2018 Mini Cooper S E Countryman All4 review of plug-in hybrid

2018 Mini Cooper S E Countryman All4 plug-in hybrid, Catskill Mountains, NY, July 2017The makers of the 2018 Mini Coooper S E Countryman All4, the unwieldy name for its first plug-in hybrid small crossover utility vehicle, aren't going to make any friends among electric-car fans. That's because the company has included in its marketing the notion that the car's hybrid powertrain should offer some fuel-economy benefits even though...

Scotland fuels car with biobutanol derived from whiskey production

Celtic Renewables biobutanol whiskey fuelElectric cars may receive most of the attention within the realm of alternative propulsion methods, but liquid hydrocarbon fuels will be with us for many decades to come. The challenge then becomes how to reduce the carbon footprint of extracting, transporting, refining, and burning those fuels to reduce the damage they impose on the environment...

Why Robert Bollinger decided an electric utility truck was ‘obvious’

Robert Bollinger on Day One of Bollinger Motors, in empty garage, Hobart, New York, late 2015One week from today, in a pricey supercar club in Manhattan, journalists, electric-car advocates, and perhaps a few celebrities will gather for the unveiling of a new electric vehicle. It's not another fast, luxurious sedan or crossover utility vehicle. Instead, it's an electric utility truck called the Bollinger B1. DON'T MISS: All-electric...

Hyundai-Kia electric-car production to soar to 50,000 next year

2017 Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, Ioniq Electric, and Ioniq Plug-In Korean siblings Hyundai and Kia will aggressively increase production of electric cars next year, according to a report in the Korean press. The production increase comes amid the combined automaker's goal to become the second largest maker of green vehicles (hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and electric cars) by 2020. Hyundai-Kia set the goal in 2014...