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Screw plug-in hybrid cars I prefer to fly	Adam Browning	10 Apr 2007	Gristmill
I changed my mind. I no longer want a plug-in hybrid car. Them's for punks. Now I want a solar/plug-in airplane. Video below the fold. Takeaway message: battery technology is the roadblock. That and rain.
Topics: cars, energy, green living, hybrids (all these topics)

Kicking emissions to the curb Political parties may be divided on the issue of climate, but Americans agree on solutions	Anna Fahey	10 Apr 2007	Gristmill
On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency has authority to regulate greenhouse gases as a pollutant (some called it a strong rebuke of the Bush administration's policies), George W. Bush saw fit to ramp up his language on the issue of global warming (hint: the new key word is 'serious'): The decision (of) the Supreme Court we take very seriously. It's the new law of the land. I've taken this issue very seriously. I have said ...
Topics: cars, climate, environmental movement, green living (all these topics)

Robin Hood approach to global warming Fuel-efficient vehicles could save you several times over	Adam Browning	09 Apr 2007	Gristmill
A proposed new California law would take from the guzzlers and give to the sippers: Call it the Robin Hood approach to global warming. California drivers who buy new Hummers, Ford Expeditions, and other big vehicles that emit high levels of greenhouse gases would pay a fee of up to $2,500. And drivers who buy more fuel-efficient cars -- like the Toyota Prius or Ford Focus -- would receive rebates of up to $2,500, straight from the gas-guzzlers' pockets.Car deale ...
Topics: California, cars, climate, climate change mitigation, hybrids (all these topics)

Do They Even Have Roads There? Vermont court hears landmark vehicle-emissions case		09 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Do They Even Have Roads There? Vermont court hears landmark vehicle-emissions case This week, the U.S. state with the fewest registered cars will take the driver's seat in the race to regulate carbon-dioxide emissions. A Vermont court will hear a landmark case on whether the state's adoption of a stringent California emissions law is legal. Under the Clean Air Act, states ...
Topics: cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, state politics, Vermont (all these topics)

Bush (almost) blows Our prez nearly made a slip of the plug	Yolanda Crous	09 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The funniest news lede I've read in a long time: Credit Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally with saving the leader of the free world from self-immolation. Apparently, our befuddled prez was about to stick an electrical plug into the hydrogen tank of a Ford hydrogen-electric plug-in hybrid. This act, if completed, would have generated Hindenburg-esque bad publicity and probably made Cheney our next president. (Eep!) To make the save, Mulally apparently 'violated all th ...
Topics: cars, George Bush, gossip, hydrogen, politics (all these topics)

Eat volts, Harley 155 mph on batteries	Adam Browning	05 Apr 2007	Gristmill
KillaCycle sets a world record for EVs. Video below the fold.
Topics: cars, energy, green living (all these topics)

Plugging plug-ins A cool video	Adam Browning	05 Apr 2007	Gristmill
More plug-in hybrid goodness: Let me again make the case for why electrifying transportation is one of the most important things happening. We don't have an energy problem. Plenty of it all around: Sun comes up every day. Wind. Tides. Waves. Energy everywhere you look. What we have is an energy storage problem. And electrifying transportation is the quickest way to perfect battery technology -- and distribute millions of them in houses throughout the coun ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, green living, hybrids (all these topics)

X Marks the Pot X Prize Foundation offers $10 million prize for creator of eco-friendly car		04 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
X Marks the Pot X Prize Foundation offers $10 million prize for creator of eco-friendly car Wanna win a cool $10 million? Read on. The X Prize Foundation is launching a contest to see who can design the best mass-producible, low-emissions vehicle, cheap enough to sell 10,000 units a year, with a fuel economy of at least 100 miles per gallon -- about five times the U.S. average. "The [automotive] industry is s ...
Topics: cars, fuel efficiency, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Breaking: Automaker suit against Calif. greenhouse-gas regulations may be dismissed as early as tomorrow afternoon You heard it here first	David Roberts	03 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The lawsuit filed by automakers against states that have adopted California's greenhouse-gas restrictions on vehicles may be dismissed as early as tomorrow (Wed.) afternoon. When the Supreme Court ruling in Mass. vs. EPA was announced, the judge handling the automakers' lawsuit -- Judge William K. Sessions III of the U.S. District Court of Vermont -- summoned the lawyers in the case to his chambers for a discussion in light of the ruling. Check out the court's sched ...
Topics: California, cars, green living, litigation, politics (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)

The Engine On the Bus Goes Plug, Plug, Plug U.S. states beginning to invest in plug-in hybrid school buses		03 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
The Engine On the Bus Goes Plug, Plug, Plug U.S. states beginning to invest in plug-in hybrid school buses Once upon a time, someone had an idea: let's transport U.S. schoolkids in big yellow buses that spew diesel fumes and have no seatbelts. The nation embraced the idea -- though oddly, the plan to dangle a knife above each seat was scrapped -- but now it's having secon ...
Topics: cars, education, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids, news, public transportation (all these topics)

It sure is sexy being green ... especially at an auto show	Yolanda Crous	02 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Possibly in an attempt to convince attendees that a green auto show actually can be sexy, the UK's Eden Project named their eco-car fiesta -- wait for it -- 'the Sexy Green Auto Show.' Luckily it seems to be living up to its moniker with an abundance of tempting auto treats, from a Volkswagen that gets 72 mpg to a racing car that can run on a 50 percent blend of jatropha nut biodiesel. And god bless 'em, I saw zero scantily clad babes in the show's program -- jus ...
Topics: cars, green living, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Bob Lutz needs a vacation Read his cranky email to a consumer	David Roberts	30 Mar 2007	Gristmill
A reader wrote in to share this email exchange. This is the email she sent to GM -- as I understand, it's a form letter you can sign and send from the Plugin America website. Dear Sir, I am tired of being held by the throat by oil companies and I want to buy a car that uses cleaner, cheaper, domestic electricity for even a part of its overall range. Saturn used to lease the most efficient vehicle ever built. Since GM destroyed all EV1s, GM has not shown ...
Topics: Big Auto, cars, electric vehicles, green living, hybrids, jackassery (all these topics)

