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Archive for January, 2009

BMW's World Green Car Of The Year Follow-Up

Friday, January 30th, 2009

The title of 2008 World Green Car of the Year went to the BMW 118d, a diesel model that acheived incredible fuel economy and minimal carbon emissions.  Rather than be content with the 118d, BMW decided to make some changes and create a car that is even more green than its predecessor, the 116d.

Enterprise Adds More Hybrid Rental Cars

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Enterprise Rent-A-Car claims that they already have the largest rental fleet of hybrid vehicles in the world.  Well, they’re going to widen the margin, because they’ve recently announced that they would add an additional 5,000 hybrid vehicles to their fleet, bringing the total to about 10,000 hybrids.

Forget Formula One Racing, This Is Formula Hybrid

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Formula One Racing is all about fast cars that exemplify the peak of engineering ability.  In 1978, the Society of Automotive Engineers (which has become today’s SAE International organization) put together the Formula-SAE competition where colleges and universities from around the world would design small Formula-style racers and have a race each year.  Three years [...]


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