In case you all didn’t know, I am a huge NY Giants Fan, so this Superbowl Sunday is about as close to a religious holiday as I have. What I’m saying is, there may or may not be a green news roundup on Monday morning. But for today, there is! This … [Read more...]
Infiniti EMERG-E Plug-In Performance Concept Teased Ahead of Geneva
Nissan and its luxury subsidiary, Infiniti, are playing a game with the automotive press called “tease and speculate.” We’ve been hearing about an upcoming luxury electric car from Infiniti since last year, as well as a plug-in performance … [Read more...]
The Republican Candidates On Alternative Energy and Electric Vehicles
We know where our Democratic President stands of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and alternative energy thanks to President Obama’s State of the Union Address. But where do the remaining Republican challengers stand on such issues? We here at Gas2 decided … [Read more...]
US National ITS Architecture updated to version 7.0; aligned with connected vehicle research program
High-level architecture diagram. The four colored rectangles representing classes filled with smaller white rectangles representing subsystems. all interconnected by straight lines representing communications links going through one of four pink … [Read more...]
Mercedes-Benz to introduce new Citan urban delivery van; electric drive version being planned
Sketch of the Citan. Click to enlarge. Mercedes-Benz will introduce a new urban delivery van called Citan later this year. The name Citan combines the words “city” and “titan,” indicating that the vehicle is designed for city logistics, … [Read more...]
BP begins shipping crude oil for US West Coast through transPanama Pipeline
BP Products North America Inc. has started shipping crude oil bound for the US West Coast through Petroterminal de Panama (PTP)’s trans-Panama pipeline, marking the start of a seven-year transportation and storage agreement between BP and … [Read more...]
Ford to introduce production-ready B-MAX at Geneva Motor Show
Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally will unveil the production-ready version of all-new Ford B-MAX (earlier post) at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March. Ford introduced the B-MAX concept at the 2011 Geneva show. Production version of the … [Read more...]
Boulder Electric Vehicle delivers first truck to Precision Plumbing [w/video]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, USA It's been a couple years since we first saw the Boulder Electric Vehicle prototype in action but now comes word that the company has delivered its very first production vehicle. The initial DV-500 (as it is … [Read more...]
Italian Environment minister: Hey Fiat, you missed the boat on EVs
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Fiat Italian automaker Fiat SpA missed a chance to benefit from growing global interest in electric-drive vehicles by giving up on some of its advanced-powertrain development efforts in favor of trying to develop more … [Read more...]
DOE’s David Sandalow defends Obama’s auto record
Filed under: MPG, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Legislation and Policy, USA, Washington DC Auto ShowOne of the differences between the Washington Auto Show and car shows in other cities is the almost overwhelming appearance of politicians and government … [Read more...]