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Search Engine Engine Search Google pledges $10 million for plug-in hybrid research		19 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Search Engine Engine Search Google pledges $10 million for plug-in hybrid research Google has gone all googly-eyed over plug-in hybrid vehicles, pledging more than $10 million in funding for the nascent technology. At a sunny photo op at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters yesterday, company officials showed off a handful of Toyota Prius and Ford Escape cars that ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, electricity grid, energy, hybrids, innovation, news, Prius (all these topics)

Google tries to kickstart an energy revolution Google.org funds V2G demonstration projects	David Roberts	18 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Sweet mama! Google.org is going to give vehicle-to-grid technology a much-needed boost, to the tune of $10 million. The company is going to modify six cars, a mix of Toyota Priuses and Ford Escape hybrids, with batteries that can draw juice from the grid and feed juice back in. The promise of this technology is that if it spreads, it will enable distributed electricity storage that can smooth spikes in electricity demand without expensive new generation plants. That ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, electricity grid, green living, hybrids, placemaking, Prius (all these topics)

Time's 100 most influential people Plus some other folks	Sarah van Schagen	07 May 2007	Gristmill
Last week, Time magazine announced this year's Time 100, a list of the most influential people in the world. A handful of greenies made the list, including Al Gore, Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and even "light greenie" John Mayer.That list was chosen by a group of well-informed Time editors and other experts, but maybe more interesting is the magazine's Alt Time 100.This list probably has more names you recognize (w ...
Topics: celebrity, environmental movement, green living, Prius (all these topics)

A123 assimilates Hymotion Plug-in aftermarket kits just around the corner?	biodiversivist	07 May 2007	Gristmill
Business Wire tells us that A123 (what a catchy name) just bought out Hymotion, the company it had been working with to develop a plug-in kit for the Prius. The kits may be available next year for about $10,000, allowing you to go about 30 miles on a four-hour charge. Don't get too excited just yet. Putting one on your car will void the manufacturer's warranty and Hymotion presently plans to guarantee the kit for only two years, until they are confident it will las ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, green living, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Meeting notes The lost art of conversation	biodiversivist	21 Apr 2007	Gristmill
I passed a big rabble of bikers on my way to downtown Seattle yesterday evening. Several complimented my bike as I passed. There were a couple of talls in the mix. I assumed it was another Critical Mass ride, but maybe not. Sure looked like fun. I need to participate in one of those someday. I periodically attend a monthly gathering of Seattle atheists. There are always new faces, and they pick a different restaurant every month for variety's sake. We chatted about t ...
Topics: bikes, cars, electric vehicles, green living, hybrids, placemaking, Prius, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Eventually, politicians give the people what they want So keep it up	Adam Browning	03 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Think about this article -- descriptively titled "Legislature flooded with bills about climate crisis; poll driven politicians see need to tackle global warming" -- the next time you get an email asking you to call or email your representative on an environmental issue. You keep it up long enough and they get it: Few issues are hotter in the Capitol this year than global warming.Lawmakers have introduced more than 60 bills on the topic, and no wonder. Poll ...
Topics: cars, climate change adaptation, Congress, electric vehicles, grassroots activism, politics, Prius (all these topics)

Instructions, pod leader? Where is the leadership?	biodiversivist	26 Feb 2007	Gristmill
The Ford Motor Company has come upon hard times. I may no longer qualify as a Grist brokeass, but I am still one at heart, and empathize with those thirty-odd thousand people who have lost or will soon lose their jobs. I have owned six cars in my life. Four of them were Pintos. Ford is a sinking ship and its captain was the first one to jump. A new pod leader has landed and his name is Alan Mulally. Alan, having been passed over multiple times for the CEO position ...
Topics: Big Auto, Prius, hybrids, energy efficiency, politics (all these topics)

The G-list The pre-Oscar buzz is green, all green	Yolanda Crous	23 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Orlando Bloom, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Penelope Cruz at the Global Green pre-Oscar party. Photo: Michael Caulfield / WireImage.comAnyone who sneaks a guilty peek at Access Hollywood or Extra after dinner knows that it is officially Party Week in Hollywood. Everybody and her over-pedigreed dog is in town, boozing and schmoozing it up before the Academy Awards on Sunday. So when I scored an invite to the Global Green pre-Oscar party, I was pretty pumped. This is th ...
Topics: cars, celebrity, consumerism, electric vehicles, Prius (all these topics)

