Honda wins appeal in Civic Hybrid fuel mileage case

Filed under: Green Culture, Hybrid, Honda

A judge has reversed a lower court ruling against Honda over the automaker’s fuel economy claims. Heather Peters successfully sued Honda in small-claims court in February, claiming her 2006 Civic Hybrid didn’t return the advertised 50 miles per gallon Environmental Protection Agency rating. Peters was awarded $9,867 in damages in [...]

Bridgestone ratchets up “One Team, One Planet Spent” tire-recycling program

Filed under: Green Culture, North America, USA

Burning rubber? Not on Bridgestone’s watch.
That’s what the world’s largest tire and rubber company is saying by ratcheting up its tire-recycling program. Bridgestone Americas is looking to ensure that, by the end of the year, 100 percent of the used tires returned to its company-owned stores when new tires [...]

Lithium ion battery ‘overcapacity’ could arrive by 2015, would push prices way down

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, Europe/EU, North America, USA

Too many lithium-ion batteries? That’s not something battery makers want to hear, but it’s music to our ears. It’s also the prediction of Munich-based Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Over the next few years, as battery makers like AESC, LG Chem and A123 Systems ramp up for what’s [...]

Volkswagen’s People’s Car Project in China offers three concepts, including a hovering EV

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Volkswagen, China

Last year, Volkswagen commenced its People’s Car Project in China to create crowdsourced concepts of the VW of the future. More than 33 million people visited the site, and three concepts were created from the inputs: the Music Car, the Hover Car and the Smart Key.
The Music Car is a Beetle [...]

Toyota TS030 and Audi R18 e-tron Quattro pose for the camera

Filed under: Hybrid, Audi, Toyota, Racing

While the Toyota TS030 Hybrid won’t be participating in this weekend’s FIA World Endurance Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium due to a crash in pre-season testing last month, that didn’t stop the automaker from bringing the new endurance racer as a preview for what’s to come for the 24 [...]

These electric vehicles aren’t really, real; just California compliance EVs

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy, North America, USA

California may be the Golden State, but when it comes to the upcoming debuts of a number of battery-electric vehicles, prospective buyers may want to associate the most populous U.S. state with the color red. As in herring.
That’s the conclusion of Green Car Reports in its evaluation [...]

Thailand’s green car manufacturing took a beating, back to ticking

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, GM, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Asia

Last fall, Thailand was hit by a devastating flood that damaged parts of 65 of Thailand’s 77 provinces, killed 815 people and affected the lives and homes of more than 13 million. Some parts of Bangkok were under over two meters (6.5 feet) of water [...]

Watch Volvo’s hybrid semi-truck set a land speed record

Filed under: Hybrid, Volvo, Racing

Volvo is taking its Mean Green hybrid truck on U.S. tour for a few months. One of the stops between Toronto Tuck World and the Volvo Ocean Race in Miami was Wendover, UT, to attempt a couple of record-breaking speed runs.
Mean Green uses a 16-cylinder engine that puts out 1,900-horsepower, tied [...]

America’s obesity problem equals a billion gallons of gas per year

Filed under: Etc., MPG, Lightweight

Newsflash: Americans are fat. And no, we’re not just big boned. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions over the past couple decades, and as a result diabetes, heart disease and just about every other health issue are on the rise.
The Atlantic reports that the amount of fuel we’re using is on the [...]

Michigan dealer sells roughly a Chevy Volt a day

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Chevrolet, GM, USA

One Michigan car dealership sells almost one Chevrolet Volt every day, a far cry above the sales at most other dealerships. The reason is that the dealer’s staff has been extensively trained on the car, aggressively cross-selling the model and playing up the green connection with two windmills on the [...]

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