The AFS Trinity SUV Hybrid prototype XH-150 that was displayed at last year’s Detroit Auto Show has seen some recent improvements. This week AFS Trinity announced two new driving modes for the SUV Extreme Hybrid that will assist in getting the car closer to production. The XH-150 SUV Extreme Hybrid boasts 150 mpg. Its two [...]

Barack Obama’s inauguration was watched and celebrated by millions of Americans. Among them were the proud electric vehicle owners and supporters of the Plug In America parade. The parade of electric vehicles was organized to urge the Obama administration to help attain the goal of seeing one million electric vehicles on the road by 2010. [...]

While it would be nice to think that everything that makes for a more eco-friendly auto industry is golden, that isn’t always the case. Anytime an infrastructure is drastically changed people will suffer. And that sucks. And nobody understands that more right now than some of the gas station owners in California. As of this [...]

The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid just got a lot cheaper for potential buyers in the U.S. After being tested by the Environmental Protection Agency its miles per gallon rating of 41 in the city and 36 on the highway qualifies it for the maximum federal tax credit for hybrid vehicles. This means that Ford Fusion [...]

As we previously reported Fiat and Chrysler have struck a deal which sees Fiat receive a 35% stake in Chrysler in return for Chrysler getting to use some of Fiat’s vehicle designs. It’s an important deal for struggling Chrysler which badly needs an injection of good, affordable, gas-efficient small cars. Automotive News is now reporting [...]

Minnesota school buses have apparently been stalling and the blame was falling on the biodiesel that was mixed in with the regular diesel. This wasn’t the cause though according to the National Biodiesel Board’s recent statement. An independent study looked into the issue and found that it was just a diesel related issue in general. [...]

It was recently reported in The Australian that the importing of biofuels by Australia is contributing to the destruction of rainforests in Malaysia Indonesia. The rainforests are being bulldozed in favor of palm oil plantations. Palm oil imports for the purpose of creating biofuel is on the rise due to its low cost and the [...]

President Obama looks to be making good another of his election pledges by signing a presidential memorandum that asks the Environmental Protection Agency to grant 14 states the power to impose stricter standards for automobile emissions and fuel efficiency. It’s a promise that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had asked President Obama to make good on in [...]

We here at Eco Auto Ninja also take hybrids pretty seriously, but, well, we don’t bite people. Well, not often anyway. A female New York City transit passenger bit the arm of a veteran driver because she was extremely pissed to learn that his bus wasn’t a hybrid. “She came on the bus, and she [...]

One of the things electric car manufacturers love about lithium-ion batteries is that lithium is so damn cheap. At less than one dollar per kilogram lithium a an electric car that has a lot of lithium carbonate in it, like the Chevy Volt, would have around $180 of lithium in it. Now that is already [...]