Cars, trucks and more

Alright, I’m ready to share some updates on the progress of restoring the floor pans and carpeting in my ‘79 Corvette. Things have been speeding up in my garage again after a pause of a couple of months due to cold weather. After cleaning the floor pans, I went through the whole process of POR-15 [...]

One Katrina away from $3.00 gas
So, fuel efficiency standards are going up a little by 2011. Whohoo!
Yet, whom knows how many flex fuel credits and EV loopholes Congress will offer automakers. Loopholes are the Congressional speciality.
With or without an increase in fuel efficiency standards, automakers better be preparing for higher gas prices. Numerous energy analysts, [...]

The Blue-Will plug-in hybrid
Hyundai is showing off its latest hybrid concept as a sneak preview to the Seoul Auto Show in April. The Blue-Will plug-in hybrid, according to AutoWeek, utilizes used recycled soda bottles for the headlights, as well as biodegradable plastics for the engine cover and interior. Likewise, the panoramic solar-celled roof will help [...]

Now if I could only find that hydrogen filling station
So, Mazda has received permission from the Japanese government to start leasing the Mazda hydrogen hybrid. Cool, right, especially since this hybrid can burn both gasoline and hydrogen?
Still, now the President Obama has put the kibosh on hydrogen funding, isn’t the hydrogen highway closed here in [...]

Later this year, the new 5 Series from BMW will start to show up in showrooms across the U.S. as a 2010 model. This will be the sixth generation of the 5 series which was first introduced in 1972. BMW will introduce the sedan first. Then, the 5 Series station wagon will [...]

Lithium supply will not limit EVs
Every company always has to put their best foot forward. To do otherwise, often times, would lead to the end of your business. So companies often wear rose-colored glasses when projecting their business viability forward.
Nonetheless, it was noteworthy today that in a Volt battery update conference, GM stated bluntly that [...]

A truckload of Insights
Here’s a bunch of Honda Insights making their way through Indiana.
The Insight is hitting dealerships this week, and I’m very much looking forward to seeing how fast Honda is able to move these new hybrid cars.
Anybody out there gone Honda Insight shopping yet? (Thanks for the pic Brian)
Labels: honda insight hybrid, Hybrid [...]

A “Green New Deal”
Adam Steiner, Head of the UN Environmental Program, thinks it time for a green tax on oil to raise money to “revive the economy and protect the environment, according to Reuters. The funds raised, some $750 billion, would be used for “improved energy efficiency for buildings and solar or wind power to [...]

An insightful attack on the Prius?
OK. There is no hybrid version of the Chevy Cruze. In the future there will probably be a range extended plug-in Cruze, much like the Chevy Volt. However, such a Cruze is years from reality.
Still, why not put GM’s BAS hybrid technology in the Cruze? Even better, speed up plans [...]

The dream of the world’s cheapest car has come true for Ratan Tata. Nano has finally rolled out for all eyes to see. This is the day many have been waiting for – a car within their affordable reach – a cheap car that would provide them comfort.
“The promise is kept” said Ratan Tata, Chairman [...]