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• Forbes Lists “America’s Dirtiest Cars”

  —The Truth About Cars

  Number of comments: 33
  There’s all kinds of controversy over what makes a car “green” and what doesn’t. Some point to size and efficiency, crucifying Hummers and full-size trucks as criminals against the planet. Others point to lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, battery-component mining pollution and other less-obvious measures to excoriate hybrids. In any case, [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:25pm EST
  by Cammy Corrigan

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• Hummer grinds gears: production of 2010 H3 and H3T resumes

  —Autoblog

  

  Filed under: SUV, Truck, Plants/Manufacturing, Hummer, Off-Road

  
  2010 Hummer H3 - Click above for high-res image gallery
  Although the Hummer sale isn't officially official - which is to say, the Chinese authorities haven't told Tengzhong "Proceed!" - it is official [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 2:28pm EST
  by Jonathon Ramsey

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• Carbon Footprints: Ditch the dog, get a Hummer H2, save the planet?

  —Autoblog

  

  Filed under: SUV, Etc.

  
  
  If you don't like dogs, there's now a new reason to continue avoiding canis domesticus. New Zealanders Robert and Brenda Vale have put forth the hypothesis that the care and feeding of a pooch is more environmentally [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:30am EST
  by Dan Roth

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• Hummer begins production of 2010 H3 models

  —Leftlane News

  Number of comments: 21
  Following an extended shutdown, General Motors has restarted production of its Hummer H3 and H3T models at its Shreveport, Louisiana plant. Production of the H3 ceased earlier this year, but the Shreveport factory has officially reopened for production of the 2010 model. GM stopped production of the H3 earlier this year [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 5:46pm EST
  by Drew Johnson

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• US: Hummer adds biofuel capability to H3

  —Daily automotive news and comment

  Hummer has announced a series of updates for its 2010 Hummer H3 and H3T models, including a biofuel capability as part of its plan to offer a biofuel powertrain in all body styles by 2010. [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:45am EST
  

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• Do Dogs Leave A Larger Footprint Than SUVs?

  —TCC Confidential

  Are dogs worse for the environment than SUVs? You'll find a number of sources trumpeting the widely publicized results from New Zealand researchers, concluding that yes, dogs are worse for the planet than SUVs. But don't kick out the hound quite yet and head for the Hummer dealership; according [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:38pm EST
  

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• 2010 Hummer H3 And H3T Treading Water Before Real Change

  —TCC Confidential

  Hummer is in the midst of a move--from General Motors to China's Sichuan Tengzhong--but the brand has announced details for its 2010 H3 SUV and H3T pickup, which are slated to go on sale next month. Changes are minimal. The standard engine is still a 239-horsepower, 3.7-liter five-cylinder engine, [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:58pm EST
  

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

  —AutoblogGreen

  

  Filed under: Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, HUMMER

  2010 Hummer H3 - Click above for high-res image gallery
  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' [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:02pm EST
  by Jeremy Korzeniewski

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• HUMMER H3 and H3T Updated With New Flex-Fuel V8

  —Green Car Congress

  Number of comments: 4
  

  HUMMER has updated the 2010 HUMMER H3 and H3T midsize all-terrain vehicles with an available E85 Flex Fuel capable 5.3L V8 engine. HUMMER has committed to offer a biofuel powertrain in all body styles by 2010.

  The new 5.3L V8 Flex Fuel engine is standard in all 2010 Alpha [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:41pm EST
  by Mike Millikin

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

  —Autoblog

  

  Filed under: SUV, Truck, Hummer, Alternative Fuel

  2010 Hummer H3 - Click above for high-res image gallery
  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 worse than' [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:20pm EST
  by Jeremy Korzeniewski

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• Ministry orders Tengzhong's 2nd application

  —Automotive News - China automotive sales and production, suppliers and OEM in Chinese market, China's homegrown players and their expansions overseas.

