Victorious Honda Civic Hybrid plaintiff delivers petition urging a better settlement

Filed under: Green Culture, Hybrid, Honda

Heather Peters, who last week was awarded almost $10,000 in a California court in damages over claims that Honda falsely advertised the fuel economy of its Civic Hybrid, is delivering a petition to the 50 state attorneys general urging that class-action plaintiffs against the automaker bargain for a better settlement. [...]

Better Place gets $200 million investment, now valued at $2.25 billion

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Europe/EU, Better Place

Better Place continues to play the investment alphabet game, with the company’s Series C funding round netting $200 million of new financing from the likes of General Electric Co (not a surprise at all) and UBS. Even though many in the automotive industry are still skeptical of Better Place’s battery [...]

Touring the Better Place Visitor Center in Tel Aviv

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Renault, Middle East, First Drive, Better Place
A quick spin in the Laguna EV at the epicenter of the Better Place project

Ask any addict why they don’t quit, and they’ll probably tell you it comes down to one sticking point. The addiction could be to caffeine or cocaine, but whatever the [...]

Better Place announces pricing for Renault Fluence Z.E. in Israel

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Renault, Middle East

Renault Fluence Z.E. – Click above for high-res image gallery

Ahead of its official launch scheduled for the end 2011, Better Place has unveiled a complex pricing structure for the Renault Fluence Z.E. in Israel. The base version of the electric sedan will hit the market at a price of ILS [...]

Volvo rolls out exclusive C30 Black Design for Italy… does it look better? [w/poll]

Filed under: Europe, Hatchback, Volvo, Design/Style

2011 Volvo C30 Black Design – Click above for high-res image gallery

The Volvo C30 is a bit of a divisive design. Some love the radical P1800ES-inspired hatch, while others find it awkward. But maybe the brand’s latest special edition can help.
Called the C30 Black Design, it’s limited exclusively to the [...]

GM, Argonne detail new agreement for better, safer and cheaper batteries

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

General Motors, LG Chem and the Argonne National Lab have shared a bit more information about their new advanced battery technology licensing deal a bit, including why it could make future GM electric cars better, safer and cheaper.
The main potential benefit of this technology is new batteries with [...]

CR: Toyota Prius a better buy than Chevy Volt, for some

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, MPG, Chevrolet, Toyota

2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery

To gauge the 2011 Chevrolet Volt’s energy consumption under real-world driving conditions, staffers at Consumer Reports took turns piloting the plug-in hybrid on their daily commutes. Throughout the test, drivers logged fuel usage and recorded the amount electricity required to [...]

In deep with Better Place: how to profit while swapping batteries selling miles

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Q & A, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Better Place, Business of Plugging In

Renault Fluence Z.E. – Click above for high-res image gallery

Some of the people who work for Better Place see their job as something bigger than themselves. Take, for example, Jason Wolf, North American vice president, John Proctor, communications and [...]

Some numbers regarding electric cars, both good and better

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, MPG

There are a lot of different ways to measure how electric cars will impact our lives, perhaps as many ways to measure as there will be changes to our daily transportation in the coming years. Today, we present two options, one that shows an overall comparison between powering our vehicles using gasoline [...]

Shamelessly retro Mercedes SLK-based HMC Hidalgo looks better than expected

Filed under: Aftermarket, Classics, Coupe, Europe, Mercedes-Benz, Design/Style

HMC Hidalgo – Click above for high-res image gallery

Now here’s a pleasant surprise. The designers at Helvetic Motor Company have officially pulled back the sheets on their Hidalgo, and we have to say that while we were expecting the worst, this Swiss Miss is actually pretty sharp. When [...]

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