It’s not clean and certainly not green - it’s a coal-powered Caddy

Filed under: Etc. , Cadillac The legacy of experimentation with alternative fuels to gasoline is nothing new. It started back in the earliest days of the car in the late 19th century.

Cadillac Volt rumors resurface; headed to Detroit?

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Cadillac , Detroit Auto Show Click above for a high-res gallery of the Cadillac Provoq concept General Motors could be working on a new Cadillac-branded Volt concept that would debut at the Detroit Auto Show in January.

GM vows to finish Volt with or without government aid

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Chevrolet , GM Click above for a high-res gallery of the Chevrolet Volt No matter what, America will get the Chevy Volt. On time.

First Drive: 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid

Filed under: Hybrid , Ford , First Drive 43.1 mpg on the streets of LA! Click above for high-res gallery of the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid While General Motors and Chrysler basically turned out the lights on their presence at the LA Auto Show last month, Ford kicked off one of its biggest product onslaughts in decades. The 2010 Mustang may have captured the hearts of enthusiasts, but the heavily refreshed Fusion and its Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ siblings are the mainstream high volume models that will garner the big sales numbers. The Fusion lineup was expanded in both the performance and efficiency directions with new Sport and Hybrid variants .

Remember that guy Oprah leaned on? He bought Tesla Roadster #100

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Tesla Motors , Green Daily Before Tesla handed over the keys to the 100th Roadster earlier this week, all they would say was that the buyer was ” a special customer. ” A later announcement identified the buyer as “Sam Perry, a Silicon Valley business advisor and ardent campaign supporter of Barack Obama.” That may sound pretty anonymous, but there’s a good chance you’ve seen Mr

EDTA 2008: EnerDel’s Th!nk City

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , AutoblogGreen Exclusive , EDTA Conference , Green Daily , Th!nk (Think) Click above for high-res gallery of the EnerDel Th!nk City In the back corner of the EDTA Conference last week was the EnerDel booth featuring the prototype Th!nk City with EnerDel’s lithium battery pack. We chatted with Ener1 Chairman and CEO Charles Gassenheimer about the car, the battery packs and the future ( Ener1 owns EnerDel ). Gassenheimer told AutoblogGreen that 2009 is the year that EnerDel will turn the corner from a “science project” (as some call it) to a profitable company

In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2009 Mercedes-Benz GL320 BlueTec

Filed under: Diesel , Mercedes Benz , In The AutoblogGreen Garage , Green Daily Click above for high-res image gallery of the GL320 BlueTec Like the big Two-Mode hybrid SUVs from General Motors, the Mercedes GL320 BlueTec is designed to be a more efficient kind of brute. It’s designed for those who still feel that they need to tow a boat or trailer and have room inside for seven passengers and get significantly better fuel efficiency than a straight gasoline engine counterpart.

Is it Better to Idle or Turn off My Car?

Welcome to this new section, designed to answer one of your Green Car related questions each and every day. The…

The Auto Kingdom of Detroit-A Cautionary Tale

Once upon a time in a land not so far away, America’s Detroit ruled the kingdom of the auto industry…

Rendered speculation: Toyota Prius … coupe?

Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota

Motor Trend has a drawing of what they think a Toyota Prius coupe might look like if…