  Shanghai, November 6 (Gasgoo.com) China’s commerce ministry has turned down Tengzhong’s initial application for the acquisition of Hummer from General Motors and ordered a detailed new one. [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:47am EST
  

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• Hummer adds E85 capability to 2010 H3, H3T

  —Leftlane News

  Number of comments: 24
  Hummer, which is still part of General Motors for the time being, says that its 2010 lineup will offer E85 biofuel capability in every model now that the automaker’s best-selling H3 and H3T will be available with a 5.3-liter, E85-ready V8. “In 2007, Hummer committed to offer a biofuel powertrain in [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:38am EST
  by Andrew Ganz

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• Hummer To China: Same Player Shoots Again

  —The Truth About Cars

  Number of comments: 5
  With all the noise about GM’s interruptus of the Opel sale, we could forget that there is a brand GM wants to sell, badly: Hummer. Since June  it had been announced that the sale of Hummer to little-known Tengzhong in China is as good as done. Except that it wasn’t. Still [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:07pm EST
  by Bertel Schmitt

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• Robby Gordon's Hummer H3 Dakar Racecar

  —Straightline

  

  Sitting in the middle of the GM booth at SEMA is Robby Gordon's Hummer H3 Dakar racer. This tube-frame, carbon-fiber-bodied beast uses a LS7 V8 and sequential gearbox to drive the rear wheels. And it looks utterly bad ass.

  Gordon's third place finish in this [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 5:24pm EST
  by Josh Jacquot

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• GM scraps plan to sell Opel

  —Leftlane News

  Number of comments: 35
  With Hummer and Saab sold off — and Pontiac and Saturn shuttered — General Motors is on a roll with its brand reduction strategy. But Opel, GM’s German subsidiary, won’t be joining either list. Late Tuesday, GM announced it has cancelled plans to sell Opel and will instead keep the [...]

  Posted: November 03, 2009, 7:06pm EST
  by Nick Aziz

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• Hummer Shows Off Pair Of Outdoorsy Concepts For SEMA [Sema]

  —Jalopnik

  Number of comments: 14
  Despite living somewhere in the middle of a sale to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, Hummer still exists, and they're showing off a tarted-up H3 and H3T for SEMA. They certainly look...' [...]

  Posted: November 02, 2009, 6:00pm EST
  by Ben Wojdyla

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

  —AutoblogGreen

  

  Filed under: Hybrid, HUMMER, Toyota, Green Daily

  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 [...]

  Posted: October 30, 2009, 12:56pm EDT
  by Sebastian Blanco

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• Michael Pollan Eats Words: Prius-Driving Carnivores Are OK!

  —TCC Confidential

  Last week, author Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, etc.) made headlines when he said, "A vegan in a HUMMER has a lighter carbon footprint than beef-eater in a Prius". This week, predictably, Mr. Pollan is eating those words: although studies have shown that meat-eaters generate two tons more [...]

  Posted: October 30, 2009, 9:44am EDT
  

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• VIDEO: How not to park your BMW X5

  —Autoblog

  

  Filed under: Videos, Crossover, BMW

  
  Click above to watch the video after the jump
  When we think about off-road prowess, brands like Land Rover, Jeep and Hummer come to mind. We've never once considered putting BMW on that list, though the Ultimate' [...]

  Posted: October 28, 2009, 4:58pm EDT
  by Chris Shunk

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• Jalopnik 's Sumptuous Whale Penis Leather Interior On Colbert Report [Self-referential]

  —Jalopnik

  Number of comments: 25
  As far as The Colbert Report's concerned, we must be the web site obsessed with the cult of car phallus. First, for Hummers and last night, for our sumptuous Russian whale penis leather interior.... [...]

  Posted: October 28, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  by Ray Wert

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• Shreveport, LA mayor lobbies D.C. to close the HUMMER deal, already

  —Autoblog

  

  Filed under: SUV, Truck, China, Government/Legal, Plants/Manufacturing, GM, Hummer, UAW/Unions

  
  
  Cedric Glover, the mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, went to Washington, D.C. to plead his case for the sale of Hummer to Tengzhong. The only thing is, we're' [...]

  Posted: October 24, 2009, 3:16pm EDT
  by Jonathon Ramsey

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