Green cards for cash. Yang proposes to finance the project with private money raised in China. He is soliciting investors on the promise of both launching a new car venture and obtaining something attractive to many rich Chinese: an … a former die engineer at General Motors who became CEO of Yang’s project last December — said the cars produced will be “multifuel vehicles,” powered by a combination of gasoline, electric, hybrid and compressed-natural-gas powertrains. …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods. … Among the rare earths that would be most affected in a shortage is neodymium, the key component of an alloy used to make the high-power, lightweight magnets for electric motors of hybrid cars , such as the Prius, Honda Insight and Ford …

It’s basically a diesel-electric hybrid . The fossil-fueled engine’s a 1.5L turbocharged 3-cylinder diesel that will eventually be found in 2011 1-series but BMW found a good use for it now in this green concept. …

Image: BMW Ahead of the Frankfurt Auto Show starting 14 September, BMW is drumming up buzz for a completely new concept car , the Vision EfficientDynamics. BMW today released a video (over the fold) promising all the sporty driving fun of … this “demonstrates that we are planning to be a leader in sustainability, and this mostly by doing it the typical BMW way, namely with passion.” But is it hype or hope for …Read the full story on TreeHugger Industry News, Green Car …

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Generation Green 3. This is my 3rd post for this book and this section is mainly about cars and new developments in the field. Automobile emissions are one of the biggest contributors to global warming. There are approximately 850 millions cars on the road … the Hybrid . Obviously every ones heard of this before but do you know what it does? Hybrid cars use both electricity and gasoline. This means that hybrids produce fewer carbon dioxide emissions than the regular car . …

Given the current movement to go green combined with the high cost of gasoline, the electric car is gaining in popularity The Smart Car has been spotted weaving in and out of New York City traffic. … When Henry Ford started producing automobiles , a car was, well, a car And when Henry s cars had lived out their life and were hauled off to a wrecking yard for burial, they were still a car ; The Spanish SEAT Leon; Americans have long been admirers of the fast and flashy …

Reviewers out there have also mentioned that the Insight produces a significant amount of road noise but that seems like a small sacrifice when you are saving some green . While hybrids are still relatively new to the car scene, auto makers are making considerable improvements. It looks as though hybrid is the way of the future and more consumers are turning to these cars to help save them money. With their incredible fuel efficiency and environmentally friendly features …

As oil prices decreased in the 1990s, the consumer acceptance of hydrous ethanol fueled cars greatly decreased and purchases of gasoline fueled automobiles returned to previous levels. The production and consumption of hydrous ethanol …

Unlike a hybrid car —which is fueled by gasoline and uses a battery and motor to improve efficiency—an electric car is powered exclusively by electricity. Historically, EVs have not been widely adopted because of limited driving range … growing acceptance of global warming, runaway Prius sales, oil price spikes, green marketing galore…The major auto companies went right back to the drawing board and emerged with big plans for electric cars early in the next decade. …