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Coupe Coup		10 Oct 2001	Daily Grist
Coupe Coup Less than 6 percent of 2002 model cars and trucks now hitting showrooms get better than 30 miles per gallon, according to a report released yesterday by the U.S. EPA. On average, the fuel economy for the cars (23.9 mpg) is a bit worse than the 2001 model year. The gas-electric hybrid Honda Insight, a two-seat coupe, takes top honors in fuel economy, at 64 mpg; the hybrid Toyota Prius, a ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

David Friedman, Union of Concerned Scientists		09 Oct 2001	Dispatches
David Friedman is a senior analyst with the clean vehicles program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. UCS educates and works with the public to advocate for environmental solutions based on the best scientific understanding. The Clean Vehicles Program develops and promote strategies to reduce the adverse impacts of the U.S. transportation system. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Tuesday, 09 Oct 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C. This morning's task is to write a th ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, Dispatches, energy efficiency, hybrids, politics, Prius (all these topics)

David Friedman, Union of Concerned Scientists		08 Oct 2001	Dispatches
David Friedman is a senior analyst with the clean vehicles program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. UCS educates and works with the public to advocate for environmental solutions based on the best scientific understanding. The Clean Vehicles Program develops and promote strategies to reduce the adverse impacts of the U.S. transportation system. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Monday, 08 Oct 2001 NEW YORK, N.Y. On a normal Monday, I wake up in Oaklan ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, Dispatches, energy efficiency, hybrids, politics, Prius (all these topics)

Bay City Rollers		10 Sep 2001	Daily Grist
Bay City Rollers Hybrid cars are all the rage in the San Francisco Bay area. About one in five hybrids sold in the U.S. has been purchased in the Bay area, and the average waiting time to buy a Toyota Prius or Honda Insight is five months at local dealers. Drivers say heads turn as their cars cruise by; some folks even talk of the sex appeal of the vehicles. In related news, across the U.S. ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, placemaking, San Francisco (all these topics)

Pioneer Hybrid		03 May 2001	Daily Grist
Pioneer Hybrid Despite the five-month waiting list for Toyota Priuses in the U.S., Toyota has no plans to boost production numbers for its four-door gas-electric hybrid, which gets between 45 and 52 miles per gallon of gasoline. Toyota and Honda (its two-door Insight rates between 61 and 68 mpg) are planning to build fewer than 20,000 hybrid cars for sale this year in the U.S., where ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Leonardo DiCaprio, Prius (all these topics)

Civic Responsibility		08 Feb 2001	Daily Grist
Civic Responsibility The greenest cars sold in the U.S. are both made by Honda, says the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy in its annual guide to cars and trucks. The groups ranked more than 1,000 vehicles in the model year 2001 and found that the Honda Civic GX, which runs on compressed natural gas, and the Honda Insight, a gas-electric hybrid, were the most environmental on the road. The hybrid Toyota Pr ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

Enviros Suck "Clean cars" are the devil's tools, diverting attention from truly green solutions	Jane Holtz Kay	26 Jan 2001	Soapbox
The "clean car" is cool this season. "Is your car an energy hog? Get a new one," a web ad bombards me before I have finished the morning's second cup of coffee. "Your vote counts here," says the flashing ad that rates the energy efficiency of the web surfer's car, luring owners to buy a scrubbed-up replacement. The shock to my sy ...
Topics: cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, environmental justice, greenwashing, hybrids, politics, Prius (all these topics)

Battery Will Get You Nowhere		08 Dec 2000	Daily Grist
Battery Will Get You Nowhere California air quality regulators once hoped that battery-powered, zero-emission cars would lead the charge for cleaner air in the state, but today they are shifting their allegiance to more commercially viable cars that produce some emissions. In 1990, the California Air Resources Board mandated that 10 percent of all vehicles sold in the state by 2003 be pur ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, greenhouse-gas emissions, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

James Grimmelmann, Microsoft		03 Nov 2000	Dispatches
James Grimmelmann is a resident of Seattle, Wash., a software design engineer with the Microsoft Corporation, and the madman behind The Laboratorium. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Friday, 03 Nov 2000 SEATTLE, Wash. The results of the bug bash are in. Our lead developer has gone through and "triaged" the bugs we found yesterday. After culling out the duplicates and the ones that, on further reflection, aren't bugs at all, he's sorted them by their importance. ...
Topics: cars, Dispatches, fuel efficiency, hybrids, tech (all these topics)

