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Owning an Electric Car prepares and enlightens

Ever wonder what it is really like to own an electric car? Before rushing out to buy that new Nissan Leaf or Mitsubishi i MiEV (or what have you) it might be a good idea to know what to expect. And what better way to learn about the advantages and drawbacks of living with a battery-powered vehicle than to read a book written by someone who not only has a couple, but who has spoken with many other owners about the experience as well as manufacturers. Owning an Electric Car by Michael Boxwell is that book. In just under 200 pages, Mr. ... Read more →

U.S. team wants steam record back, will use Cyclone Power engine Jeremy Korzeniewski

Last summer, a British team traveled to the United States with a giant green steam-powered streamliner in an effort to break the longstanding top speed record for a steam car, which had previously ...

Report: Florida man rigs truck with fake WMD after growing tired of gas thieves Jeremy Korzeniewski

It could be argued that our nation's highways are teaming with weapons of mass destruction. After all, there are millions of two-plus ton objects hurtling around all over the place with ...

Three Tesla employees killed in crash identified, remembered [w/video] *UPDATE Jeremy Korzeniewski

Details on the deadly airplane crash that took the lives of three Tesla Motors employees are now filtering in, including the identities of the deceased. As reported yesterday, the Cessna 310 ...

VIDEO: Robert Llewellyn launching Gearless, a new EV-centric series Domenick Yoney

Gearless mini-episodes – Click above to watch video after the jump Fans of Robert Llewellyn's current web-based Carpool series, as well as fans of electric vehicles (EVs) in general, may be ...

BREAKING: Three Tesla employees die in Palo Alto plane crash *UPDATE 22 days ago on Autoblog Green

A small, twin-engined Cessna crashed this morning in an East Palo Alto neighborhood, killing all three passengers on board. According to reports, the plane was owned by Doug Bourn, a senior electrical engineer for Tesla Motors, and all three occupants were high-ranking officials employees at the ...

VIDEO: World's Smallest Electric Bicycle 22 days ago on Autoblog Green

Here in the U.S. of A., we like everything big. The bigger the better, in fact. Somewhat paradoxically, though, it would seem that the next best thing to having the World's Largest Thingamajig is having the World's Smallest. With that in mind, check out what's being billed as the World's ...

Want to write for AutoblogGreen? 24 days ago on Autoblog Green

We're guessing that anyone reading this is enamored with the greening of transportation. The question we're asking this week is: do you have the chops to write about them? If so, let us know, because we're looking for someone to join the AutoblogGreen team as a writer. Professional writing ...

Chicago 2010: GM uses clear plastic to illustrate direct injection 26 days ago on Autoblog Green

Automakers have long grappled with a way to showcase exciting new technology in an interesting and informative yet still simple-to-understand way. One traditional method that's been used for years for this purpose is to hire an artist skilled enough to draw complex cutaway illustrations that ...

Chicago 2010: The greenest vehicles at the auto show? 27 days ago on Autoblog Green

Yes, there were plenty of electric, hybrid, ethanol and diesel vehicles here at the Chicago Auto Show. There are even some cars and trucks that use some combination of multiple green fuels or powertrains. But those are expected and they aren't necessarily the greenest or most environmentally ...

Ford UK recycles bumpers into bumpers 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

In 2009, Ford UK dealers collected 23,000 ruined bumpers from cars that had been in accidents. Why would they do this? In order to do a bit of recycling. Some of the material from those bumpers is now back in action, having been turned into bumpers – and other plastic parts – used in ...

A look back at the Super Bowl's green car sides 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

This year, the green car angle for the corporate adgasm / replay event that is the Super Bowl – we hear there may be as much as 11 minutes of game played today – has been the hoopla surrounding Audi's Green Police commercials. Previous years, though, have had a little more going for ...

It's Friday: Audi launches latest zero-emission cars at International Toy Fair 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Audi has seemingly done the impossible: Produce desirable cars that emit exactly zero pollution or carbon dioxide. One of them is even a replica of the classic Auto Union Silver Arrow Type C race car, painted up in the expected shade of silver. Perhaps the only problem is that these cars ...

Is Chery designing an electric jeep for Better Place? 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

In reporting on a $350 million funding round for Better Place, we said that we doubted another automaker besides Nissan-Renault is building vehicles that would work with the company's battery-swapping system. Might a report in Globes prove us wrong? According to the Israeli business news site, ...

Audi responds to Green Police critisicms over Super Bowl ad 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Audi is taking some heat over the unintended connection one blogger made between the company's Green Police ad that's scheduled to debut during the Super Bowl and the Ordnungspolizei, the uniformed regular German police force when the Nazi's ruled Germany. Because of the Ordnungspolizei's green ...

A billion spent on "transportation enhancement" didn't help traffic flow in Texas 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Traffic jams. Who doesn't love them? You've spent tens of thousands of dollars on a new car (or not) to go five miles an hour, you're wasting gas and people are getting cranky. This, my friends, is the freedom of the open road. If this is the kind of motoring you're a fan of, the future looks ...

Artist transforming Hummer into horse cart, i.e. why we love modern art [w/video] 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

In 1948, American-born artist Man Ray wrote, "There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love. There are simply different ways of doing it." This is nearly 30 years after he glued some spikes to the bottom of an iron and called it art. And you know what? We couldn't ...

Audi in trouble with the Green Police [w/video] *UPDATE 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Green Police... it's a concept that seems innocent enough at first glance, right? Apparently, though, Audi's use of the term "Green Police" has some people up in arms. We'll get to the why and how in a moment, but first, an explanation is in order. Audi has created a new social media campaign ...

