DeVoe to consolidate some of its franchises The News-Press, FL - The DeVoe Automotive Group will be consolidating some of its franchises from Bonita Springs and Naples in order to restructure and streamline its ... DeVoe to consolidate car dealerships DeVoe consolidating its dealerships in Bonita, Naples |
Filed under: Solar, Honda, Green Daily, Pacific Region
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If you are going to bill yourselves as the World's Greenest Automaker, as Honda does from time to time, you'd better be willing to back it up. Luckily, Honda always seems to be looking for a way to do just that. Whether it's by offering the best overall fuel economy in the United States or powering billboards with solar power, Honda is often a step ahead. Wait, hold on... powering billboards with solar power? Yep, in the land of Oz at least, Honda has partnered up with APN Outdoor to create Australia's first eco-friendly outdoor advertisements. The solar panels provide power when possible and a backup electrical connection that gets its power from a green feed is there to pick up the slack. This may be a small thing, but we'll take it. We should also mention that Honda has invested in solar technology itself, with its Soltec subsidiary opening for business in 2006 and now selling panels for residential or commercial use.
[Source: Honda]
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New Formulating Tool For Automotive Appearance Chemicals Product Design & Development, NJ - Dow Corning has launched a new interactive Automotive Appearance Chemicals guide that provides essential formulation and application advice. ... |
 Examiner.com | Automotive Movie of the Month – “The Italian Job” (the 1969 original) Examiner.com - Still, once you get past the cheeky stylings of this period film, you can have a lot of fun with the automotive sequences. I enjoyed some of the rye humor. ... |
The legacy of experimentation with alternative fuels to gasoline is nothing new. It started back in the earliest days of the car in the late 19th century. Alternatives to piston engines are also not new, although none but the Wankel rotary have had any notable commercial success. Starting back in the 1950s, there was a lot of interest in trying to run cars on turbine engines. Turbines had some inherent advantages,including high power density and, most importantly, the ability to run on virtually anything combustible. In the wake of the first Middle East oil embargo, the search for gas alternatives heated up again, and the engineers at General Motors came up with a novel idea: a coal-powered Caddy. The US had plenty of coal, after all, and GM had a turbine engine. The General's engineers therefore built a Cadillac Eldorado with a turbine engine that ran on powdered coal. As a proof of concept, it worked. The car ran fine. As a practical alternative? Not so much. The coal powder was messy and difficult to handle and the engines produced high NOx emissions. Then there was that pesky problem of a re-fueling infrastructure. Where have we heard that one before?
[Source: New York Times]
It's not clean and certainly not green - it's a coal-powered Caddy originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Hybrid, Manufacturing/Plants, Toyota, Green Daily, Japan
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Toyota has announced that all of its 12 production plants in Japan will be shut down for 11 days in February and March thanks to the recent sales drop. Toyota sold about 20,000 fewer Priuses in 2008 than in 2007. According to Automotive News Europe (subs req'd), Toyota already reduced the number of vehicles it will build this business year by almost a million units and this round of closures means there will be even fewer Toyota's built in the coming year. The last time all Japanese Toyota plants were shut at the same time was in 1993. Considering that all Priuses are made in Japan (that Mississippi Prius plant never got off the ground), the Prius supply will be reduced over the 11 days of quiet. The big question is if it'll be down enough to meet demand without excess.
[Source: Automotive News Europe (subs req'd), AP]
Toyota halts all Japanese production - that means the Prius, too - for 11 days originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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 Aviation Week | STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-GKN shares rise on automotive optimism Reuters UK, UK - Shares in British aerospace and automotive engineer GKN Plc (GKN.L) rise 5.5 percent on hopes that the downturn in the automotive industry may have bottomed ... GKN eyeing new customers for wing business |
Filed under: Honda
Last month we learned that Honda had canceled plans to build a new V10-powered replacement replacement for its departed NSX sports car. Now, AutoCar is reporting that several other vehicle programs at Honda have fallen victim to the new economic and environmental reality. In addition to the NSX, Acura was due to get a new rear wheel drive platform and V8 engine for its sedans so they could better compete with products from BMW and Mercedes as well as Infiniti and Lexus. The new architecture and engine are now on ice.
Over on the Honda brand side of the house, two future sporty car programs have also been killed. A replacement for the S2000 roadster will apparently never see the light of day and a convertible version of upcoming CR-Z has also been shelved. The CR-Z hybrid coupe will debut in 2010 based on the new Insight.
[Source: AutoCar]
Honda S2000, CR-Z convertible follow Acura NSX and V8 to scrap heap originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Hendrix threatens suit on Detroit car insurance Detroit Free Press, United States - Even rampant automotive crime doesn’t add up to what Detroiters pay in premiums, he said. Detroit’s automotive rates are the highest in the United States, ... |
Filed under: Diesel, Porsche, India
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Porsche just launched its first modern diesel engine in the Cayenne sport utility vehicle, and the German automaker said when it was first introduced that it was planning on bringing the model to other markets. Considering that the Cayenne is Porsche's best-selling vehicle in India, it's not all that surprising that the oil-burner is slated for an Indian introduction in short order. Even better, according to Car Trade India, "a diesel version of this popular SUV is expected to sell like a hot cake." That sounds good, right?
Currently, Cayenne diesels are produced at Porsche's Leipzig factory, and this is where the Indian Cayenne's will be exported from. Europeans are the first to get the diesel, and they'll officially get the option beginning in February for a base price of €47,250. The 3.0L V6 engine comes from Audi and offers up 240-horsepower and a useful 405 lb-ft of torque.
[Source: Car Trade India]
India getting Porsche Cayenne Diesel originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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