Report: Japan’s fuel cell market could grow 99-fold by 2025

Filed under: Hydrogen , Green Daily , Japan The Big Japanese Three automakers are all working on fuel cell vehicles . This is no surprise, especially to anyone who remembers that, between 1998 and 2004, two out of every three fuel cell patent applications were filed by Japanese companies .

Geneva 2010: DOK-ING XD concept, urban EV from Croatia

Filed under: EV/Plug-in DOK-ING XD concept - Click above for high-res image gallery When you think of the auto industry, there are two names that surely will not come to mind. DOK-ING and Croatia. The last time most Americans thought of Croatia was during the early-1990s during the implosion of Yugoslavia

Car-puccino takes old coffee grinds for a drive

Filed under: Emerging Technologies , Green Daily , UK There are a fair number of puns and clever sayings available to lead off this post. The Daily Mail went with saying this particular car “won’t take the grind out of commuting.” We, though, will go with a line sent in by a reader: “The best part of waking up is driving from your cup!” What are we talking about?

Aurica Motors wants to keep NUMMI open to make electric cars

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Manufacturing/Plants Who the heck is Aurica Motors ?

Scoripion King: 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty Power Stroke Diesel is cleanest ever

Filed under: Diesel , Ford 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty - Click above for high-res image gallery The new 6.7-liter diesel V8 that is debuting in the 2011 Ford Super-Duty pickup trucks is the first such engine ever developed and built in house by that automaker. According to Ford , the new engine, which was code named Scorpion during development, is the cleanest diesel ever put into a Ford. It is the first Ford truck diesel with both a particulate filter and selective catalytic reduction (urea injection) for reduced emissions.

Smith Electric Vehicles US offers to buy out its UK parent

Filed under: EV/Plug-in Smith Electric Vehicles Newton - Click above for high-res image gallery Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. has made an offer to the Tanfield Group to purchase Smith Electric Vehicles

2011 GMC Sierra HD features unique diesel exhaust fluid refill reminders

Filed under: Biodiesel , Diesel , Chevrolet , GM , GMC 2011 GMC Sierra Denali HD - Click above for high-res image gallery Say it with us: 397 horsepower and 765 pound-feet of torque.

Is the cause of runaway Prius stories … other runaway Prius stories?

Filed under: Hybrid , Toyota Second-gen Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery Following weeks of bad news for Toyota involving brake and acceleration problems and millions of recalled vehicles, something kind of strange happened: a second-gen Prius , which had been recalled because there was a potential that the floor mat could cause unintended acceleration, reached 94 miles per hour on a California highway apparently against the driver’s wishes, in a case where the floor mat was not to blame. Two days later, a similar thing happened in New York .

"Fixing the Great Mistake" means switching cars for non-car options [w/video]

Filed under: Green Culture , Transportation Alternatives , Legislation and Policy , Green Daily , USA Fixing the Great Mistake - Click above to watch video after the jump Cities around the world are engaged in quests to reimagine how to best serve the mobility needs of their citizens. Whether it’s Segway-ish vehicles like General Motors’ PUMA or bike sharing , going car-free or thinking about electric buses that get power from the road itself , there are more options now than ever before. One thing that most of these ideas have in common is reducing the emphasis on the automobile as the primary means of transportation for people in urban areas

Fisker says 100,000 plug-in hybrids a year could be built at Delaware plant

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Green Daily , Fisker Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image gallery Fisker Automotive CEO Henrik Fisker gave a presentation at the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce’s annual dinner Monday night about his compnay’s plans to build plug-in vehicles (PHEVs) in Delaware.

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• Report: Japan’s fuel cell market could grow 99-fold by 2025
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• Scoripion King: 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty Power Stroke Diesel is cleanest ever
• Smith Electric Vehicles US offers to buy out its UK parent
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• Is the cause of runaway Prius stories … other runaway Prius stories?
• "Fixing the Great Mistake" means switching cars for non-car options [w/video]
• Fisker says 100,000 plug-in hybrids a year could be built at Delaware plant
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