All About Fuel Cells
Monday October 29, 2007
Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell © U.S. Dept. of Energy - EERE
Have you heard about Project Driveway, the pilot program that lets ordinary folks drive the Chevrolet Equinox ... Read More
Place Your Vote - Takin' Sides on the the Fuel Issue
Friday October 26, 2007
It seems that auto makers are divided. About the future fuel issue, that is. A recent article in The Wall Street Journal Online notes that an argument regarding gasoline-electric hybrids ... Read More
Hydrogen Power Hits the Pavement - Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell Vehicle
Wednesday October 24, 2007
American-made hydrogen power has hit the road with the Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell electric vehicle. It sure looks and feels like a regular Equinox, but instead of a gasoline ... Read More
Wanna Learn How to Make Biodiesel?
Monday October 22, 2007
Jars of homemade biodiesel © Scott Gable
Lately we've been getting some pretty heavy reader interest about homemade biodiesel. And even though diesels rack up wicked good fuel economy numbers, ... Read More
Hybrid Sales are Hot
Friday October 19, 2007
Yep, it looks like the hybrid sales graph is headed in only one direction--up! With more models comin' online regularly, there are more choices than ever to extend that fuel ... Read More
Road test: 2008 Nissan Armada SE 4x4 Flex-fuel
Tuesday October 16, 2007
It offers A-1 passenger comfort and awesome towing and cargo capacity. Pop the hood and check out that potent 5.6-liter dual fuel V-8 that can quench its thirst on either ... Read More
Workin' Trucks Go Green - the 2008 Miles ZX40ST
Monday October 15, 2007
Sure, we've heard it time and time again: it's the little things that count most. Well, it seems that sentiment applies to the automotive sector now more than ever. Zero ... Read More
Are Hybrids Really Worth the Extra Cost?
Thursday October 11, 2007
True or False: “Combining a gasoline engine and an electric motor to power a vehicle is the most ineffective and most expensive method of cutting carbon dioxide emissions.”
Well, according to ... Read More
Extended Range Hydrogen Vehicle (or how to go 560 km on one tank of H2)
Tuesday October 9, 2007
Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle © Toyota
One of the biggest knocks against hydrogen as an automotive fuel (at least by the staunchest critics) is the lack of driving range. It appears ... Read More
Diggin' Out of the Energy Hole
Monday October 8, 2007
Rising corn prices. Limited farm land. It's the ethanol dilemma. And we've heard folks complain that we'll all be able to drive anywhere we want, we just won't have anything ... Read More
2008 GM 2-Mode Hybrid Sneak Peek
Friday October 5, 2007
It was just what we've been waiting for--we traveled to Bear Mountain, New York, and had the time of our lives test driving GM's up-and-coming vehicles for 2008. Yes, we ... Read More
Green, Green BMW Machine
Wednesday October 3, 2007
Green BMW Bio-logo © Scott Gable
Freude am Fahren (Joy in Driving) is BMW's slogan. So now I wonder, how big a step is it to Vergnügen im grünen Fahren (Pleasure ... Read More
Road test: 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee Diesel 4 X 4
Monday October 1, 2007
Diesels. There's just something about their appeal that's hard to explain. Folks who love 'em just do. Folks who don't, well ... they HAD their reasons. When diesels spewed black ... Read More
