GM's Joke, the 2008 Yukon Hybrid - 2007-11-15 By Field Palmer: While GM is taking out ten page ads in major magazines showing off The Hybrid That Makes No Sense, two Aussies have invented a universal hybrid system for semi trucks.
Turbine Hybrid Hummer - 2007-11-05 More inventive than an average mechanic, yet more imaginative than an engineer, Goodwin is a godsend for environmentally conscious gear heads who demand 5 second blasts to 60 mph in two and a half ton behemoths, all the while getting 60 miles to the gallon.
Project Better Place - 2007-10-29 From the 40th annual Tokyo Motor Show to "Project Better Place," electric and hybrid cars are drawing more attention than ever.
Hybrid Vehicle Technology - 2007-10-23 FedEx goes hybrid in the EU while A123Systems attracts major funding from huge corporations...
Corporate Average Fuel Economy - 2007-10-05 This report examines new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards that have Detroit running scared... and Japan poised for long-term profits.
Hybrid Growth Leaves Repair Industry Wide Open - 2007-09-28 "There's a critical mass of hybrids in the Bay Area, enough to support a shop like this," Coquillette said. With over 255,000 hybrids on the road, and 21,000 of them in the Bay area, she's certainly onto something big, and things are really starting to take off for Coquillette, who at 29 seems an unlikely candidate for such a business.
Why We Love $80 Oil - 2007-09-12 So oil finally hit a record $80 today after the government reported a surprisingly large drop in crude oil inventories and accompanying declines in gasoline supplies and refinery activity. Kind of makes OPEC's recent decision to boost production by 500,000 barrels nothing short of laughable.
Open Source Cars - 2007-08-31 In this issue, Field Palmer discusses 'Open Source Cars' and how collaborating communities are progressing with them.
Electric Cars: A European Perspective - 2007-08-01 With gas going for above $5 a gallon, an electric car that amounts to nothing more than a niche-filler in the U.S. sells like hotcakes across the pond.
Toyota Hybrid: 1st Place in 24hr Race - 2007-07-18 Only a few days ago Toyota’s Team DENSO SARD Supra HV-R (hybrid race vehicle) finished first in the grueling Tokachi 24 hour race; a vast improvement over last year’s 17th finish with the GS450h.
Formula One Gives Green Technology a New Victory - 2007-06-18 A technology called kinetic energy recovery will reduce emissions of F1 cars without hurting performance, and stands to revolutionize the way Phev's perform.
CAFE Standards Have Big Auto on Empty - 2007-06-05 I don't know if you've heard the recent news about the automotive industry's reaction to the proposed increase in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, but I'll tell you this, it has the Alliance of Automotive Manufacturers in an uproar.
Wildfires, Whiskey, Celebrities and Money - 2007-05-30 On a recent trip through the Florida wildfires I stumbled upon a new cycle. This "Fear, Growth, Industry" cycle is almost complete in hybrid technologies and stands to make serious investors some serious money.
"Forbes, Fetch the Mini, We're Going to Wall Street" - 2007-04-30 With heavy media coverage, rave reviews from automotive journalists and speculation from Forbes and The Wall Street Journal... is Hybrid Technologies the next company up for corporate buy out?
EV's aren't the Future...They're Already Here! - 2007-04-23 While we may have some pretty good ideas about what will dominate the transportation market in ten or twenty years, EV's and hybrids offer the best solution to some very serious problems.
California Cruisin' EV Style - 2007-04-16 The Phoenix SUT actually looks and drives like something your teenaged son could borrow and not be a weeping mess on Oprah ten years from now.
The Army's New Green Ally - 2007-04-12 With 40 million gallons of fuel used every three weeks in Iraq the military has realized they must cut back. Their solution? A hybrid truck built by Armor Holdings and UQM.
Opportunities in the EV Market - 2007-02-07 With market analysts, major auto manufacturers and now even President Bush all realizing electric vehicles will be the future, there's a heck of a lot of potential out there for these two small companies.
Four Times the Power...Without a Drop of Gas! - 2007-02-06 It would seem electric car manufacturers are cursed with a quintessential catch 22. To make it in this world, they must advance a disruptive technology without disrupting consumers.
Electric Musings from an Armchair Racer - 2007-01-31 These cars may not help save the world, but what they will do is bring a much needed dose of “smoking in the boys’ room” attitude to the hybrid market.
Powering Tomorrow's EVs - 2007-01-08 A few days ago, GM announced that it had awarded advanced battery development contracts to two suppliers to design and test lithium-ion batteries for use in the Saturn Vue Green Line plug-in hybrid SUV.
PTA's . . . Pollution . . . Profits! - 2006-12-15 There are more than 400,000 school busses that will have to be replaced in the next ten years. But there are only a couple of companies that will be tapped to produce them.
Drive This SUV 100 Miles Without a Drop of Gas! - 2006-11-29 Truly a real-life case of “revenge of the nerds,” this truck has enough technology to make any pocket-protecting geek smile as wide as his dickies-wearing, steel-toed, diesel-guzzlin’ brethren.
Hybrid Locomotive - 2006-09-13 Jeff Siegel discusses the oil crisis and hybrid locomotives.
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