In what has been a delicate dance over the last 9 months, Fisker has been getting closer and closer to actually finalizing the deal to purchase an old GM car manufacturing facility in Delaware. Today, Fisker sealed the deal and reached an agreement with Motors Liquidation Company, the holding company for old GM assets that [...]
Electric Renault DeZir To Be Basis For Nissan LEAF Sports Car?
July 21, 2010 By 7 Comments
Earlier this week I pounced on the news that Nissan may be working on a sports car version of the Nissan LEAF. I speculated that it could be based on the 370Z platform, as the current LEAF will be based on a modified Versa platform. Reader green racer posted a link in the comments section [...]
2011 Ford Explorer To Get 2.0 Liter EcoBoost, 30% Better Gas Mileage
July 21, 2010 By 4 Comments
As of late, Ford has been peppering the Internet with teaser images of the all-new 2011 Ford Explorer. Unlike the previous iteration, this SUV will be a unibody (no more body-on-frame truck knockoffs). The new Explorer will also be getting a range of new engines. One likely candidate is the 3.7 liter V6 found in [...]
Honda Makes It Official: EV, Plug-In Hybrid Coming Soon
July 21, 2010 By 2 Comments
This week, the news was how Honda planned to scrap its work on clean diesels to focus more intensely on making hybrids. It was kind of a downer, as everybody and their mother seems to be jumping on the hybrid band wagon while work on other alternatives gets less press. Today, Honda made an officially [...]
Automotive X-Prize Whittled Down To One Team For $5 Million Prize
July 21, 2010 By 6 Comments
Chances are, if you’re a green car blogs reader, you’ve heard of the Automotive X-Prize. I know I’ve been hearing about it for what seems like forever, as teams entered or dropped out of this contest to achieve a feasible 100 mpg car. The ultimate prize? $5 million. That is a lot of scratch. The [...]
"Web" of Battery Plants to Bring 62,000 New Green Jobs to Michigan
July 20, 2010 By 4 Comments
Holland, Michigan is poised to be the western anchor for a web of advanced energy storage (aka battery) manufacturing facilities that will serve the surging electric vehicle market. In ten years, the new plants are expected to bring 62,000 new jobs to the middle chunk of the state - a welcome relief for cities like [...]
Nissan Working On Electric LEAF-Based Sports Car?
July 19, 2010 By 2 Comments
The Nissan LEAF is coming, and it could be the catalyst that makes electric cars more than just a pipe dream. Nissan says orders have already exceeded expectations and the hype around this little electric car is poppin’ (to use the vernacular of our times). Reality may dampen some expectations though; the 100 mile range [...]
Honda Giving Up On Diesels To Focus On Hybrids
July 19, 2010 By 8 Comments
For whatever reason, diesel engines get a bad rap in America. Even at their worst, they were never that bad (at least in my opinion). Torque, good gas mileage, and never a line at the gas station (just 5% of American cars are diesels). Plus, they last forever. Even so, the tide of public opinion [...]
