Green Car Journal

Summer 2009

CONTENTS

VOICES

Jack Roush
Propane is the ‘right here, right now’ fuel


ADVANCED VEHICLES

SLS AMG Electric
Battery powered Mercedes supercar

Audi A4 TDIe
Clean diesel with combined 51 mpg

Brusa Spyder
A Swiss all-electric roadster

VW Touareg BlueHybrid
High efficiency hybrid SUV

Volvo Electrified
On deck: a diesel-electric hybrid

Raser’s Edge
Making large vehicles more fuel efficient


FEATURES

Chrysler-Fiat Update

Alternative fuel cars coming?

Eco Performance

Strategies that improve efficiencies

Ford Electric Vehicles

10 need-to-know facts

BEHIND THE WHEEL

Lexus HS 250h

Hybrid Synergy Drive goes upscale

Chevy Aveo5

Cheap to buy, easy to drive

High Voltage

Piloting a Chevy Volt test mule

DEPARTMENTS

Outspoken
Reliving the 1990s electric car experience

Directions
Electric cars: still about the battery

Issues
Hydrogen hits a speed bump in the U.S.

Auto Trends
VW electric cars, battery powered Focus

Long-Term Tests
Daily life with VW’s Jetta TDI

Down the Road
Protoscar LAMPO electric cabriolet