SUV

How to Boil a Frog's FrogBlog points out how Society somehow seems to suffer from all the same character flaws that we do, leaving us speeding towards the twin cliffs of peak oil & climate change.

Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor, diagnoses what's ailing hybrid SUV sales. Have a listen!

General Motors is "undertaking a strategic review" of its iconic Hummer brand, CEO Rick Wagoner said Tuesday, and is "considering all options ... from a complete revamp of the product lineup to partial or complete sale of the brand."

The mighty SUV, long time symbol of suburban lifestyle and a carbon footprint that is too big for its own good, is now going the way of the Dodo bird.

Na-na-na-na… NA-NA-NA-NA… HEY-HEY-HEY… GOODBYE!!!

GM has announced the closure of four SUV plants in the US, Canada and Mexico. Whilst the imminent death of the gas-guzzling SUV is good news, there are still some blunt business practices and short-sighted decisions to be questioned...

Could it be that Americans are finally warming up to the idea that life doesn’t revolve around how good your car looks and that putting food on the table is more important than driving an SUV? I mean really, it’s about time, no? The pundits have been saying it for the past year, but it looks like the prediction that the average American would rather eat than spend money on fuel is finally coming true. Not only that, it’s coming in droves.

Gas at $4 a gallon, oil heading for $200 a barrel and sales in SUVs on a downward trajectory...

This can only mean the end of the road for the SUV!

How to Boil a Frog presents a satirical mini-documentary surveying how people REALLY feel about taking action on global warming.

How to Boil a Frog's FrogBlog gives you 11 funny suggestions on how to avoid any blame for the fall of civilization (with pictures!)

The Mayor of London has announced a large fee for people who wish to drive their SUVs into town.

"They could do all this stuff if they wanted to. ... The technology has been there forever. They make 90% of the components I use... I've just been messing around and seeing what I can do. ... Everybody should be driving a plug-in vehicle right now. ... I can go next door to Ace Hardware and buy a DC electric motor, go out to my four-wheel-drive truck, remove the transmission and engine, bolt the electric motor onto the back of the transfer case, put a series of lead-acid batteries up to 240 volts in the back of the bed, and we're good to go.

Right now, it's talk. But that's progressive talk!

General Motors is offering 100 lucky people their hydrogen-powered Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell SUV to drive for free for two years. There is still time to apply. See if you qualify.

At this point in the climate-control game, hybrids, especially on such large fuel-suckers, are a feel-good choice for soccer moms, not a serious solution. What we need now is cars that run on batteries that we can charge up at night from our solar panel, wind turbine, microhydro system or even . . .