There are a mind-boggling amount of video hosting services around. One of them, webcastr, let us know about a new video they're hosting that is Car and Driver's look at the VW Up! concept during the Frankfurt Motor Show. Unlike YouTube and other video sites, it's not that obvious to me how to embed the video to this post, so the picture above will just take you to the Webcastr page where the video is viewable. Since I can't get the new video to embed, you can watch another one about the Up! here.

So, what's the content here? Nothing that we haven't seen before, really. It's a minute with the Up!, and not a bad introduction. Webcastr captions the video "This people's car is targeted more at emerging markets." I'm not sure where they get that idea. Csaba Csere, Car and Driver's editor-in-chief, says at the end of the video that a production Up! would probably be headed to the U.S.

Related:

• LA 2007: Schwarzenegger checks out the VW up! space blue
• LA 2007: Volkswagen Space up! Blue

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Feel like you're missing all the good stuff from LA? Perhaps some videos will ease the pain. The video above shows Porsche representatives at the 2007 LA Auto Show talking about hybrids. As we just reported, Porsche says their hybrids will go 75 MPH on battery power. Below the fold are two videos, including one that looks at the modern, clean design of the Volkswagen Space Up! concept. The second video is of GM's green giant (ho, ho, ho!), the Chevy Silverado Hybrid. Stay tuned, as we have many more video round ups from the 2007 LA Auto Show on the way.

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Welcome to the third AutoblogGreen video round up! Like all the video round ups so far, this one is all about the Frankfurt Auto Show. The video above is Bob Lutz introducing the Opel Flextreme concept. Someone in the Opel video says the emissions from the engine will be constant, which seems to fix complaints of the series hybrid model. Has GM solved the problem of engines warming up?

Below the fold is a video tour of the Frankfurt show floor with a look at most of the new green cars. Included in that video is the VW Up! which the tour guide says could be VW's next iconic car like the VW Bug. Also below the fold is another video tour from the show with a quick shot of Rick Wagoner talking green. This year's IAA was all about green cars, and we've got the video to prove it.

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Welcome to the second edition of the video round up. Three more videos of concept cars fresh from the Frankfurt Auto Show floor. The video above is BMW's X6 ActiveHybrid concept. BMW thinks it will be more efficient to use two electric motors. Below the fold is video of the interior of the Nissan Mixim concept. Also below the fold is a video of Volkswagen's up! concept exterior design.

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How much is filling up going to cost you this Summer?

Gas prices are once again steadily climbing with Spring approaching, the possibility now looming for prices to equal last year's highs of $3 a gallon. Prices in Detroit are up 38 cents in just the last month and are now as high as they were in early December. While prices may fail to reach the $3 level, the fact that Summer prices have for two years running now indicates that the market can sustain such prices during the warmer months.

Analysis: It almost feels like people have come to terms with high gas prices in the same way that most people now believe that climate change is well under way. Why would the oil companies do anything but push the prices to $3 a gallon over Summer if they know everyone will keep filling up?

Related:

• USDA: Biofuel use in U.S. will see spike in next few years, then drop
• London's congestion charge expansion will cleanly fuel Honda's sales
• In Europe, fuel efficiency is the primary concern

[Source: Detroit News via Wired]