James Grimmelmann, Microsoft		02 Nov 2000	Dispatches
James Grimmelmann is a resident of Seattle, Wash., a software design engineer with the Microsoft Corporation, and the madman behind The Laboratorium. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Thursday, 02 Nov 2000 SEATTLE, Wash. Stayed late at work yesterday: My team was having a bug bash. We spent the evening looking for bugs in a twisted parody of a brainstorming session: Who can think up the most creative way to break the product? This one was pretty good. We found 65 bugs in a ...
Topics: cars, Dispatches, fuel efficiency, hybrids, tech (all these topics)

James Grimmelmann, Microsoft		01 Nov 2000	Dispatches
James Grimmelmann is a resident of Seattle, Wash., a software design engineer with the Microsoft Corporation, and the madman behind The Laboratorium. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Wednesday, 01 Nov 2000 SEATTLE, Wash. How much power does your computer use? It's probably around 100 watts for a desktop machine, but what does that 100 watts mean? I work in an office with two honking current-guzzlers, and I have a pretty visceral sense of their power usage: I can feel it i ...
Topics: cars, Dispatches, fuel efficiency, hybrids, tech (all these topics)

James Grimmelmann, Microsoft		31 Oct 2000	Dispatches
James Grimmelmann is a resident of Seattle, Wash., a software design engineer with the Microsoft Corporation, and the madman behind The Laboratorium. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Tuesday, 31 Oct 2000 SEATTLE, Wash. Software development is a resource-obsessed business, even though these "resources" are close to pure abstractions. Everything is measured in terms of its costs: how many CPU cycles this algorithm will take to run, how much disk space the program ...
Topics: cars, Dispatches, fuel efficiency, hybrids, tech (all these topics)

James Grimmelmann, Microsoft		30 Oct 2000	Dispatches
James Grimmelmann is a resident of Seattle, Wash., a software design engineer with the Microsoft Corporation, and the madman behind The Laboratorium. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Monday, 30 Oct 2000 SEATTLE, Wash. I've worked at Microsoft for a year and half total, and in that time I've received two spider Koosh balls (Kooshes with only 20 or so hairs, giving them the lean look of predators), three twisty link toys, an indoor Frisbee, a magnetic poetry kit, a high-bou ...
Topics: cars, Dispatches, fuel efficiency, hybrids, tech (all these topics)

Oh, What Mixed Feelings! The Toyota Prius sounds great, but why is it so hard to get one?	Edward Flattau	18 Oct 2000	Soapbox
My 14-year-old car is on its last legs. I desperately need a replacement, and as an environmentalist, I want the cleanest and (especially with escalating gasoline prices) the most fuel-efficient vehicle available. Have you seen this car? Toyota has a new product that I regard as fitting the bill, a four-door, five-passenger, part electric, part gasoline-powered automobile calle ...
Topics: business, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

The Cars Are Stacked Against Us		03 Oct 2000	Daily Grist
The Cars Are Stacked Against Us While a few small cars being sold in U.S. showrooms get 40 or more miles to the gallon, the vast majority of 2001 model year vehicles get about 20 mpg, according to annual fuel economy statistics released yesterday by the U.S. EPA. The popularity of SUVs, pickup trucks, and minivans drove down the mileage figures. Just like the previous ...
Topics: cars, Department of Energy, energy efficiency, green products, hybrids, United States (all these topics)

Let the Rivalry Begin!		29 Sep 2000	Daily Grist
Let the Rivalry Begin! Bitter rivals Toyota and Honda are racing against each other to create affordable eco-friendly cars. Toyota announced this week that it plans to offer a full range of hybrid gasoline-electric vehicles, everything from ultra-compacts to luxury sedans, SUVs, and commercial trucks, though the company didn't specify when they would hit showrooms. Enviros have praised Toyota ...
Topics: Big Auto, business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Jeff Barrie, documentary filmmaker		30 Jun 2000	Dispatches
Jeff Barrie has been making independent environmental documentary productions as a freelance artist since 1994. His latest project, Arctic Quest, had him bicycling from coast to coast to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska from oil development. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Friday, 30 Jun 2000 LAKE IN THE HILLS, Ill. Today I'm writing from my aunt Beth and uncle Chris's house in Illinois, where they li ...
Topics: animal welfare, bikes, Dispatches, education, energy efficiency, hybrids, oil, politics, Prius, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

