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Regular Gas2 readers may remember Toyota’s announcement of their hybrid race car prototype – the green(er) car will be running in Le Mans this year, if all goes well, along with some other races. Testing started this week in the south of France. One aspect of the TS030 prototype that stands out is that it [...]
The City of Miami Beach loves attention. It was the first to bring a bike sharing program to South Florida with DECOBIKE, and now it has partnered with Hertz to offer “Hertz On Demand,” the first car-sharing program for a municipality (the service is already available at Florida International University, among others). The partnership kicked [...]
The HIRIKO project, originally the CityCar from Massachussets Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Media Lab, introduced its revolutionary prototype to Durao Barroso, President of the European Commission on January 24th. The unveiling in Brussels is a symbolic first step toward production. “Hiriko” sounds Japanese, but it’s a Basque word for “urban,” which is pretty cool, especially [...]
Our planet’s oceans are our most precious resource, and as it turns out, a great source of energy as well. From algae to tidal turbines to seaweed, scientists the world over are looking to the oceans for answers to tomorrow’s energy questions. Researchers at Bio Architecture Labs, Inc. and the University of Washington at Seattle [...]
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama laid out his vision for America’s future energy destiny, citing shale gas formations as one of many potential fuels to reduce our oil dependency. Indeed, many pundits and economists talk about the natural gas economy. The only problem? The lack of CNG-powered cars in America. Honda was first out the [...]
The last day of my week, and hopefully yours, is upon us. I don’t have anything too excited going on for the weekend, except after 2 months of sleeping on the floor I can finally afford to buy a bed frame! But who cares about that, when there’s all this exciting green news going on. [...]
President Obama’s State of the Union Address was very alternative fuel heavy. This lead to a number of applause breaks and in many the camera captured Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders showing his approval. Senator Sanders has been a champion of the alternative fuel movement for a long time and at a recent rally in [...]
We previously wrote about the major advances being made to the bike infrastructure in Miami-Dade county in our first Bike the Nation post. It’s clear that Miami is set to have a bicycle renaissance of its own thanks to local support, the true impetus for change. Any given day there is a group ride scheduled, a [...]
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