Ford updates its Fusion Hybrid for 2013 and adds a plug-in verstion

? 2013 Ford Fusion hybrid Ford news from the recently held North American International Auto Show in Detroit: the Ford Fusion hybrid will get a major makeover (both inside and out) for 2013. Along with the new hybrid version of the Fusion, Ford will also be releasing a plug-in (PHEV) version of the Fusion, to Related posts: USA Today test drives the new 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid The LA Times reviews the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Hybrid news – Honda Insight goes on sale this week, while the Ford Fusion Hybrid may not quite be living up to its EPA mpg numbers

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Volkswagen announced Jetta Hybrid and shows off new electric Beetle concept – the E-Bugster

? Volkswagen E-Bugster VW 2013 Jetta Hybrid It won’t be officially announced until the North American International Auto Show opens its doors tomorrow (Jan 9th, 2012), but there’s been some leaks about what Volkswagen has planned. Two big announcements are due from VW – they’re going to be showing off a new Jetta Hybrid Related posts: New York Times review of the Green Car of the Year – the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Treehugger test drives the Volkswagen 2011 Touareg hybrid Hyundai’s new hybrid concept – Blue-Will

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Volkswagen announced Jetta Hybrid and shows off new electric Beetle concept – the E-Bugster

? Volkswagen E-Bugster VW 2013 Jetta Hybrid It won’t be officially announced until the North American International Auto Show opens its doors tomorrow (Jan 9th, 2012), but there’s been some leaks about what Volkswagen has planned. Two big announcements are due from VW – they’re going to be showing off a new Jetta Hybrid Related posts: New York Times review of the Green Car of the Year – the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Treehugger test drives the Volkswagen 2011 Touareg hybrid Hyundai’s new hybrid concept – Blue-Will

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U.S. Army developing new fuel efficient Humvees

FED Alpha The Army is currently working on two new prototype Humvees, with the goal of dramatically reducing the amount of fuel they use while still providing the same protection that the current fleet of up-armored Humvees have. (The technically correct name of a Humvee is actually HMMWV, or High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle). The Related posts: Transonic Combustion developing ultra-efficient gasoline engine Toyota planning $50,000 fuel cell car in 2015 Nissan aiming to release a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle by 2015

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Honda unveils several new green technologies at the Tokyo Motor Show

Honda showed off quite a bit of new tech at last week’s Tokyo Motor show, including an all-electric version of the compact Fit, and a series of new hybrid powertrains that Honda is calling EarthDreams. ? The new hybrid system will use two electric motors, which will let Honda build their first plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Related posts: Honda’s cool looking hybrid and electric cars to be shown at the Tokyo Motor Show Green Tech at the Frankfurt Motor Show Green Motors and Toyota at Tokyo

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Nissan aiming to release a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle by 2015

Nissan is currently working on a next generation hydrogen powered car with plans to release it around 2015. While Nissan and other companies have shown off hydrogen powered concept cars, Nissan’s new announcement is coupled with the release of its next generation hydrogen fuel cell stack, claiming that the new hydrogen fuel cell stack Related posts: Toyota planning $50,000 fuel cell car in 2015 Road Trip: Toyota fuel-cell hybrid vehicle completes long-distance jaunt UPS expands testing of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles

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U.S. Navy successfully tests biofuel powered ship

Navy destroyer using biofuel The U.S. Air Force has been grabbing all the biofuel headlines with a string of recent successes in flying their planes on a 50/50 mix of biofuel and JP-8 fuel. But now it’s the Navy’s turn. Earlier this month the Navy successfully tested their first biofuel powered ship in a Related posts: Virgin jet to use biofuel blend in test flight US F-22 Raptor stealth fighter flies on biofuel US Air Force success – first flight using 50/50 mix of biofuel and jet fuel

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U.S. small wind power showing good growth in 2010

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is out with their Small Wind Turbine Market Report for 2011, and its showing continued strong growth in the use of small wind turbines at home, schools, farms and businesses. A wind turbine is considered “small” if it produces less than 100 kilowatts of electricity and are ideal for Related posts: Wind power growth gusts strongly in USA in 2007 Wind power shows large increase in US – now 39% of all new electrical generation US continues to lead the world in Wind Power Growth

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Puerto Rico wind and solar farms being built to reduce dependence on oil

Puerto Rico currently relies on oil to generate 68 percent of its power needs, and power costs on the island are currently twice as much as on the U.S. mainland. But Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuno has recently announced projects designed to reduce the island’s dependence on oil. This month he announced both Related posts: UK announces world’s largest wind farms Reunion Power to reduce town’s electric bills in exchange for wind farm North Dakota Electric Co-op completes a 115.5 MW wind farm

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Frito-Lay plant goes near net zero

Frito Lay solar concentrators Frito-Lay, the company that brings you Cheetos, Doritos, and lots of other tasty snacks, has made substantial changes to its manufacturing plant in Casa Grande, Arizona to create what it can arguably state is the “greenest” manufacturing plant in the U.S. The plant, which is the first food plant to achieve Related posts: Solar / natural gas power plant hybrids Global Resource – Squeezing oil and gas from old tires and other stuff Natural Gas to Liquids Plant coming to the U.S.

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