Saturn burned a little midnight oil tweaking, massaging and bringing new life to the Vue compact SUV. The vehicle’s fresh styling is definitely much more attractive than that which it replaced, except the mechanicals that give it hybrid power remain unchanged. Read our 2008 Saturn Vue Green Line Hybrid review to see what we [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Road Test: 2008 Saturn Vue Green Line Hybrid
March 31, 2008
Solving Homemade Biodiesel Woes
March 28, 2008
Drove by the gas station yesterday, and seeing the price of diesel fuel, I nearly swerved off the road–had a mini intellectual coronary. Diesel fuel was one eye-popping $4.25/gallon. Last year at this time it was like $2.69/gallon. Talk about sticker shock … no wonder we’ve been fielding more and more question about homebrewed biodiesel. [...]
Electric Vehicles at the New York Auto Show
March 26, 2008
Check confused some of the electric drive vehicles on display this week at the New York Auto Show. Scott snagged shots of everything from “currently under development” hydrogen fuel cell powered SUVs and sedans to NEVs and nearly road-ready electric sports cars. We even place a person of consequence a little futuristic and eclectic [...]
Hybrids at the New York Auto Show
March 24, 2008
The New York International Auto Show, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, is open to the public March 21 – 30, 2008.
As we promised in Friday’s blog, here is installment two of the photo galleries from the show. Check out the bevy of hybrids at the 2008 New York Auto Show. [...]
Road Test: 2008 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid
March 23, 2008
Chevrolet is looking to make a statement with the 2008 Malibu. For one, she’s been completely redesigned from the ground-up and a beauty she is, both inside and out.
Even cooler is she can now be had in hybrid trim–but not a full-bore, “you can drive a coupla miles in electric mode” type hybrid. [...]
Will Corn-based Ethanol Go Belly-up?
March 3, 2008
Are the days of day of fasting and easy ethanol profits over? According to a recent CNNMoney.com article, the answer is a resounding yes. With bankruptcy plans and canceled ethanol plants worth $200 million being abandoned (over 50 in the past few months alone), corn prices are taking the blame. With the demand for corn [...]
