00.001-08:002009-12-29T09:03:37.346-08:00<p>Filed under: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ev-plug-in/">EV/Plug-in</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/ford/">Ford</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://green.autoblog.com/category/european-union/">Europe/EU</a></p><img hspace="4" vspace="4" align="top" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/ford-transit.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><br />Ford of Europe has its headquarters in the German city of Cologne (K&ouml;ln), so an electric vehicle partnership between the city and the automaker doesn't come as a