Hybrid autos save money in long run Duh!	Joseph Romm	16 Feb 2007	Gristmill
As if it were news, a report by Intellichoice.com found that over a five-year span, the owner of a Prius saves more than $13,000 compared to the owner of a similar non-hybrid. In fact, the savings apply 'across the board,' to all 22 hybrids evaluated. What's more, the study was the most inclusive of any yet: It factored in insurance, fuel, taxes, maintenance, and the works. Read it to believe it, but it just confirms what many of us have been saying for years.
Topics: cars, Prius (all these topics)

The Prius snob strikes back Prius consumes more energy in lifetime than Cherokee	biodiversivist	12 Feb 2007	Gristmill
I thought this article hit a little too close for comfort. If you really want to call yourself an environmentalist, do what my sister-in-law did: Buy a small Toyota hatchback and put 5,000 miles a year on it for two decades.Then there was this interesting article in the Economist discussing the future of diesel cars in America: The dirty little secret about hybrids is that their batteries and extensive use of aluminium parts make them costly to build in energy terms ...
Topics: cars, green living, hybrids, placemaking, Prius (all these topics)

Hybrid Lowdown Toyota will introduce new advertising, incentives for Prius		09 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
Hybrid Lowdown Toyota will introduce new advertising, incentives for Prius To many, the Toyota Prius is synonymous with months-long waiting lists. But just as the automaker has stepped up production on its hybrid darling, sales have plateaued. Fearing that the car lacks mainstream appeal, Toyota is training dealers in Prius sweet talk, hyping incentives like low- and no-interest f ...
Topics: advertising, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, news, placemaking, Prius (all these topics)

Cleaner by the Dozen Green group produces list of top 12 eco-friendly vehicles		07 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
Cleaner by the Dozen Green group produces list of top 12 eco-friendly vehicles American autos are drowning their sorrows in foreign oil after not making the 2007 Green Book list of the top 12 eco-friendly vehicles, released yesterday by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. Honda's natural-gas-powered Civic GX (available only in California and New York) regain ...
Topics: Big Auto, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids, lists, news, Prius (all these topics)

BNL on the road again And aiming to be green	Sarah van Schagen	06 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Pop-rock quintet Barenaked Ladies is back on the road, touring through Canada after returning from their Ships and Dip cruise last month, and getting a bit of press about their efforts to be green(ish). Grist, of course, was all over that story last year. A few stats from the fall B.L.A.M. tour: Fans neutralized almost 1 million miles of driving by participating in the band's offset program. The band itself neutralized 300 tons of CO2 by offsetting all of the po ...
Topics: cars, celebrity, ecological footprint, energy efficiency, music, Prius (all these topics)

Thanks to Jamais Cascio ...	David Roberts	22 Jan 2007	Gristmill
... for making my Prius dreams come true:
Topics: Prius, cars, electric vehicles (all these topics)

The 2008 Prius It will have lasers	David Roberts	22 Jan 2007	Gristmill
WorldCarFans has caused a bit of a blog uproar by posting what it claims is a spec-ed out sketch of the 2008 Prius (larger version here). According to Jalopnik, the new Prius will, depending on who you believe ... ... have a turbo, a diesel engine, a plug-in feature, a rooftop solar panel, a methane recirculation system, a nuclear power plant, and will run on a combination of dish soap, chicken cutlets and the new Shins record. But seriously, AutoBlogGr ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, Prius (all these topics)

Prius facts to hang your hat on You may be surprised	biodiversivist	20 Jan 2007	Gristmill
I have been reading negative reports about Prius mileage and cost effectiveness for years. Here is one called 'The Hybrid Hoax,' written about a year ago. The author propagates misinformation by referring us to another article written in 2004 by a USA Today reporter (Kiley) who drove a Jetta diesel from Detroit to Washington, D.C., and a Prius back from Washington, D.C. to Detroit: Kiley had to stop to refill the Prius, which ended up averaging 38 miles per gallon, c ...
Topics: Prius, cars, hybrids, electric vehicles (all these topics)

My predictions Guaranteed true, top to bottom!	biodiversivist	02 Jan 2007	Gristmill
In 2007: Prius sales will peak and begin a slow decline as consumers anticipate 2008 models from competitors that will have similar or better performance and therefore higher status. Electric hybrid bikes will become increasingly popular as a commuting tool thanks to improved battery technology. The SUV fad will continue to fade. The corn ethanol pyramid scheme will continue to play out based on the canard that the use of environmentally destructive biofuels i ...
Topics: biofuels, electric vehicles, environmental justice, green living, hybrids, lists, Prius (all these topics)

