Finland hopes to build world’s first carbon-neutral green highway

Filed under: Biodiesel, EV/Plug-in, Green Daily

While it’s easy for us to suggest that the car-buying public should adopt cleaner, alternative-fuel vehicles, the fact that a supporting infrastructure for many of these new technologies does not yet exist makes widespread adoption uncertain. Finland hopes to change the infrastructure-free trend by building out a carbon-neutral green highway [...]

AT&T’s green fleet hits milestone of 1,500 CNG and 2,000 alternative fuel vehicles

Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, Natural Gas, Green Daily

As corporate fleets across the globe have slowly transformed into a paradise for green cars, finding a company that hasn’t revamped at least a portion of its vehicles over to greener technology is becoming harder and harder. Though AT&T would not be considered pioneers in the drive towards [...]

Report: Volkswagen Bluesport gets the green light

Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Budget, Performance, Europe, Plants/Manufacturing, Volkswagen, Rumormill, Diesel

Volkswagen BlueSport Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

Now this is interesting. Hot on the heels of rumored turmoil in the VW/Audi/Porsche house over the BlueSport roadster, AutoExpress is reporting that VW has given the droptop concept the green light for production. Color [...]

Review: 2010 Ford Escape Hybrid makes being green easy

Filed under: Hybrid, Crossover, Reviews

2010 Ford Escape Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery

The Ford Escape Hybrid was the first mass-produced battery-assisted SUV on the market when it launched in 2004, and from day one it’s delivered on Ford’s promise of class-leading economy. It also offered similar performance and handling to its gas-powered counterparts [...]

M-Org Chopper Concept is green, organic, hard to describe

Filed under: Concept Cars, Motorcycle, Design/Style

M-Org Custom Motorcycle Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

Honestly, we don’t know what it means to have a “frame, suspension and steering grown from organic substances,” but whatever it is, you can see it in the image above. Looks kinda cool, no? Designer Michael Smolyanov describes a process [...]

New York 2010: Ford wins “Green Ad of the Year” with ka-ching hybrid ad

Filed under: Hybrid, Ford, New York Auto Show

Christopher Leaves – Click above to watch video after the jump

While the Kia hamsters won the big cheese Most Effective Automotive Ad title in Nielsen’s fourth annual Automotive Advertising Awards this year, handed out during the New York Auto Show, it was Ford’s ad for its hybrid [...]

Chevrolet debuts Synergy Green Camaro

Filed under: SEMA Show, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet, Design/Style

2010 Chevrolet Camaro Synergy Special Edition – Click above for high-res image gallery

The history of the Chevrolet Camaro is littered with bold styling options and even bolder colors. “Bold” doesn’t always equal “good,” but there have been a lot of both since the 1967 introduction of Chevrolet’s original [...]