Transportation & Energy
Santa Monica Buys First Plug-In Service Truck July 6th, 2009
The city of Santa Monica, California, has purchased the first zero-emissions, plug-in, battery-powered electric medium-duty truck sold in the U.S. The truck, which will be used by the city’s water department, was manufactured by Electrorides. Santa...more
Top Ten “Cash for Clunkers” Cars July 4th, 2009
You’ve heard about the “cash for clunkers” legislation that allows U.S. car buyers to get up to $4,500 in cash vouchers for replacing gas guzzlers with fuel efficient vehicles. If you’ve got an older car...more
Moblu Uses Social Networking to Track Gas Mileage July 1st, 2009
The latest online app to help drivers track fuel economy comes from Moblu. The site asks for your vehicle’s year, make and model then requires you to create a user name and password. Where, you might...more
Save Gas, Reduce Emissions with Better A/C June 30th, 2009
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory have set their sights on one of the least efficient systems in modern automobiles: the air conditioning. The laboratory says 6% of the total amount of fuel consumed in the...more
Audi, Facebook, and the Nature Conservancy to Reduce Carbon June 29th, 2009
As part of the German carmaker’s promotional effort for its clean diesel engines, Audi will donate $1 to the Nature Conservancy’s carbon offset program for every Facebook user who joins the program, up to $25,000. Audi...more
Low Diesel Prices Mean More Diesel Car Sales June 25th, 2009
Remember when I said diesel prices were lower than gasoline for the first time in years? Remember when I wondered if that would change American diesel buying habits? Well, it has, apparently. Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz...more
Patrol Cars Get Solar Panels June 24th, 2009
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is outfitting its fleet of Ford Crown Victorias with solar power. The $37 panels are much smaller than the rooftop array found on, say, the 2010 Toyota Prius or the...more
Best Buy to Sell Electric Bikes June 23rd, 2009
Hi-def TVs, iPods, digital picture frames … and now, electric two-wheelers. Best Buy announced last week that it would add plug-in bikes and motorcycles to its stores, starting with the Brammo Enertia in Portland, Oregon. The...more
Price Announced for Mitsubishi i-MiEV June 18th, 2009
We already knew that the Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car would go on sale in July 2009, but we didn’t know how much it would sell for. I, for one, would never have guessed that the...more
Cars Are the World’s Most Recycled Product June 17th, 2009
So say the geniuses over at Popular Science, anyway, and who am I to disagree? Each year, more than 95% of the 10 million vehicles headed for the parking garage in the sky end up...more
