VW Passat TSI EcoFuel Trendine is the greenest car in Europe

The popular drivers’ association of Germany, ADAC, considers the VW Passat TSI EcoFuel Trendine with natural gas (CNG) is the greenest European car today. This is the consequence of ADAC’s ECOT, where the car hit 92 points out of the perfect score of 100. It garnered awards during the test for pollutants (50/50 points) together with real-world fuel economy and carbon emissions of 139g/km, where it scored 42/50. The vehicle utilizes 4.9kg of natural gas every 100km. Toyota Prius, which scored

DEBUT ON THE NORDSCHLEIFE: VOLKSWAGEN SCIROCCO POWERED BY NATURAL GAS

Posted 17th April, 2009 in Volkswagen | Leave a commentAt the 24-Hour Race on the Nurburgring on 23/24 May, Volkswagen will field two Scirocco cars with innovative natural gas engines.Following the historic one-two victory at the Dakar Rally in January, which Volkswagen won as the first automobile manufacturer using diesel technology in the event, the Wolfsburg brand is now taking on another technical challenge – the use of EcoFuel engines in the endurance test twice around the clock on the worl

Charlie Rose Bob Nardelli September 12 2008

Charlie Rose Bob Nardelli September 12 2008

A conversation with Bob Nardelli, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chrysler

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The Engine Counts

The Engine Counts

This 1 hour program presents five different electric and hybrid car developers presenting their ideas and also gives a justification for why electric cars and hybrid cars are better. It also looks at the environmental issues involved and at the strengths and weaknesses of the internal combustion engine. It was produced for public television initially and is revealing and insightful.

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1 Star Interesting piece of history
This 1998 documentary (sponsored by Honda) appears to have been made just before Honda or Toyota introduced their production hybrid cars and before GM decided to crush their EV1 electrics cars (See Who Killed the Electric Car?).

About 30 of the 57 minutes are spent on a very general explanation of smog and the history of the American automobile. The remaining 27 minutes include segments on a guy who guts old Datsuns and sticks in electric motors, a New York cabbie who drives on natural gas, a competition amongst several universities to make a car that pollutes less and gets more miles per gallon, plus interviews with many experts.

Unfortunately, most of the material is now badly dated. You don’t hear much about natural gas cars any more because the price of natural gas skyrocketed a few years back (as near as I can recall). You don’t hear about any of the mainstream electric cars because they were all destroyed as soon as California backed down on their zero emission requirement.

The only thing “on target” is that the winner of the college competition was a hybrid, the only type of alternative vehicle you or I can go out and buy today, nine years later.

Save your money and go buy “Who killed the electric car”. Oh, and BTW, the DVD wouldn’t play on my most reliable Sony player, I had to try another.

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Charlie Rose with Jessica Tuchman Mathews Charles Boyd G Richard Wagoner October 11 2002

Charlie Rose with Jessica Tuchman Mathews Charles Boyd G Richard Wagoner October 11 2002

Jessica Mathews, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and General Charles Boyd have a conversation about the situation in Iraq and the need for an ultimatum. The American government is currently considering sending in a new inspection force to assess the status of Iraqi arms. Also, G. Richard Wagoner, the President and CEO of General Motors discusses the success of his company and how GM plans to approach fuel cells and hybrid cars.

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