Great Britain Way to channel that consumerism!	Yolanda Crous	28 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Jane Austen. Monty Python. Ricky Gervais. My Anglophilia runs amok, people. And it just spiked again. According to easier.com, 25 percent of British motorists are planning on buying a car in the coming year -- and a full one-fifth of them have made buying a 'green' car their priority. That's three times more green-thusiasm than a year ago. 'Course the number of drivers looking to buy cars in the first place could use a little help -- one-quarter seems a tad ...
Topics: cars, England, green living, green products (all these topics)

H2CAR follow-up Seems like a dead end	John McGrath	27 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Last week, Erik Hoffner posted about H2CAR, a process developed at Purdue University that would allegedly dramatically improve the productivity of coal or biomass gasification by adding hydrogen to the mix. I was intrigued by the idea, and read the article. Unfortunately, I think this is a dead end.No beating around the bush -- the killer aspect of the plan is the huge amounts of hydrogen that would be created. The smallest amount cited by the paper is approximately ...
Topics: cars, energy, green living, hydrogen (all these topics)

Saying 'no' to secrecy Judge refuses request for a closed courtroom in global warming case	Justin Pidot	27 Mar 2007	Gristmill
You may have heard about efforts by the motor vehicle industry to invalidate state laws restricting greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. California crafted a rule, other states adopted it, and the industry filed suit. It's a legal argument that stretches back to 2005. And with three active cases -- in California, Rhode Island, and Vermont -- it's not going away soon. In a dramatic new twist, the industry asked the court in the Vermont case to hold most o ...
Topics: cars, climate, climate change mitigation, litigation, politics (all these topics)

A bad pap	Yolanda Crous	26 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Yet another reason for your bile to rise when you hear the word 'paparazzi': their choice in vehicles. Check out this impressive (or should I say unimpressive?) lineup of pap-owned SUVs parked in front of Britney Spears' house last week. Couldn't a couple of you chase the starlets around in a Civic or something?
Topics: cars, celebrity, green living (all these topics)

Evil ...	David Roberts	25 Mar 2007	Gristmill
... yet mesmerizing: (ht: reader SW)
Topics: Big Oil, cars, energy, green living, oil (all these topics)

Lawyers instead of engineers	David Roberts	23 Mar 2007	Gristmill
As a warm-up for suing California over fuel-economy standards, automakers are ... suing Vermont over fuel-economy standards.
Topics: cars, energy, fuel efficiency, green living (all these topics)

Healthy cars Also known as bikes	Sarah van Schagen	20 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Is your car safe?I'm not talking seat belts and air bags. Nope, I'm asking about that new-car smell. Take a big whiff, and ask yourself again: Is your car safe? What you smell may be part of a toxic soup of chemicals off-gassing from parts like the steering wheel, dashboard, armrests, and seat. These chemicals can include bromine, chlorine, lead, and other toxins that contribute to a litany of health problems ranging from decreased fertility to liver, kidney, th ...
Topics: cars, green living, health, toxics (all these topics)

Great article on plug-in hybrids A must-read	David Roberts	06 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Let me most enthusiastically recommend this article in American Scientist on plug-in hybrids. It's by an engineer named Andrew Frank that's been working on hybrids in various incarnations since the early '70s. You green techno-geeks will love it. It's one of the most accessible pieces I've ever read on the history, technology, and challenges of plug-ins. You really should read the whole thing, but meat of it, for me, is in these three paragraphs toward the end: ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

Tom Hanks, EV supporter and fiend for beef jerky Star is driving a converted electric car	Adam Browning	04 Mar 2007	Gristmill
AC Propulsion announced delivery of their first eBox to Tom Hanks. Its a Scion xB with the engine replaced by a 35 kW lithium ion battery -- delivering an impressive 150 mile range. And for $55k, they'll upgrade your Scion, too.And I had no idea Tom Hanks was such a regular guy. From the press release: Just before he drove off, silently, in his new eBox, Hanks observed, 'There are three electric cars sitting on the moon, and now an ...
Topics: cars, celebrity, electric vehicles, green living (all these topics)

Electric cars: going nowhere fast Electric motocycles may be bridge to electric cars	biodiversivist	02 Mar 2007	Gristmill
I see this pea-green electric car biffing around the neighborhood now and then. I test drove a similar car a year or so ago. Entrepreneurs just can't resist testing the electric car market. One company after another goes out of business, only to be replaced by the next guy in line. It might help if they would make them less silly looking. Adding a fourth wheel might have been worth it in this case. However, the problem isn't just marketing. You can't just make an elec ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, innovation, placemaking (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: Prius, consumerism, celebrity, cars, electric vehicles (all these topics)

The Land of Electric Enchantment Tesla Motors to build electric-car plant in New Mexico		22 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
The Land of Electric Enchantment Tesla Motors to build electric-car plant in New Mexico In April, electric-car start-up Tesla Motors will break ground on a manufacturing plant in Albuquerque, which beat out Flagstaff, Ariz., and Pittsburg, Calif., for the honor. The plant will churn out 10,000 WhiteStar sedans a year starting in 2009 -- "zero-emission" ...
Topics: Bill Richardson, cars, electric vehicles, New Mexico, news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

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