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Even more corn-ethanol?

Can you really go green by going yellow? Well, gas prices are going down, and that means interest in ethanol is also subsiding, at least in terms of consumers. Thus, a number of players in the ethanol industry want to increase the amount of ethanol than can be mixed into gasoline, despite the fact that almost every [...] [...]

Investors Embrace A123, But Challenges Lie Ahead

Puto scripta suavitate ut eum The smash hit IPO of lithium [...] [...]

FORD MOTOR COMPANY ANNOUNCES NEW FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY PLANT TO EXPAND PRODUCTION IN CHINA

Ford Motor Company today announced that its successful joint venture in China – Changan Ford Mazda Automobile (CFMA) – is building a new, state-of-the-art and highly flexible passenger car plant in Chongqing, China, scheduled for completion in 2012. [...]

Ford’s new F150: Should it have been a hybrid?

Would a hybrid version have sold? It’s probably a smart move that the new 2011 F-Series ‘Super Duty’ pickup was only made in gasoline and diesel versions. A hybrid version would have assuredly achieved minimal sales volume. GM has already gone down this hybrid truck path, and without much success, despite the fact that that GM’s dual [...] [...]

35 percent hybrid and EV by 2025

No price difference between a Camry and Camry hybrid? According to a report by Reportlinker, “electric vehicles will penetrate the market rapidly to constitute 35% of the cars made in 2025 – 25% hybrids, 10% pure EV.” Why will we get there? What will cause this big swing towards hybrid vehicles? “Within the decade, it will be possible [...] [...]

Investors Embrace A123, But Is Lithium the New Ethanol?

Puto scripta suavitate ut eum The smash hit IPO of lithium [...] [...]

Honda Unveils New Personal People Mover

Honda U3-X. The race toward sustainable mobility is moving car companies in odd and unexpected directions. For example, Honda today unveiled the U3-X, a compact electric personal mobility device that fits between the rider’s legs to provide movement forward, [...] [...]

Ford: America’s greenest automaker

First to hybrid SUVs Out of 500 companies, Newsweek has picked Ford Motor Company as the 108th most green company in America. A representative from Ford told me that Ford was picked as the sole US automaker in this green list “for its improvements of fuel efficiency to its vehicles and by also having successful programs in [...] [...]