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PC Magazine
February 1, 2006
Bill Howard |
Why Buy a Hybrid? Make a hybrid out of the diesel car and you'd likely cut emissions further.   |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
John Voelcker |
Plug-ins and Hybrids and Diesels, Oh My! Two automotive conferences show the impact of public policy on core vehicle designs |
Popular Mechanics
September 10, 2009
Larry Webster |
The Future of Diesel in the US: Analysis Ford and GM -- and now Chrysler -- have access to perfectly competent diesel cars produced by their European arms. And there's still a steady, slow increase of diesels, mostly from the German manufacturers. |
Scientific American
August 2007 |
Worse Than Gasoline Liquid coal would produce roughly twice the global warming emissions of gasoline. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
John Voelcker |
How Green Is My Plug-In? The carbon impact of the millions of electric vehicles soon to hit the road will depend on the grids that supply them. |
PC Magazine
April 19, 2006
Bill Howard |
Diesel Cars Are Back What would it take to get you into a diesel engine car? Diesel now runs clean, has no engine clatter, is now the main fuel for some airplanes, and has recently been used in the Audi that won the 12 hour endurance race. |
BusinessWeek
February 20, 2006
Gail Edmondson |
Diesel Gets Cleaner And Greener Daimler's new engine beats hybrids for pep and fuel efficiency, but it's not cheap. |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
David Welch |
Diesel Deserves A Second Chance It costs less and blows by gas on mileage but faces serious roadblocks in the U.S. |
Car and Driver
March 2004
Frank Markus |
Tech Stuff: Diesel's Last Stand? Diesels now offer superior performance, fuel economy, and longevity, but have CARB and the EPA made outlaws of them? |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2006
Brian Gorman |
Honda Delivers Diesel? A new diesel engine, if affordable, could allow Honda to lap its rivals. |
BusinessWeek
October 30, 2006
David Kiley & Ian Rowley |
Honda's Green (Diesel) Machine Its new engine is clean and efficient but still could be a tough sell in America. |
Popular Mechanics
April 29, 2009
Dave Hubbard |
Biodiesel Barriers: Why New Diesel Engines Aren't Compatible With B100 I have been experimenting with making biodiesel for a few years now, and I am constantly watching what others in this field do as well. |
The Motley Fool
November 21, 2008
Chris Jones |
5 Automotive Plays for Hope-Fueled Investors Let's look at a few of the key players moving the automotive industry toward greener pastures. |
Popular Mechanics
April 20, 2009
Tyghe Trimble |
The Footprint of Air Pressure: CO 2 Comparison Tata Motors announced plans to build an super-green air-powered car. But is using the grid to compress air any more efficient than a hybrid's gas-electric power train or a regular combustible engines? Here are the calculations. |
Knowledge@Wharton
September 10, 2003 |
Hybrid Autos: Will the Big Three Catch up with Toyota and Honda? The news that Toyota outsold Chrysler in August to take the No.3 position in U.S. car sales for the first time focuses attention on a growth area where all three U.S. manufacturers are lagging several years behind -- the market for gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles. |
Salon.com
September 11, 2000
Damien Cave |
Ecofriendly wheels can't get a break Despite being ultra-low-emission vehicles, hybrids are denied government incentives, while dirtier competitors get the OK. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2004
Brian Gorman |
DaimlerChrysler's Growth Engine? DaimlerChrysler may be on to something with its diesel push. |
National Defense
February 2009
Frodl & Manoyan |
Converting U.S. Car Park to Hybrids Should Be Priority One Reducing personal vehicle demand for gasoline is the quickest and most effective way to cut our consumption of crude oil, and by extension, make our nation more secure. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2006
Mike Allen |
How far can you drive on a bushel of corn? Before we can debate national energy policy -- or even decide which petroleum substitutes might make sense for our personal vehicles -- we need to know how these things stack up in the real world. So we crunched the numbers on alternative fuels. |
IndustryWeek
August 19, 2009
Jonathan Katz |
Electric Cars Spark Debate Suppliers suggest clean diesel holds more promise in the near future, while OEMs push onward with hybrid and electric developments. |
Chemistry World
July 23, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
'Acid soot' worsens smog Researchers in the US say soot particles in the atmosphere combine with other pollutants to pick up an acid coating that may worsen their influence on local smog and global warming. |
BusinessWeek
July 12, 2004
David Welch |
California Rules, Detroit Quakes U.S. carmakers are balking at proposed regs that would cut carbon dioxide emissions. |
BusinessWeek
May 22, 2006
Welch & Aston |
Fill 'Er Up -- But With What? An alternative to gasoline is inevitable, but it won't come anytime soon for Americans. Here's why. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007
John Blau |
Carbon Caps Coming For European Cars Transportation is the one sector of the European economy where carbon emissions have been rising rapidly. A strict emissions cap of 120 grams would rule out most models that carmakers Audi, BMW, and Mercedes now produce, not to mention Porsche, the biggest carbon emitter. |
Chemistry World
April 18, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Bioethanol Fuel 'as Big a Health Risk as Gasoline' The use of ethanol as a gasoline substitute for motor vehicles may not be the environmental panacea that its proponents would have us believe, according to a U.S. atmospheric scientist. |
Fast Company
November 1, 2007
