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2024 Toyota Land Cruiser 1958 4WD Wagon Hybrid – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

2024 Toyota Land Cruiser 1958 4WD Wagon Hybrid – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

It’s the real deal! Photos and Story by David Colman Special Correspondent to THE AUTO CHANNEL Just when you thought the Land Cruiser had disappeared from the face of the earth like a victim of the La Brea tar pits, Toyota has resuscitated their classic off roader from extinction. ... Continue reading

Bollinger B4 Chassis Cab Achieves Certificate of Conformity from Environmental Protection Agency Bollinger Motors

Bollinger B4 Chassis Cab Achieves Certificate of Conformity from Environmental Protection Agency Bollinger Motors

Certification a Key Step to Sell Zero-Emission TrucksOAK PARK, Mich., June 24, 2024 -- Bollinger Motors, Inc., an electric commercial vehicle ( ... Continue reading

The Bob Lutz Prophesies - How Did He Do? +VIDEO

The Bob Lutz Prophesies - How Did He Do? +VIDEO

AUTO CENTRAL - August 24, 2015: About 8 years ago, Bob Lutz visited the Western Automotive Journalists in Northern California. At the time, Bob was General Motors' vice chairman. He had just come up from Los Angeles where he was the primary presenter at the GM and Chevrolet Press Conference at the Los Angeles Auto Show ... Continue reading

You CAN Stop Living Life As An Enslaved Gasoline Vassal, Break Their Chains Use Ethanol Fuel

You CAN Stop Living Life As An Enslaved Gasoline Vassal, Break Their Chains Use Ethanol Fuel

An ethanol blend powered the first internal combustion engine; it powered Nicholas Otto's first automobile; it powered Henry Ford's first vehicle, and that the GM scientists who invented leaded petrol considered ethanol the Fuel of the Future. ... Continue reading

Who Killed GM's EV1 Electric Car? +VIDEO

Who Killed GM's EV1 Electric Car? +VIDEO

A Provocative Question With Half an Answer By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau I felt like a privileged fellow a few weeks ago at a suburban Detroit cinema when I was invited to attend the preview of a new car movie starring Phyllis Diller, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks and Martin Sheen. Not an adventure, not a co ... Continue reading

US Department of Energy Funded American Battery Technology Company Hosts Secretary DOE Boss Jennifer Granholm

US Department of Energy Funded American Battery Technology Company Hosts Secretary DOE Boss Jennifer Granholm

RENO, Nev., June 21, 2024 -- American Battery Technology Company , an integrated critical battery materials company that is commercializing its technologies for both primary battery minerals manufacturing and secondary minerals lithium-ion battery recycling, hosted U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm ... Continue reading

Jane Fonda, Wendy Schmidt, Supervisor Holly Mitchell, and Nalleli Cobo Team Up in New Ad Standing Up to Big Oil's Dangerous November Ballot Referendum

Jane Fonda, Wendy Schmidt, Supervisor Holly Mitchell, and Nalleli Cobo Team Up in New Ad Standing Up to Big Oil's Dangerous November Ballot Referendum

Ad Campaign Featuring Strong Women Urges Voters to "Keep" California's 2022 Law Protecting Schools and Neighborhoods from Toxic Oil Drilling SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 21, 2024 -- Today, the Campaign for a Safe and Healthy California released a new ad featuring actor/activist Jane Fonda, philanthropist Wendy Schmidt, Los ... Continue reading

Daimiler Truck Cellcentric starts pilot production of fuel cell systems

Daimiler Truck Cellcentric starts pilot production of fuel cell systems

Next step towards preparing Europe's largest fuel cell production in a new factory in Weilheim towards the end of the decade Esslingen/Germany - A key milestone for the climate-neutral transport of tomorrow: cellcentric inaugurates pilot production for fuel cell systems at the Esslingen-Pliensauvorstadt site, taking an ... Continue reading

From Cox Automotive News - June 20, 2024

From Cox Automotive News - June 20, 2024

It is muggy and hot in the Motor City this week, but like all good Midwesterners, we know the weather changes around here – this heat wave may last a while, but we can wait. For those of us closely following the auto industry, there seems to be a lot of waiting these days. Waiting for inventory to build. ... Continue reading

2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) - Review by Larry Nutson

2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) - Review by Larry Nutson

Volvo XC90 has an overall premium look and feel with nicely elegant interior and a stylish exterior. ... Continue reading

2024 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid - Review by Bruce Hotchkiss +VIDEO

2024 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid - Review by Bruce Hotchkiss +VIDEO

Just Like The Rav4 Only A Little Smaller ... Continue reading

Toyota and Pepco Team Up to Research Vehicle-to-Grid Technology in Maryland

Toyota and Pepco Team Up to Research Vehicle-to-Grid Technology in Maryland

This collaborative effort aims to research sustainable energy solutions and provide local energy grid resilience PLANO, Texas and WASHINGTON, June 17, 2024 -- Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) and local energy utility Pepco are working together on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) research for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) us ... Continue reading

California Governor Dismisses Groundbreaking SEMA-Sponsored Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project - "No Budget For Conversions", Reinforces Truth That Climate Change Is Scam

California Governor Dismisses Groundbreaking SEMA-Sponsored Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project - "No Budget For Conversions", Reinforces Truth That Climate Change Is Scam

DIAMOND BAR, Calif., June 15, 2024 -- SEMA - the Specialty Equipment Market Association - is deeply disappointed that California's Senate Bill (SB) 301, legislation aimed at incentivizing the conversion of gas and diesel-powered cars into Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs), was vetoed by California Governor Gavin Newsom. Co ... Continue reading

A Week In The Life Of An Auto Writer - 2024 MAMA Spring Rally

A Week In The Life Of An Auto Writer - 2024 MAMA Spring Rally

A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF AN AUTO WRITER MAMA Spring Rally 2024 By Steve Purdy Shunpiker Productions Michigan Bureau TheAutoChannel.com It’s tough work, but someone has to do it. Someone has to travel to the Road America racing facility, near the lovely tourist village of Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, each spring to spend a f ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrap-up June 9-15, 2024

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrap-up June 9-15, 2024

Top automotive story picks from this past week, important to you, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive news nuggets. ... Continue reading

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