Ghosn says the world will want 500,000 Renault-Nissan electric cars a year by 2020

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Nissan, Renault, Europe/EU

The way Carlos Ghosn repeatedly touts the benefits of electric vehicles, you’d think he knows something the rest of the industry doesn’t. For now, it appears he’s right, since sales of the Nissan Leaf continue to be constrained by supply and not demand. What makes the Renault-Nissan CEO endlessly [...]

Want to see overwhelming hatred for the Chevy Volt? Watch this Neil Cavuto montage

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

It’s no surprise that right wingers, by and large, hate the Chevy Volt, but Media Matters has put together a truly amazing collection of clips of Fox host Neil Cavuto disparaging GM’s plug-in car.
There are plenty of reasons a person can list to not like the Volt; the fact that it [...]

VW execs want Bulli to compliment Beetle in Heritage Collection

Filed under: Classics, Minivan/Van, Volkswagen, Design/Style

If there’s any one vehicle that can realistically challenge the Beetle in the annals of historic Volkswagens, it’s the Transporter. More often referred to as the Microbus or just the Bus, the real original minivan first saw the light of day in 1950 as the Type 2 (the Beetle, naturally, [...]

Jeep XJ001 Prototype makes us want to grow a mustache, wear jean cut-offs

Filed under: Concept Cars, Jeep, Off-Road

1969 Jeep XJ001 Prototype – Click above for image gallery

We spend more than a few moments of our day on the “what ifs” of the automotive world. What if Jaguar decided to get back into the supercar game? What if Ford made a Bronco with Raptor underpinnings? What if Jeep [...]

U.S. Mayors want more natural gas for city fleets

Filed under: Natural Gas, USA

Mayors from across the country gathered in Oklahoma City this past weekend for the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Their agenda covered everything from federal immigration reform and after-school programs to drug enforcement and Superfund sites. It was a busy weekend.
While immigration reform probably doesn’t fall under the jurisdiction of mayors, [...]

Know what you want and need, or you may not get to buy a Nissan Leaf

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan

Nissan Leaf – Click above for high-res image gallery

Are you willing to argue with your friendly neighborhood Nissan dealer over the right to get yourself a Leaf? You might have to. Anyone who has gone through the Leaf reservation process this past week noticed a few screens that weren’t exactly germane to [...]

Want to write for AutoblogGreen?

Filed under: Etc.

We’re guessing that anyone reading this is enamored with the greening of transportation. The question we’re asking this week is: do you have the chops to write about them? If so, let us know, because we’re looking for someone to join the AutoblogGreen team as a writer. Professional writing experience isn’t necessary to [...]

Study: Want to improve your odds of surviving a crash? Have another sammich

Filed under: Safety

There aren’t a lot of positives about being overweight, but a study by the University of Michigan shows that there could be one reason for the chunky among us to celebrate. U of M studied 300,000 traffic fatalities obtained from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration between 1998 and 2008, and it has [...]