Clive Thompson |
Motorhead Messiah Johnathan Goodwin can get 100 mpg out of a Lincoln Continental, cut emissions by 80%, and double the horsepower. Does the car business have the guts to follow him? |
AskMen.com
Patrick Rowlings |
Diesel Cars: 6 To Choose From Diesels used to be notorious for poor performance and smoky black emissions, but that's all changed. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2007
John Voelcker |
Eyes on the Prize Here, the author sits in on energy equivalence debates -- with millions of dollars for a "100 mpg car" riding on the results. The impetus for the session -- and the Auto X Prize itself -- is the growing awareness of climate change. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
ADM Wins Biodiesel Bet The agribusiness giant should benefit from new EPA regulations on diesel. |
The Motley Fool
May 10, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Daimler's Diesel Bet The automaker's diesel initiative is off to a small start in the U.S., but the effort could have a large payoff. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009 |
Why the Chevy Volt Doesn't Add Up Plug-in hybrids with big batteries, like the Chevy Volt, may never save consumers any money. |
Geotimes
May 2005
Sara Pratt |
Soot From Indian Cooking A new study says that residential cooking -- with stoves that burn wood, crop waste and dried animal manure -- is actually the largest source of soot emissions in India. Understanding this pollution source could have an important role in bettering both air quality and climate models. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars of 2009 Electric-drive cars take second place to sheer survival. |
Geotimes
October 2004
Megan Sever |
Fuel Economies, Part I Although scientists are striving to have a mass-producible hydrogen fuel cell car in 10 to 15 years as well, the more realistic timeline is probably 50 years. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2004
Brian Gorman |
The Greenhouse Gas War California's latest emission proposal is likely to cause headaches for Detroit. |
Reason
October 2004
Adrian Moore |
Hydrogen Hot Air In most cases fueling cars with hydrogen would make little net difference in emissions of greenhouse gases, and in some cases would even increase them. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2005
Willie D. Jones |
Take This Car And PLUG IT Customer-modified hybrids can be propelled exclusively by their electric motors for, in some cases, more than 30 kilometers without their gasoline engines ever turning on. The factory-built Prius can run on electricity only, but for just a kilometer or two. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2006
Wise & Hutchinson |
The Truth About Hydrogen Can the simplest element in the universe really power our homes, fuel our cars and reduce our contribution to global warming? PM crunches the numbers on the real hydrogen economy. |
BusinessWeek
August 16, 2004
John Carey |
Global Warming Consensus is growing among scientists, governments, and business that they must act fast to combat climate change. This has already sparked efforts to limit CO2 emissions. Many companies are now preparing for a carbon-constrained world. |
National Defense
September 2009
Frodl & Manoyan |
National Security and Energy: Setting the Right Priorities The Center for Naval Analyses report, "Powering America's Defenses: Energy and the Risks to National Security," makes a case that national security interests are consistent with concerns about climate change. |
Chemistry World
May 18, 2012
Anthony King |
Ultra-low sulfur jet fuel on the radar The costs and benefits of introducing ultra-low sulfur fuel for aviation have been weighed up in a new study, and there are unexpected pros and cons for the environment. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2004
Chris Mallon |
Great Gas Phaseout Record-high gas prices are putting a renewed focus on alternative fuel vehicles. |
Geotimes
March 2007
Linda Rowan |
A Change in Climate in Congress: To Act or Not To Act Because some state and local governments are taking action, Congress will need to set some federal standards in the near term. The nation can ill-afford a hodge-podge of regulations and policies on climate change across the country. |
National Defense
August 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Hydrogen Fuel Cells to Power Homes, Vehicles in Japan Next year, companies including Panasonic, Toshiba and Toyota will begin selling residential fuel cell systems across the nation, says Hisashi Yano, director of the Japan Hydrogen Fuel Cell demonstration park. |
Wired
April 2005
Brendan I. Koerner |
Rise of the Green Machine In a nation of gas-guzzlers, Toyota made hybrids cool. Now the world's number-two automaker wants to make the internal combustion engine obsolete. |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Word of the Day: Sequestration GE and BP work together to stem global warming. These global giants certainly have the scale and resources to make it happen. |
IndustryWeek
November 16, 2011
Josh Cable |
Big Green Machines While consumer interest in alternative-fuel vehicles has been lukewarm, the commercial-vehicle industry is shifting into high gear with green technology. |
Entrepreneur
June 2005
Jill Amadio |
Clean Up Your Act Going green when you purchase your next business car is getting easier, and your choices include more than just hybrids. With the new crop of low-emission cars, it's easy being green. |
BusinessWeek
April 26, 2004
David Welch |
Gentlemen, Start Your Hybrids Ford, Toyota, and Honda are betting on a payoff. GM and others aren't so sure |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2008
John Voelcker |
Detroit Auto Show: Diesels Turn Green and Eco-Friendly Hybrid cars took a backseat to diesels, and GM went on an eco-offensive, but pickup trucks were still the big deal at the Detroit auto show |
