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Have You Plugged In a Ford Lately? EVs, Plug-ins, and Hybrids Live on in Detroit (Part Two)
Nancy Gioia is a big wheel at Ford where she oversees sustainable transportation projects. In the second part of our chat, Gioia illuminates the future of diesels, Obama's new MPG standards, and the lackluster promise of the hydrogen highway. She also
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Have You Plugged In a Ford Lately? EVs, Plug-ins, and Hybrids Live on in Detroit (Part One)
In the smoking ashes of Detroit, Ford Motor Company looks a lot like the last man standing, which could have great big implications for the green car race. Nancy Gioia heads up Ford’s Sustainable Mobility programs—she shares with TreeHugger how her
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George Will Disses the Prius, Obama and the Facts
On This Week with George Stephanopoulos yesterday, conservative columnist George Will commented on President Obama's emphasis on green cars, now that the White House is arguably a co-owner of Chrysler and
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Cash for Clunkers Debate Continues - Details Needed
There are currently four bills in Congress focused on stimulating car sales by allowing people to trade an old car for a new one. There's been lots of buzz, but not so many
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Denis Leary on Why He Sucks Gas
The author of Why We Suck and star of Rescue Me, Denis Leary, yukked it up on David Letterman's last Friday night, alerting viewers to the upcoming season of his FX
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Is Toyota Hot on the Trail of a Solar Powered Car?
Toyota, who is famous for its groundbreaking introduction of the Prius, is currently rumored to be hot on the trail of another first... a solar powered car. This headline was splattered all over the Web last Thursday. The vehicle
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Honda's Econo-Nag Speedometer Tells You With Color
Honda calls it the Ecological Drive Assist System (EDAS).
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Toyota: It's Lonely At The Top, Gets Credit Rating Lowered
Toyota just announced that while three other Japanese car makers will not participate in the next Detroit Auto Show, they plan to attend, and they have two new models to
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Make Cars Green: Too Little Too Late?
The global Make Cars Green campaign is an ambitious 10-point plan to steer drivers towards more environmentally-friendly habits, including checking tyre pressure regularly and reduce loads. The campaign builds on the principles by the FIA Make Cars Green
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A Home Energy Use Tracker, The Prius' Solar Makeover and Brazil's Carbon Market
An interactive website allows users to track home energy use in real time.
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Boulder County Vehicle to Grid Program Initiates "Phase One"
Movement inside the bubble of plug-in vehicle technology known as "vehicle to grid" has been noted in Colorado since this past March, 2008. Xcel Energy in Boulder County has finally initiated their $150,000 funded Phase One of their plan to put the
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5 Green Coffee Break Tips, Win a Toyota Prius and Cheesecake with Praline Sauce
:: Make your coffee break as eco-conscientious as possible.
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A Helping Hand From Toyota to the Yosemite National Park Fund
Photo by Roger J. Wyan Left to right: Bill Duff, Corporate Manager, Environmental Office, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.; Bob Hansen, President, The Yosemite Fund; Steve Kang, Chancellor, UC Merced; and Mike Tollefson, Superintendent of Yosemite
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Jalopnik/KORSdesign Mockup of Honda's Upcoming Dedicated Hybrid Car
What Honda's Dedicated Hybrid Might Look Like Jalopnik has asked KORSdesign to create a mockup of what Honda's upcoming dedicated hybrid, planned for 2010, might look like. They obviously used the spy-shots (see below) that came out a few weeks ago as a
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Weeds Season Three Goes Green: A DVD Review
The third season of the laughter-laden series Weeds by Showtime®, about dealing wacky tabacky in the California suburbs is available on DVD. We were lucky enough to receive a copy for review and if you didn’t see it on the
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Green Eyes On: Wanting the Prius 2010
So my husband and I are having serious green car envy and wondering if and
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Toyota to Boost Prius Hybrid Production by 70% Next Year
Toyota Increasing Prius Hybrid Production After the launch of the 3rd generation Prius hybrid next year (actually, the 4th generation if you count the NHW10 model which was sold only in Japan between 1997 and 2000), Toyota plans to boost its production
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Monster Media, RVCA, and Sea Shepherd Sea No Evil
This year's Sea No Evil event , also known as the Sea Shepherd Art Show aims to bring art, music and the environment together under one roof in Riverside, CA. The location — The Riverside Art Musem. The date — Saturday, July 12, 2008. The acts
