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
