Friday, December 14th, 2007
Commuter Car Round-up
I just found this great page of one- or two-person electric cars that are available today or will be soon. There are good descriptions an pictures of these odd-looking little wonders, whose price tags range from $8,000 to an incredible $84,000!
My favorite (and the priciest–imagine that) is the Tango T600, looking like a laterally-compressed ocean [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Gadgets & Products by Brett
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
5 Simple Things You Can Do to Increase Your Gas Mileage
Here are a few easy things you can do that will lessen your car’s impact on the environment, and reduce your guilt, all while saving you money on gas at the same time. Of course, your first consideration when driving should be your safety, and the safety of those around you, but once you’ve got [...]
No Comments » - Posted in General by Mark
Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Convert Almost Any Car to Electric
A nice article with a broad view of electric vehicle conversion from the good folks over at TreeHugger.com
Read the article: Converting Your Car to an Electric Vehicle
1 Comment » - Posted in DIY Projects, General by Mark
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Convert Your VW Into an Electric Vehicle!
Yes it’s true! You can convert your VW into an electric car with the kits available at e-volks.com. It’s pretty amazing really. I read about this website in Make magazine, and it looks really cool. The guy in the article made his car not only electric, but solar as well, by [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in DIY Projects, Solar by Mark
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
New Solar Roof for the Toyota Prius!
A company called Solar Electric Vehicles has put out what Prius owners have been waiting for: a solar roof panel. It apparently costs about $2000-4000 and will pay for itself in 2-3 years. Read a very nice article at TreeHugger.com.
Photo from TreeHugger.com
Also, check out the Solar Electric Vehicles site for more information.
No Comments » - Posted in Solar by Mark
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
New Eco-Friendly Car Manufacturer
photos: Michel Zumbrunn
The Venturi Company from Monaco is hitting the renewable energy vehicle market full-force. They have three different models already: The Eclectic (a golf-cart looking super eco-car; below), the Astrolab (in between a sports car, and a an eco-car; above), and the Fetish (all-out sports car).
Only the Fetish is in production at the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in General, Solar, Wind by Mark
Sunday, April 8th, 2007
New X-Prize for Super-Efficient Automobiles
The X Prize Foundation has announced several new X Prizes, and one of them is “To inspire a new generation of viable, super-efficient vehicles that help break our addiction to oil and stem the effects of climate change.”
The winner gets a HUGE amount of glory and, of course, $10 million. The gauntlet has been dropped, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in General by Mark
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Discovery’s Future Car TV Show Talks Fuel
The Discovery channel is 3/4 of the way through their four part series on the car of the future, appropriately called Future Car. The most recent episode was about fuel and hit on everything from ethanol, bio-diesel, hydrogen and solar all the way to having a car powered by air.
A few of the finer [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Bio-Fuel, General, Hydrogen, Solar by Mark
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
Cut Down on your Carbon with Slate.com
Slate.com has a step by step list of instructions that will help you cut your carbon emissions. Check it out here.
http://www.slate.com/id/2151739/
No Comments » - Posted in General by Pete Lauf
Thursday, October 19th, 2006
EPA/DOE Fuel Efficiency Ratings Posted: For Best AND Worst
The Toyota Prius was postd as the overall most fuel-efficient car by the EPA/DOE, but the most fun is to look at the lists of the vehicles with the worst mileage. Admitedly, if you are buying a Lamborghini you probably don’t care about efficiency, the environment, or spending money on something so trivial as gas, [...]
