Italian high-end designer Italdesign came up with this wankel rotary engine powered hybrid car… More info on the Italdesign Hybrid can be found at Green Cars are Great!
Today, with their innovative concept, Italdesign revealed that the hybrid coupe is a two-seater and can achieve a top speed on the road at 186 miles per hour, or 300 kilometers per hour. It can also be accelerated from an amazing zero to 62 miles per hour in less than 4 seconds.
Two engineering programs are being run by Orbital Corporation Ltd. and Sygma Motors in Brazil for heavy duty and fuel efficient engines targeted to be sold to Vale Solutions in Energy (VSE). Vale Solutions is Sygma’s sole partner in engine development.
The FlexDI technology of Orbital was selected as blueprint for the new FlexFuel engines that Sygma Motors is currently developing. The technology application will begin with an engine testing and development program which is worth around US$1.1 million.
Included in these engineering programs is the development of a spark-ignited ethanol combustion system. This spark-ignited ethanol combustion system is pegged to be used during the team-up’s public demonstration. The ethanol combustion system is also targeted to replace the existing diesel application systems being used now.
The three companies are also set to collaborate on flex-fuel OEs and other retrofit applications for commercial vehicles with either diesel-pilot ignition for Ethanol and CNG fuels, or spark-ignition FlexDI.
It has been reported that Audi, through its top executives, has approved 
the project for a wide range of Audi eco-friendly cars to come in the next 6 years. It will include five units to be called E1 to E5, reports say. We found more info at Audi Talk!
In the recent year, Audi was open to the ‘green campaign’ even on automobiles. This is in line with the unified efforts of different industries to be more conscious of the environment’s state. True enough, Audi is with this campaign.
Why the next six years?
Lotus has long been envied for producing super light super cars. Amid the auto world which is focusing on developing more efficient cars, Lotus showed interest on producing fast electric cars. They may do it before 2009 ends.
The name of the game for Lotus and Colin Chapman, the designer who pioneered the sportscar line of the brand, is to add lightness to the car. This means that the Lotus sports car are efficient speed monsters that can save a lot of fuel and less wear on the tires.
The efficiency of the design of the car serves as an advantage during races where the Lotus needs lesser pit than competitors like Ferrari and Mercedes-Benz. To date, the Lotus philosophy of being light lives on and production line uses light weight extruded-aluminum.
This Peugeot runs on Diester Biodiesel (50/50 mixture between Diesel & Biodiesel). The Total Diester cup Peugeot RC is an absolute beauty, boasts a 200 bhp HDMI diesel engine.
With this green racer, Peugeot Cars wants to really up the ante in the “Green Racing” field. We are the Green Car Site really support them!
The unveiling of the Honda FC Sport in the L.A. 
Auto Show provides a glimpse of the future of the highways without carbon emissions. The concept car from the Japanese manufacturer uses the technology of the FCX Clarity Sedan.
The performance of the Honda FC Sport aims to please car enthusiasts through a world far from petroleum. According to manufacturers, it is called a sports car because it is designed to run like one in the near hydrogen auto world of the future.
The V Flow fuel cell technology of Honda is being maximized by coupling it with a very lightweight sports car that has excellent aerodynamics, powerful engine, and no emissions at all.
For long sports cars and green cars have been on both ends of a climate-spectrum so to speak. In the last couple months however, we’ve seen the Fisker Karma, a hydrogen Mazda rx-8s and a great Venturi…
Well, today we found another great addition to this sporty set of environmentally friendly cars — the Climax Supercar. According to the official Climax Cars site:
“The Climax is a British mid engine two seat open sports car that can run on Bio-ethanol. Inspiration for the design came from the legendary Cooper Climax F1 car of the 50’s and is drawing on Britain’s vast Motor Sport Heritage while keeping a firm eye to the future. It is not a retro car, it is a modern Super Car designed with the discerning enthusiast in mind. It is revolutionary and has been designed to set a new standard in the niche vehicle sports car market.”
It looks good too!
Japan based world’s leading automobile manufacturer, Toyota Motors, has taken the lead in the automobile industry to explore the area of alternative car fuels. The addiction to oil in the automobile industry is changed and Toyota Motors revolutionize the concept of alternative car fuels.
Toyota Motors have unveiled the successful alternative fuel car models, which are empowered by hydrogen gas and the vehicle can travel more than 500 miles with a single tank of hydrogen. The hydrogen based cars face the only problem of not finding the filling station for the public. The hydrogen based cars raise the demand for enhancement for the supportive infrastructure in the market.
The basic technology of a fuel cell is conversion of hydrogen into water chemically. The hydrogen is allowed to react with oxygen chemically and produce water. While this conversion process takes place electricity is produced. This electricity is used to run the car. Thus the chemical energy produced in the fuel cell is converted into mechanical energy.
There are several advantages for this method of using hydrogen. One is that it is pollution free. When a petroleum derivative like petrol or diesel oil is used the vehicle emits dangerous gases like carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. Both these gases are injurious to the health of the human race itself. In the long run the atmosphere will be filled with unmanageable quantity of carbon dioxide. The carbon monoxide is soon converted into carbon dioxide drawing additional oxygen from the atmosphere. If inhaled directly, carbon monoxide can be lethal.
In the never ending search for feedstocks to make alternative fuels, Sweden has come up with an inventive way to use confiscated liquor that residents have tried to smuggle into the country. Evidently, beer, wine and alcohol are quite expensive in local Swedish liquor stores so many people travel to bordering countries such as Denmark and Germany to stockpile the same liquor which can be purchased much cheaper. But custom regulations state that only a certain quantity may be imported into the country, thus the overage is confiscated when tourists return.
In past years, the bottles of liquor were simply poured down the drains. In recent years, however, since it is considered detrimental to pour the liquids into the sewage system and water supplies, other uses were found. One of those uses was in the preparation of environmentally friendly fertilizer.