Green Automobiles Blog

In response to poor sales, Lexus has discontinued its HS 250h hybrid luxury sedan. The vehicle actually went out of production in January 2012, but understandably, Lexus didn't make a big fuss about canceling a three-year-old vehicle. The Lexus HS 250h was introduced at the 2009 Detroit auto show. The ...    Read more

After long promising a new, smaller car rumored to be called the Nina, Fisker debuted the Atlantic at the New York auto show earlier this year. Whereas the existing Fisker Karma is a high-priced luxury machine, the Atlantic is designed to be a more affordable extended range electric vehicle. ...    Read more

The market of compact hybrid people movers will grow this year with the addition of the 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid, and it's trying to steal the 2012 Toyota Prius v's thunder. Ford says that the C-Max Hybrid will cost $26,790, some $520 less than the Prius v. Ford made the announcement ...    Read more

Tesla is preparing to deliver its first Model S electric sedans to customers next month, but in the spirit of full disclosure, has outlined why it anticipates its 300-mile version will be rated by the EPA for 265 miles. The Model S’ drawn-out unveiling has ingrained three ...    Read more

Porsche has taken the liberty of supplying its own "spy" photos of a prototype car being tested in Europe. These pictures show a camouflaged version of the 918 Spyder, a supercar that is essentially the successor to the Porsche Carrera GT. On top of those images, our spy photographer was ...    Read more

Mercedes-Benz's new cruise control system goes beyond regulating speed and braking. The system, called Predictive Powertrain Control, reduces fuel consumption by using GPS technology to shift a transmission based on the topography ahead. Mercedes says it’s the first system to link GPS and gearbox shifting together. Currently offered in the ...    Read more

Ford of Europe says it expects to more than triple 2011’s EcoBoost sales by 2015, reports Automotive News. The automaker sold 141,000 vehicles powered by an EcoBoost engine in 2011 and aims to increase that number to 480,000 in 2015. The number of models available with an EcoBoost engine will ...    Read more

Tesla announced it will start selling its Model S electric car in June, earlier than originally planned. The news, however, was tempered a bit due to the company’s reported first-quarter loss of $89.9 million, almost double the $48.9 million loss reported during the same period last year. Despite that, ...    Read more

Despite not going on sale until this fall, Ford has already launched an early configurator for the all-new 2013 Fusion on its website. Potential buyers get to pick from a wide assortment of colors, trims, powertrains, and options to deck out their Fusions. The one thing that's missing from this configurator ...    Read more

Perhaps the EPA should consider a new rating system for John and Helen Taylor, the noted hypermiling duo from Australia. The couple travelled an amazing 1626 miles on one tank of fuel and they did it in a 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI, setting a ...    Read more

Google's autonomous car project is marching on after hitting a new milestone: the company's fully autonomous Toyota Prius was formally registered in the state of Nevada as an autonomous vehicle, allowing it to operate on Nevada’s public roads. Last year, the Nevada Assembly passed legislation ...    Read more

The Toyota RAV4 hasn't had an electric vehicle version since the last model went out of production in 2003, but that soon will change. After months (or years, rather) of teasing, Toyota’s finally unwrapping the : Toyota released the new RAV4 EV production version, which promises a 100-mile range, a ...    Read more

A total of 67 dealers are now certified to sell the 2012 Ford Focus Electric when it goes on sale later this spring. Located in New York, New Jersey, and California, the dealers are the first of many expected to receive certification for Ford’s first commercially available electric ...    Read more

Although BMW recently introduced its range of electric vehicles, it appears the German automaker has already been working on a smaller and less expensive EV. BMW and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), along with Daimler and other engineers, have joined forces ...    Read more

Chrysler has started producing the 2013 Dodge Dart in Illinois, and while the car might not get 40 mpg on the highway just yet, the car will add an aerodynamic kit to some models later this year hopes of allowing them to achieve at least 41 mpg. While Chrysler Group CEO ...    Read more

Chrysler's plug-in hybrid-electric minivan project is taking another baby step toward production by entering its second phase. Three PHEV Chrysler Town & Country vans have been delivered to the Sacramento Municipal Utitly District, where they will hit the open road and help with the data collection process. The PHEV ...    Read more

If we learned anything about compact crossovers late last year, it was that 2012 would shape up to be the year of the fuel economy number, with the key face-off being between the 2012 Honda CR-V, 2013 Mazda CX-5, and 2013 Ford Escape. Ford has released the final EPA fuel economy ...    Read more

Fancy owning a race car with an astonishing 885 lb-ft of torque? Look no further than this 2007 Peugeot 908 HDi V-12 FAP Le Mans racer, which will cross RM Auctions’ stage in Monaco on May 11. The 908 HDi FAP was Peugeot's diesel-powered entry into Le Mans racing; the letters ...    Read more

Virginia's Lt. Governor Bill Bolling took the Ford Focus all-electric pace car out for a drive before its big debut at the Capital City 400 this weekend. At Richmond International Raceway, the Focus EV is set to become the first fully electric pace car in NASCAR. Two Ford electric pace cars ...    Read more

It hasn't exactly been smooth sailing for Fisker, as the automaker has experienced a number of production delays. Now, two U.S. senators are demanding answers from the Department of Energy, asking why the $529 million loan was approved in the first place. Republican Senators Charles ...    Read more

HY-KERS Ferrari has been hard at work preparing the successor to the Enzo supercar and brought along the latest HY-KERS system to show the fruits of its labors. The HY-KERS system is mated to a mid-engine powertrain featuring a V-12 and dual-clutch gearbox. The system uses two electric motors: one ...    Read more

Toyota is taking the wraps off three concepts at this week's Beijing Motor Show including one concept that previews a locally developed and made hybrid for China. Toyota president Akio Toyoda hopes the Yundong Shuangqing will make Chinese customers happy. "We ...    Read more

Two years after unveiling the its first EN-V mobility concept vehicle, Chevrolet has taken the wraps off of the second-generation vehicle at this week's Beijing Motor Show, aptly called the EN-V 2.0. The most noticeable update to the EN-V 2.0 is the addition of a second set of wheels – the ...    Read more

Audi is looking to the future in China – and not just with its sales: this week at the Beijing auto show, it pulled the wraps off of its newest plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, the A6 L e-tron Concept. Powering the A6 L e-tron Concept is a parallel hybrid system that ...    Read more

Although its awareness has gone mainstream among consumers, Earth Day dates back more than four decades, to 1970. The first Earth Day pre-dated the 1973 oil crisis that first brought the issue of petroleum dependence to the national consciousness by a few years, but with fuel prices now averaging around ...    Read more