CRISIS, AS THEY SAY, is the perfect catalyst for change. GM offshoot Hummer has long been seen as a dinosaur in an increasingly eco-conscious automotive world, however the recently announced agreement to sell the brand to Chinese industrial manufacturing company Sichuan Tengzhong could be just the shot in the arm the marque needs.

Specifically, the deal [...]

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One of BMW’s hydrogen-fuelled 7-series luxury sedans has hit the road and will travel across America as part of the 2008 Hydrogen Road Tour - an event designed to draw attention to the renewable fuel and to help get Congressional support for a USA-wide hydrogen refuelling station network.

While other cars in BMW’s 100-strong Hydrogen 7 [...]

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As far as alternative fuels go, none are more radical than the idea of fueling your car with ordinary water. Japanese company Genepax have apparently developed an on-board system for cars that extracts the hydrogen from water held in a tank and sends the resultant gas to a fuel cell to be turned into electricity [...]

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British sports car maker has announced that they will be developing a new range of low-emissions vehicles in conjunction with the British Government. What kind of vehicles you ask? Perhaps a hybrid Exige S 240 to shuttle around visiting dignitaries? Or maybe some Lotus-tuned suspension for Liz’s biofuel powered horse-drawn state carriage? Nope, instead Lotus [...]

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Toyota Motor Corporation have announced the successful completion of a 560 kilometre journey by an improved version of their FCHV Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle – all on less than one tank of Hydrogen. It just goes to show that while they appear obsessed with petrol-electric hybrids Toyota have plans afoot to make the current [...]

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Audi to launch the cleanest diesel in the world

• Audi will be first manufacturer to meet future emissions
• High-volume model series to include ‘e’ models in future
• Integrated strategy cuts fuel consumption and emissions

From mid-2008 Audi will be putting the cleanest diesel technology in the world into series production. The new TDI engines with their ultra-low [...]

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