Jeff Barrie, documentary filmmaker		29 Jun 2000	Dispatches
Jeff Barrie has been making independent environmental documentary productions as a freelance artist since 1994. His latest project, Arctic Quest, had him bicycling from coast to coast to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska from oil development. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Thursday, 29 Jun 2000 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Two weeks ago today began the craziness on Capitol Hill. Alex, Eric, and I rushed from o ...
Topics: animal welfare, bikes, Dispatches, education, energy efficiency, hybrids, oil, politics, Prius, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

Jeff Barrie, documentary filmmaker		28 Jun 2000	Dispatches
Jeff Barrie has been making independent environmental documentary productions as a freelance artist since 1994. His latest project, Arctic Quest, had him bicycling from coast to coast to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska from oil development. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Wednesday, 28 Jun 2000 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. I've been waiting for this day for nearly five months. This morning I slept until noon. ...
Topics: animal welfare, bikes, Dispatches, education, energy efficiency, hybrids, oil, politics, Prius, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

Jeff Barrie, documentary filmmaker		27 Jun 2000	Dispatches
Jeff Barrie has been making independent environmental documentary productions as a freelance artist since 1994. His latest project, Arctic Quest, had him bicycling from coast to coast to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska from oil development. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Tuesday, 27 Jun 2000 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Caribou in the Alaskan wilderness. Coffee, anyone? Photo: Dean Biggens, USFWS. This morni ...
Topics: animal welfare, bikes, Dispatches, education, energy efficiency, hybrids, oil, politics, Prius, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

Jeff Barrie, documentary filmmaker		26 Jun 2000	Dispatches
Jeff Barrie has been making independent environmental documentary productions as a freelance artist since 1994. His latest project, Arctic Quest, had him bicycling from coast to coast to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska from oil development. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Monday, 26 Jun 2000 TURTON, S.D. The rain is falling this morning as I write from my dad's hometown of Turton, S.D. It's a small ...
Topics: animal welfare, bikes, Dispatches, education, energy efficiency, hybrids, oil, politics, Prius, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

Reinventing the Wheels How far can clean cars take us?	Jim Motavalli	19 May 2000	Arts and Minds
This essay is adapted from Forward Drive: The Race to Build "Clean" Cars for the Future. Forward Drive By Jim Motavalli Sierra Club Books, 272 pages, 2000 I loved cars long before I knew there was any reason to worry about their effect on the environment or be concerned about the smoke that poured from their tailpipes. In the 1960s, ignorance like mine was widespread in the United States, maintained b ...
Topics: air pollution, books, cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, green living, hybrids, oil, placemaking (all these topics)

Car Talk How green is your pleasure machine?	Consumers Union	20 Apr 2000	Earthly Possessions
They be jammin'. When you look at U.S. transportation habits, you start to wonder where in the world we're all going, and why we're working so hard to get there. The average household makes more than six car trips per day, each averaging nine miles. With busier schedules, we are each spending an average of 70 minutes a day in our cars, and traffic congestion doesn't help. Average rush-hour delays due to roadway congestio ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

EV Come, EV Go?		21 Jan 2000	Daily Grist
EV Come, EV Go? General Motors Corp. is still committed to manufacturing its EV1 electric cars, the company's vice chair said yesterday, contrary to reports last week that the company planned to abandon its electric car program to concentrate on vehicles powered by fuel cells and hybrid-electric systems. News that GM was dropping the EV1 had angered some enviro groups. Meanwhile, Ford Motor Co. Chair William C ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

Th!nk Different		10 Jan 2000	Daily Grist
Th!nk Different Ford will announce today that it has created an independent brand, Th!nk, that will develop and market low-pollution and electric-powered vehicles, as well as battery-powered bicycles. Th!nk, named after an electric car produced by a Norwegian company that Ford bought last year, will soon begin selling bikes and an electric golf-cart-like vehicle over the Internet as well as at dealerships. Ford ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

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