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From Christine & Scott Gable, for About.com

2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid test drive

Friday October 31, 2008
We recently had the opportunity to spend a week with Cadillac's first hybrid: the 2009 Escalade 2-mode hybrid. Yeah, you read that right: 2-mode. While you may remember that GM's ... Read More

What the Presidential Candidates Drive

Thursday October 30, 2008
In yesterday's blog we posted a list of what types and brands of vehicles folks drive and which presidential candidate they support. So now we take a look at the ... Read More

Cars and Candidates

Wednesday October 29, 2008
Could the vehicles lined up in the parking lot at the local polling place on November 4 be an indicator of who folks voted for in the presidential race? ... Read More

Cheap, Cheap Crude Oil

Monday October 27, 2008
The squeeze is on © Scott Gable Just when things began to look safe for alt fuels (good supply/demand at reasonable prices) ... Wham!! Petroleum ... Read More

Test Drive: 2009 Chevy Malibu Hybrid

Thursday October 23, 2008
We test drove the 2008 Malibu Hybrid in March, and as the gods of automobile test drives and reviews would have it, just six months later we were given the ... Read More

A Closer Look at the 2009 Chevy Malibu Hybrid

Tuesday October 21, 2008
We drove and reviewed it last year. We highlighted it recently in one of our '09 hybrid previews. And we recently had the opportunity to spend a week behind the ... Read More

Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Prototype Preview

Monday October 20, 2008
The Toyota plug-in Prius prototype is a sign of good things to come. It operates very similarly to the current generation conventional Prius Hybrid, but with a twist. In addition ... Read More

From You, the Readers: Lexus RX 400h Ownership

Friday October 17, 2008
We love to hear stories and receive emails from you, our readers. And every-so-often we have the opportunity to correspond with a hybrid or alt-fuel vehicle owner. Sometimes they write ... Read More

2009 Preview: Audi Q7 TDI Clean Diesel

Thursday October 16, 2008
Just a few more days and the Audi Mileage Marathon concludes its 4800+ mile caravan of diesels across America. I drove the first wave (New York to Chicago) of ... Read More

10-15-08: 2008 Altima Hybrid Update & Log

Wednesday October 15, 2008
A lot can happen in a couple weeks, including the 2008 Altima Hybrid's first service call under warranty. Mileage: 10,072 Fuel economy: 37.1 mpg Weather conditions: Fall is officially here, and the cooler ... Read More

Audi Mileage Marathon Photo Gallery

Monday October 13, 2008
Audi's 23 TDI diesel vehicle mileage marathon across the United States concludes in Santa Monica, California at the end of the week. Check out this gallery of Marathon snaps Scott ... Read More

Alt Fuel & Automotive Terminology

Friday October 10, 2008
It's the tech talk that can really throw a wrench at ya. And we get questions from time-to-time about automotive and/or alt fuel terminology ... stuff like what is carbon ... Read More

The Audi Mileage Marathon: Day Three

Thursday October 9, 2008
Today we woke to a pretty steady downpour of rain in Cleveland--kind of a dismal way to start my final day in Wave One of the Audi Mileage Marathon. But ... Read More

The Audi Mileage Marathon: Day Two

Wednesday October 8, 2008
Day Two of the Audi Mileage Marathon found all of us drivers bright and chipper on a crisp fall morning starting out in Washington D.C., the beautiful capital city of ... Read More

The Audi Mileage Marathon: Day One

Tuesday October 7, 2008
As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog, Monday the 6th was the kickoff of the Audi Mileage Marathon. We all convened bright and early at Tavern On The Green in New ... Read More

The Audi Mileage Marathon Preview

Monday October 6, 2008
An event Audi is using to promote clean diesel technology in the United States, the Audi Mileage Marathon is a two week trip across the U.S. in a convoy of ... Read More

Toyota: Sustainable Mobility Just Makes Sense

Friday October 3, 2008
I recently attended Toyota’s Sustainable Mobility Seminar in Portland, Oregon and came away with a new appreciation of how complex and involved our culture’s modern mobile lifestyle is, and further, ... Read More

Seeing Double: 2009 Saturn Vue Hybrid and Saturn Vue 2-mode Hybrid

Wednesday October 1, 2008
Whoa ... two different hybrids based on the same SUV model? Yep, that's right. GM is starting production late this year on the next Saturn hybrid, the 2009 Vue 2-mode ... Read More
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