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Not Done Yet: Hummer H3, H3T get biofuel capability, new colors for 2010

Can a Hummer be green? The brand that most obviously represents American excess in the minds of environmentalists – though Hummer's vehicles aren't actually any worse than any other large SUV – has seemingly been fighting off its negative stigma since shortly after the introduction of the larger-than-life H2. Part of the brand's hopeful transformation includes giving each model a flex-fuel variant, and the latest application of that principle is seen on the 2010 H3 and H3T. Interestingly, the engine that gets the E85 ... Read more →

Eating his words: Michael Pollan retracts Hummer-vegan/Prius-meat-eater comment Sebastian Blanco

Want to give your public pronouncement a little zing? Try throwing in the words Hummer and Prius and imply that the SUV is better for the earth than the Prius. CNW sure knows the value of making the ...

AM General to build CNG-powered VPG MV-1 people-mover at Hummer H2 factory Jeremy Korzeniewski

Remember the Standard Taxi from the Vehicle Production Group? It's now called the MV-1, and production is slated to begin next year at the AM General plant in Mishawaka, Indiana. That's the same ...

GM sells HUMMER to Tengzhong for $150M, what happens to the vitriol? Sebastian Blanco

Tengzhong's plan to make a green Hummer can now officially move forward. GM and the China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery company announced today that a deal to sell off the brand ...

STUDY: Hummer owners believe they've made "a highly moral consumption choice" Jeremy Korzeniewski

There probably isn't any one passenger vehicle on earth that earns more ire from environmentalists than the Hummer H2. While the reality of the matter is that most Hummers aren't really much worse ...

Confirmed: HUMMER buyer plans new green model 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Despite what could be construed as opposition by the Chinese government towards Tengzhong's bid to purchase the HUMMER division from General Motors, the company is still working towards finalizing the sale by October of this year and on future environmentally-friendly models. According to Yang ...

Is selling HUMMER the morally correct thing to do? [w/POLL] 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

GM's potential sale of HUMMER to Tengzhong is probably good news for those interested in seeing the company return to independent and profitable status as quickly as possible (and also Rush Limbaugh). GM can shed the negative political association of the land monsters and get some money in return. ...

Xinhua: Hummer is "an exaggerated and extreme example of a disregard for the environment" 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors' HUMMER division has long been the whipping boy of the environmental movement, and now even the Chinese government seems to be getting in on the act. Quoting Richard Wottrich, International Managing Director at investment banking firm Dresner Partners, the state-run Chinese media ...

REPORT: Independent Hummer sees alt-fuel model within five years, still looking at H4 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Now that General Motors has officially offloaded the HUMMER brand to Chinese machinery and equipment manufacturer Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company Ltd., the next logical question is where does the brand go from here? Perhaps the best person to answer that question would be ...

GM in talks to sell HUMMER to Chinese company Tengzhong 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

When GM finds a buyer for the HUMMER brand, its CAFE levels will be affected in a positive (if very minor, because the H2 is not counted in CAFE figures) way. This isn't the only reason why the General might want to shed itself of the large vehicle division - it's a political liability, too - but ...

Americans "need" big trucks, says Sen. Hatch, and the Raser Hummer EV is just right 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Worried that the Obama Administration's latest CAFE requirements will put the hurt to big trucks? Fret not, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has got your back. At an event held in the nation's capital, Hatch got the chance to pilot the extended-range electric HUMMER H3 from Raser Technologies that ...

SAE 2009: Raser unveils 100 mpg ER-EV Hummer H3 prototype 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Raser Technologies unveiled the prototype vehicle for its extended range electric vehicle yesterday morning at the SAE World Congress. Raser and development partners FEV took the iconic bad boy of the environmental movement, a Hummer H3 and merged it with a powertrain very much like what's in a ...

Does a scooter pollute more than a HUMMER? Not likely 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

We've run across recent reports on the internet that suggest that scooters pollute more than HUMMERS (any SUV, really). If true, that would be a shot across the bow of many scooterists who like to think they are making a conscious effort to have a smaller impact on the environment. So, is it true? ...

SAE 2009: Raser's PHEV is a 100 mpge HUMMER 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last week, we heard news that Raser had teamed up with FEV to develop a plug-in hybrid powertrain for large trucks, but we weren't yet sure what the first platform to get the extended-range electric hardware would be. Now, we know. Interested? Hint: it's from what's generally accepted as the least ...

Mars Institute to drive HUMMER-based rover through Northwest Passage 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

It might seem a bit paradoxical to drive a HUMMER for 1,200 miles across the thin ice of the Northwest Passage with the goal of investigating climate change in the arctic circle, but that's exactly what a crew from the Mars Institute is planning to do. The team will be charting the thickness of ...

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick considers "Hummer Tax" 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) is said to be considering adjusting registration fees skyward for large, gas-guzzling vehicles while discounting the same for fuel-saving models. The controversial legislation has earned the nickname "Hummer Tax" since it is rather obviously geared towards ...

GM sold 2,555 hybrids in December, HUMMER sales cut in half 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

All things considered, it appears that we think of GM's 2,555 hybrid sales in December a success. GM's press release (posted after the jump) certainly makes it all smell like roses. The 2.5k deliveries are up from the 1,957 hybrids the General sold in September. At that time, GM was averaging about ...

Does an LPG conversion make this HUMMER green? 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

One one hand, we have the HUMMER H2, which is pretty much the least green vehicle on the road; indeed, if the Prius is the standard bearer by which others are judged, the H2 is the pallbearer. On the other hand, we have liquefied petroleum gas. LPG, as it's more commonly referred, burns much ...