It's Friday: Betty Boop fills up on corn dripp'ns 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Betty Boop in Musical Mountaineers – Click above to watch video after the jump Might we have discovered the earliest example of cartoon biofuel? Way back in 1939, Paramount released "Musical Mountaineers," a seven-minute Betty Boop musical short that sees the shapely dancer run out of ...

Questionable Aesthetics: Truck owners get in on the aero ecomods too 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

You might have thought that anyone who's willing to go to the trouble of modifying his ride with questionable exterior modifications in the name of fuel efficiency would start with a small, efficient vehicle in the first place. Apparently, that's not always the case, as can be seen by the Toyota ...

So Smart: Canadian Cancer Society offering chance to win Escape Hybrid if smokers quit 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Either the Canadian Cancer Society really wants you to stop smoking, or, what feels more likely, it simply has a Ford Escape Hybrid it's trying to get rid of. If you're a resident of Ontario and you're 19 years old by March 1, the group's Driven to Quit contest will reward you and a buddy if you ...

Green Car Game brings child's gameplay to CO2 emissions 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

We're not against a silly flash game that teaches us a fact or two about green cars or how to drive better, but one thing we do not need is a green car version of war/Top Trumps. But, this is what Green-Car-Guide.com has given us with the Green Car Game. If you want to learn, in detail and kind ...

Tesla officially calls Chicago home 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

It appears Tesla Motors has truly sweetened up their Chicago home and officially opened its Windy City doors. Although they have already been conducting some small amount of business from the location, Thursday night saw a gathering of current Roadster owners, Model S reservation holders, ...

Report: Hybrid Kinetic Motors to spend $500 million for Italian styling 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

In a deal that will bring Italian style to the Hybrid Kinetic Motors range of CNG-powered hybrid vehicles, the Alabama-bound company has inked a deal with Italdesign Giugiaro to design and engineer its initial eight models. Good thing, since the foliage-enshrouded vehicle on their website (and ...

Millionaire plots to save Detroit... by turning it into a farming community? 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

You wouldn't know it by giving a cursory glance down its many city streets or witnessing hundreds of its dilapidated buildings firsthand, but the city of Detroit was once mile after mile of fertile land. Its close proximity to the Great Lakes and ample growing season make the area ideal for ...

Study: Exposure to traffic pollution negatively impacts children's health 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

In recent times, it sometimes seems as though the emphasis on emissions is mostly related to CO2. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, as this greenhouse gas could cause the planet plenty of problems the longer we go (yes, it's still getting hotter) unless we significantly slash output ...

Followup: Biodiesel-Earthrace boat sinks off coast of Antarctica 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Despite frenzied attempts to tow the damaged biodiesel-powered Ady Gil out of Australian Antarctic Territorial waters after being rammed by the Japanese whaling vessel Shonan Maru II, the anti-whaling ship reportedly sunk after the tow ropes holding it in place snapped. Says Sea Shepherd ...

It's Friday: How to turn the World's Cheapest Car into the World's Most Overpriced Car 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Here's a brilliant idea: Take a car that's endlessly billed as the World's Cheapest Car, modify it to the point that it's barely even recognizable as its former self and then offer it back up for sale with a zillion-times price increase. No longer the World's Cheapest Car then, eh? The car in ...

Something Fishy: Suzuki to show scaley Alto at International Green Week in Berlin 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

If someone were to ask you to to paint up a car so that it looks "green," how would you proceed? Thoughts of plant life, crystal clear water and beautiful blue skies pop instantly to mind, but someone at Suzuki apparently thought differently. As you can see (sort of...) from the image above, ...

Video: Former Earthrace biodiesel boat nearly sunk by Japanese whalers 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Remember the biodiesel-fueled Earthrace boat that set a new world record by circumnavigating the globe in just two months? That beat the previous record by two full weeks. Sadly, it seems that the vessel may have come to a tragic end at the hands (or the bow?) of a Japanese whaling ship. ...

EESTOR gets a bad rap (actually, it's kind of good) 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Coming to you live from yesterday's EVCast, beatmasters Bo and Ryan have put together a mix using audio from the leaked audio of Dick Weir to highlight some of EESTOR's missed promises. It's got a beat, and the "jokes," such as they are, are really only for insiders. Still, if you know the ...

Daimler encourages you to design your own Smart, results vary 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Not digging the Smart Fortwo's two-color paint palette? Think you can do better? Well, then, you're in luck. Daimler, Smart's German parent company, has just announced a contest where customers and budding designers can customize their own Fortwo. Visit styleyoursmart.com in order to, well, ...

Cattle industry has a beef with EPA over greenhouse gases 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

To the surprise of many, the vast majority of the automakers that sell their wares here in the United States welcomed the EPA's decision earlier in the year that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are damaging to the environment and should therefore be regulated. That has plenty to do ...

Enterprising DIYer adds boat tail to Pontiac Firefly to boost mileage 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Aerocivic apparently has a distant relative from Canada. Darin Cosgrove, founder of Ecomodder.com, has added a boat tail to the back of his 1998 Pontiac Firefly (which is what the Geo Metro was called up north). According to Wired, the modified bodywork was constructed from cardboard, ...

AutoblogGreen's Top Ten most popular stories of 2009 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Now that 2009 is drawing to a close, it's time to look back and see what stories spoke the loudest to AutoblogGreen readers. Which topics got the most attention (i.e., clicks) this past year? We took a look at the traffic records and found there's not a single hydrogen vs. EVs debate post to be ...

Wired tells us what to do with leftover Christmas trash 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Holiday season is upon us, and while most of our readers are likely in the process of checking out all the cool new stuff that was deposited under the big tree in their living room, a few interesting questions arise once it's all done and over with. For instance, what are you going to do with ...

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