BREAKING: Obama Says Building Sprawl Stops Now!

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From Green Car Congress: Responding to a question from a city councilwoman about transportation and infrastructure in the stimulus bill during a town hall forum in Ft. Myers, Florida, President Obama said that the days of just building sprawl are over.

What's the Secret Behind Bentley's Ethanol Supercar? I Think I Know, and I'm Telling Everyone.

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Several weeks ago, I filled you in on Bentley’s upcoming ethanol supercar, promised to be the fastest, most powerful Bentley ever offered. In the days since, Bentley has kept the world’s journalists hungry for more details, releasing only this “Project Victoria” teaser video, a March reveal date, and precious little else… but has one of Volkswagen’s lesser-known suppliers [...]

Ricardo's Ethanol Efficiency Breakthrough: EBDI

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The Ricardo Company has a long history of innovation. From the day Harry Ricardo founded the Two-Stroke Engine Company in 1905, to their direct-injection engine patents that date back to the 1930′s, and to the development of several key technologies found in Audi’s dominant LMP sportscars, they seem to always have something up their sleeves. [...]

New Study: Cellulosic Ethanol Could Replace 30% of Gasoline by 2030

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Sandia labs just released a report indicating that by 2030, the US could produce a total of 90 billion gallons of ethanol from plant waste and energy crops, including 75 billion gallons coming from switchgrass, corn stover, wheat straw and woody crops. What’s the catch? For this fuel to be economically viable, oil will have to [...]

Waste Management Grows Fleet of Natural Gas Garbage Trucks

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Waste Management of Seattle has begun construction on a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station and unveiled a fleet of CNG-fueled solid waste collection trucks. The Seattle project is part of a larger national effort to cut the company’s CO2 emissions by 15% by 2020. Waste Management is investing $29 million in 106 new [...]

What Shade Of 'Green' Vehicle Does America Want?

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I was recently glancing through the Washington Post, when the headline, “Green Is In The Eye Of The Beholder,” caught my eye — mostly because I have been wondering a similar question question as of late: What, exactly, makes a vehicle “green?” It seems there are as many answers as there are shades of green. [...]

VW Launches New Fuel-Efficient and Low-Emission Brand, BlueMotionTechnologies

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Volkswagen’s launched a new brand: BlueMotionTechnologies. It houses all of Volkswagen’s best eco-friendly tech. It currently includes a new start-stop system, regenerative braking, SCR catalytic converter and the NOx storage catalytic converter.

Hybrid Sales Plunge in January

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We all know the economy is broken. Nobody is spending money on anything (especially if no one gets bonuses). According to UK auto statistics firm, Autodata, even hybrids have taken a sales plunge in January. Looking at the Autodata compilation, there was a purchase surge beginning in February of 2008 which lasted until April before [...]