]> http://www.greenedia.com/latest Hybrid Cars & Trucks Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129376?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Filed under: HybridAzure Dynamics doesn't make the world's flashiest hybrids, but the company's Balance Hybrid Electric system built into Ford E450 chassis are regularly sold to utilities and other fleet operators. The latest order, for three such ve... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:30:41 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129376?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129377?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Filed under: Etc., Ethanol, EV/Plug-in, Flex-Fuel, Hybrid, Hydrogen, Legislation and PolicyNow that Sen. Barack Obama has been officially anointed as the Democratic Party's choice to head the ticket in November, it's perhaps time to take a closer loo... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:28:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129377?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129378?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, MazdaWhile both General Motors and Ford have shown extended range electric vehicle concepts, only the former has committed to producing such a vehicle. We have written endlessly here about the Chevrolet Volt, but now ... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:40:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129378?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/129333?rsstype=latest&cid=46 The Zytek hybrid. Click to enlarge.Corsa Motorsports and UK-based Zytek Group have formed a strategic alliance to produce the first Le Mans Prototype car fitted with a hybrid powertrain. Corsa will compete as a works team in the LMP1 class of the Ame... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:31:30 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/129333?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129381?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Filed under: Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM, Spy ShotsClick above to view the production Volt galleryAutoblog reader Michael C has a knack for seeing things we miss. In 2006, he noticed that an image of the yet-to-be-released 2008 Cadillac CTS covered in clot... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:29:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129381?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129301?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Filed under: Emerging Technologies, HydrogenWe - and our readers - know quite well that increase your MPG claims fly fast and furious in the green car industry. One such claim is that adding hydrogen to your gasoline or diesel fuel line will make y... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:01:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129301?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/129266?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will begin leasing its new fuel cell hybrid vehicle model, the FCHV-adv (earlier post), to Japan's Ministry of the Environment on 1 September.TMC also plans to lease the FCHV-adv to other national government entities, l... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:45:43 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/129266?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129146?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GMClick to enlargeIs the vehicle pictured above the production Chevy Volt? It sure looks like it. It has the right greenhouse profile and judging from the head and tail-lights it looks an awful lot like the... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:27:24 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129146?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129150?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Filed under: Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM, Spy ShotsClick above to enlargeGeneral Motors continues to eek out teaser shots of the production Chevy Volt, but it appears that an image of the production interior has slipped through the Empire's net of control.... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:01:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129150?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129079?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, MitsubishiThe Wall Street Journal talked to Mitsubishi President Osamu Masuko ahead of this week's Moscow Motor Show about some of the company's recovery, its involvement in the Russian market and its plans for market... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:28:24 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129079?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129080?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Filed under: Emerging Technologies, ChryslerWith the Democratic National Convention wrapping up tonight and the Republicans getting ready for their convention next week, this is a good time to take a look at one of the automakers who is/will be at bo... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:54:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129080?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/129095?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Governments everywhere face the challenge of how to engage their citizens in a program of carbon emissions reductions. There have been two main approaches so far carbon taxes and personal carbon quotas. We propose Green Credits, an alternative wh... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:40:45 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/129095?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/129043?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Daimler Trucks inaugurated its new Global Hybrid Center at Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) in Kawasaki. Located within the company's R&D facilities, the new center will be the worldwide hub for Daimler Trucks' hybrid development. ... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:34:45 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/129043?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129009?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Audi, VolkswagenIt was only last April that Audi was saying that it had no plans for an electric car (EV) in the immediate future. It's possible they're operating under a different definition of immediate future than us or ... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:29:06 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129009?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/128959?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Con Edison of New York has placed an initial order with Azure Dynamics for three Balance Hybrid Electric vehicles, based on the Ford E450 chassis.The Azure Balance Hybrid Electric system specified by Con Edison has attributes such as engine-off at id... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:04:58 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/128959?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/128960?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Watanabe characterized the rapid change is the US market toward more fuel-efficient vehicles as structural. Click to enlarge.Outlining Toyota's response to rapidly changing global market conditions, growing environmental issues and increasing materia... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:49:57 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/128960?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/128961?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Ricardo is undertaking a highly substantial , two-phase development of its Shanghai-based operations is to take place in the remainder of 2008. The first phase the move to a new technical center includes a tripling of the existing working ar... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:22:26 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/128961?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/128895?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Felix Kramer of CalCars reports that Magnussen's Toyota of Palo Alto (California), one of the US' top Prius dealers, has decided to begin taking $500 deposits for plug-in 2010 Priuses.One Toyota dealer moving ahead of the pack will encourage others, ... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:01:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/128895?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/128831?rsstype=latest&cid=46 Shai Agassi says his electric cars can save the world. People are listening. There's a lot to chew over in Wired's profile of Shai Agassi, the entrepreneur engaged in an audacious experiment to electrify an entire nation's transportation system, and ... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:19:27 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/128831?rsstype=latest&cid=46 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/128796?rsstype=latest&cid=46 The MAN D08 CR engines meet Euro 5 and EEV limits without any SCR aftertreatment. Click to enlarge.At the 62nd IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover, Germany (25 September - 2 October), MAN Nutzfahrzeuge will premiere a range of new diesel engines ... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:17:53 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/128796?rsstype=latest&cid=46