Broken record: MINI sales up, HUMMER sales down 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After taking a look at Autoblog's By the Numbers post for last month's U.S. sales figures, um, we need a drink. Seriously, it looks really bad. Except for one little bright spot from... drum roll please... MINI, yet again. As has been the case all year, the HUMMER brand was hit the hardest, falling ...

Difference Makers! Patriots! The HUMMER Club goes on Colbert 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Joining our compatriot over at Jalopnik, Ray Wert, on Thursday night's episode of The Colbert Report were individuals out to have a good time in their live axle-driven 'utes from the HUMMER Club. According to the members of the elite group, their SUVs represent everything that is right with America ...

Austin Alt Car: face-to-face with a biofuel Hummer 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Face_to_face_with_the_SBA_s_biofuel_Hummer'; The H1 in the center of the Austin Alt Car expo show floor was decked out in a Health Yes! paint job but it was the handmade sign that caught the eye. "Powered by Vegetable Oil and Biodiesel," it read and was yet ...

In Australia, Police fight "antisocial behavior" with Hummers 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Hummers may be a bit controversial due to their highly conspicuous consumption, but it is exactly that prominence that Aussie Police hope to make use of in order to fight crime. Really, Hummers are hard to miss, and a fleet of five of them, even in relatively small H3 size, is sure to get noticed, ...

Hummer still working the flex-fuel angle. Good luck with that 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Considering the current state of the SUV market in the U.S., and specifically the horrendous sales figures of the Hummer brand, you could be forgiven for thinking that the General would pull any future developments off the table in view of its desire to rid itself of the money-losing marque. ...

Vegas dealer gets smart, quits Hummers 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Despite the fact that Hummers are really no worse on gas than many other full-size, off-road oriented SUV, there is no arguing that the brand has come to represent all that is wrong in the state of the auto scene. As gas prices began rising, Hummer sales began sinking. In contrast, sales of ...

Bummer Hummer burns at Burning Man 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

This year, the theme for Burning Man was "The American Dream." While some may argue that being American means choosing what is right or wrong for yourself, the revelers at this year's Burning Man festival made a statement by creating a giant Hummer out of wood. The front of the Bummer Hummer was ...

Gas-siphoning HUMMER leads police on high-speed chase 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After Pittsburgh police noticed a Hummer (yep, a Hummer... what else?) sitting conspicuously close to a five-hundred gallon tank of gas at a golf course, the vehicle suddenly took off. Considering that the top speed of a Hummer is right around one-hundred miles per hour, we can safely say that the ...

Mini maintains its sales domination, Hummer continues its downward spiral 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Every month, our intrepid leader over at Autoblog crunches every automaker's U.S. sales figures and dutifully reports how well each brand is doing. This month continues the trend of fuel efficient vehicles recording record sales and closely mimics the trend of gas-guzzlers going down the toilet. The ...

Suckers - PBS falls for debunked Prius/Hummer story 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Stalwart PBS is moving into the interactive science show realm with the new program called Your Week. Currently in beta version, Your Week has figured out that controversial topics are one way to get viewers like you involved. Topics in the new show include Frankenfoods, Christopher Hitchen's views ...

Sigh. Hybrid lies continue to spread 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At this point, it seems certain that the old Prius versus Hummer "debate" is never going to die. Despite being proven false, the study continues to pop up every now and then as forum fodder or as ammunition for hybrid-haters all over the globe. It's alright if you don't like hybrids, but real ...

Will the HUMMER HX concept appear in Transformers 2? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I had my issues with last summer's Transformers movie, as did some others, about the missed opportunities for green vehicle placement. Remember the HUMMER HX concept from Detroit earlier this year? Looks like it might be the biofuel beast to beat in the sequel. Even as GM considers ditching the ...

BREAKING: HUMMER may die, 4 GM plants to close, Volt approved for production 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Gas prices in excess of $4 a gallon and a collapsing market for new home construction is triggering General Motors to undertake yet another round of restructuring and plant closings. The latest victim of the rapidly changing American automotive marketplace may be perpetual green whipping boy, the ...

More information on GM's new light duty diesel V-8 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We gave a pretty detailed write-up last summer on GM's new light-duty diesel V-8 that will premiere in 2009. The new engine was specifically designed to fit within the same package dimensions as the long-running small-block V-8. As such, the diesel can potentially be installed in any GM vehicle ...

Sign of the times? Hummer registration plummets 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Although none of the Hummer models are really all that worse than any other body-on-frame SUV powered by a large engine, the ex-military marque is considered by many to be the anti-green brand. If that's how you feel, you'll likely be glad to hear that Hummer models are languishing on dealer lots ...

Video: Lindsay Campbell asks Hummer owner what the hell he was thinking...? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

On an episode of her Mob Logic.TV called "Hybrid Hullabaloo" the lovely Lindsay Campbell (pictured right) had the opportunity to ask an owner of the iconic super-sized Tonka toy something she has been wanting to ask for a long time. While interviewing random people in the parking lot of a "big box" ...

2009 H2 and H2 SUT - first production E85-capable Hummers 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As our brothers at Autoblog like to say, it's "officially official." GM has confirmed their plans to offer all Hummers with biofuel-capable engine options. According to Automotive News, a Hummer official has said that the 2009 H2 and H2 SUT will be equipped with flex-fuel engines capable on running ...

Treehugging Hummer? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The erroneous contention that a Hummer is more efficient and earth-friendly than a Prius over the vehicles' lifetime has sailed across the net for months. The argument defies common sense, and has been debunked repeatedly. The "studies" were flawed by design, but they served the purpose of sowing ...

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