AutoblogGreen for 12.18.08

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Remember the CalCars idea to prepay auto companies for a plug in hybrid? It's back and the price for entry has dropped from from $10,000 to $1,000. Speaking of back, the opening of the plant that was supposed to build the engines for the Chevy Volt and the Cruze has been pushed back. GM says no delay in the Volt program, though. Oh, and and this is how Chrysler thinks it will beat the Volt.

• CalCars' plug-in hybrid prepay idea gets a major retooling: from $10,000 to $1,000
• GM delays building Volt engine plant in Flint
• What's old is new again: upshift lights are back again with more smarts
• Hypermiling in a Porsche 911 yields 35.1 mpg
• A bit of history: Fiat 147, the first mass-produced ethanol car
• BREAKING: OPEC issues largest-ever cut in oil production
• Th!nk bankruptcy/bailout drama continues in Norway
• And this is how Chrysler thinks it will beat the Volt
• Toyota and Isuzu stall European diesel engine venture
• Detroit Preview: Ford will reveal more details on 4-cylinder EcoBoost engines
• Honda scooters - outsmarting the smart?
• Future Subaru's to vie for Biggest Loser title
• Ford to electrify Transit Connect van
• Cool Japan: Fancy underground robot bike parking in Tokyo
• Toyota will use "ecological plastics" in new Prius interior
• Valence to supply batteries to Renault partner PVI
• General Motors introduces 2 new direct injected engines for 2010

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