More subsidies needed to compete with subsidized subsidizations The ethanol game	biodiversivist	07 Dec 2006	Gristmill
Here is an article I found in the Renewable Energy Access bulletin asking for further government subsidization of cellulosic ethanol so it can compete with other subsidized biofuels. It gave me an idea. I looked up some statistics to see how much oil the Prius fleet has saved and compared it to how much ethanol is consumed. Turns out that the 500,000 Priuses sold save about five to seven times more oil annually than all of the corn ethanol consumed in the United St ...
Topics: electric vehicles, ethanol, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Some Prius-mature celebration Car-maker planning to expand the family	Kate Sheppard	03 Nov 2006	Gristmill
The Prius may soon be more than just one oh-so-stereotyped hybrid motor vehicle. Toyota's talking about starting a family of the cars, and in this case I'd have to support wanton reproduction. The automaker announced this week that they are considering creating a line of the gasoline-electric cars. It could include a wagon and a smaller, Smart-Car-esque inner-city model. U.S. sales of the Prius fell in the first quarter of 2006 simply because Toyota couldn't keep up ...
Topics: business, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Prius: the new drug dealer bling From the show Weeds	David Roberts	27 Oct 2006	Gristmill
Showtime's semi-hit show Weeds is about Nancy Botwin, a suburban stay-at-home mother of two boys who, after the death of her husband, turns to selling marijuana to make ends meet. Soon she starts growing too. I'm in the midst of watching the second season. With some partners, Nancy's just developed a new strain (dubbed "MILF weed" by Snoop Dogg himself) and started selling it. Cash is pouring in, so Nancy goes on a shopping spree. Here's a short clip of wha ...
Topics: cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, green living, messaging, Prius, TV (all these topics)

Nothing Could Prius Away Toyota Prius tops EPA's list of most fuel-efficient cars for 2007		18 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Nothing Could Prius Away Toyota Prius tops EPA's list of most fuel-efficient cars for 2007 Yesterday, the U.S. EPA released its 2007 ranking of the most fuel-efficient vehicles, with gas-electric hybrids sweeping the top four spots. The Toyota Prius, ranked No. 1, gets 60 miles per gallon in the city and 51 mpg on the highway, according to the EPA. (Data from real-world driv ...
Topics: electric vehicles, fuel efficiency, hybrids, news, placemaking, Prius, US EPA (all these topics)

White and nerdy Weird Al rocks my socks off	Sarah K. Burkhalter	28 Sep 2006	Gristmill
This video has nothing to do with the environment but my white and nerdy husband is insisting that I blog it perpetuates the stereotype that Priuses are white and nerdy. Sigh. The same implication is made for the Segway, but I can't say I disagree. Like him or not, there's no denying that Weird Al is a genius.
Topics: cars, celebrity, education, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Engine Block On owning multiple cars	Umbra Fisk	27 Sep 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Your recent column suggested that the questioners sell one of their two cars, but I can't help wondering how much good that does for the environment, especially weighed against the annoyance cost of not having a second car when two people have to be going in opposite directions at the same time. I have a personal interest in this, as we have three cars: mine (a Prius, used for all errands and most weekend driving), his (f ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, electric vehicles, green living, hybrids, placemaking, Prius (all these topics)

Hybrid placement Prius makes an appearance in Last Kiss	Sarah van Schagen	16 Sep 2006	Gristmill
So I've just returned home from a showing of Last Kiss, the new Zach Braff flick -- which, PS, pales next to Garden State -- and I'm excited to report that not only does Braff's character drive a Prius throughout the movie, but the car actually gets mentioned in the first two lines. As the film begins, the lens is focused knee-height at a number of women (with very nice legs) walking at a crosswalk. The camera then pans up very slowly to focus on the front of a bl ...
Topics: cars, celebrity, electric vehicles, hybrids, movies, Prius (all these topics)

Sticker Shock Absorber Some hybrids can pay back their price premium over time		24 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Sticker Shock Absorber Some hybrids can pay back their price premium over time High price of hybrids got you down? According to the gurus at Edmunds.com, the cash some hybrid owners save on gas can make up for the sticker price. Hybrid cars and trucks cost between $1,200 and $7,000 more than their gas-chugging counterparts, but as analyst Alex Rosten s ...
Topics: cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, fuel efficiency, hybrids, news, placemaking, politics, Prius (all these topics)

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