StreetFire Exclusive: Hydrogen Road Tour '08

With all of the buzz around the use of Alternative Fuel in the auto world, it's not surprising that the world's leading manufacturers set out on cross country road rally to test and raise awareness for hydrogen technology. The Hydrogen Road Tour went through 31 cities in 18 states and all in only 13 days!

StreetFire was invited to the last stop as the cars pulled into Los Angeles. John Tillman, Program Manager with Volkswagen's US Advanced Powertrain Research spent some time with our very own Chris Jones hydrogen technology and VW's all new Hydrogen powered Touran concept.

Watch the Hydrogen Road Tour '08.

Can't get enough of green cars? Well make sure to check out Porche's Panamera Hybrid on Fast Lane Daily.

SSC Ultimate Aero EV

From the guys the brought you the fastest production car, the Ultimate Aero TT, comes another mind-blowing supercar. SSC (Shelby Super Cars) officially announced today that they will be producing a 100% green supercar dubbed the Ultimate Aero EV (Electric Vehicle). This car will be powered by a 500 HP electric motor and will put power to the ground via SSC's 6-speed manual transmission. A twin electric engine setup is being considered as well which would produce 1,000 HP! Eat your heart out Prius!

"I think we can do it faster, leaner and cleaner than any other manufacturer," says Jerod Shelby,SSC Founder.

According to SSC, delivery of the SSC Aero EV is expected for 4th quarter 2009.

Can't wait till the Ultimate Aero EV? Check out what happened when the StreetFire crew matched it up against a Lamborghini LP640 HERE.

New York 2008: Autoblog drives the Escape Plug-In

Brought to you by Autoblog.

It's a busy week in New York as some of the newest and greatest cars are being unveiled. Somehow during all of this chaos the guys at Autoblog were able to take the Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid Concept for a drive. See what they had to say.

Check out the Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid Concept video.