Video: Nissan Leaf NISMO RC Racer Hits the Track

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I won’t lie, there’s something special about the guttural roar of a big V8 engine. That’s doesn’t stop me from getting excited about EV racing, and the Nissan Leaf NISMO RC race car is set to lead the pack. I’m going to keep this short and sweet, because there’s an eight-minute video with subtitles ahead [...]

Do We Risk Armed Conflict Over Arctic Oil Drilling?

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“Drill baby, drill” is become a popular refrain among those who want to open up more land to drilling. But will our quest for oil in the Artic lead us into war over this rapidly dwindling resource? Now I am not a fan of Julian Assage or Wikileaks, but even my eyebrows went up reading [...]

Hydrogen Re-fueling Network Expands in SoCal

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The world’s first hydrogen station supplied by an existing, industrial hydrogen pipeline opened earlier this week in Torrance, CA, bringing the total number of hydrogen re-fueling stations to seven in the state. The station is located close to the Los Angeles International Airport and major freeways. More notably, the hydrogen is being pulled from Air [...]

Op-Ed: Why Can’t America Make Alternative Fuels Work?

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60 years ago, there didn’t seem to be a single challenge America couldn’t overcome. Now, there’s just a lot of negativity about America, especially when it comes to alternative fuels. What are these people so afraid of? In particular, I’m talking about how in the same breath a person can criticize Big Oil for rising [...]

Video: the Scooter Commuter … from 1962 to 2011

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Gas prices across America have been climbing steadily upwards in recent months, forcing many Americans to re-evaluate the kind of car they drive and even the kind of driving they do – with many coming to the following conclusion:  they don’t need a car at all. As such, there have been renewed interests in bus [...]

Recycled Hawtness: 1972 Mini + Saturn Adds up to Awesome

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As we’ve said before (again and again), the greenest car is the one that’s already been built.  Still, this build is something special:  the heavily re-vamped car here took 2 existing cars (which were reasonably green already) and fused the best elements of both to create an attention-getting fun car that delivers plenty of miles [...]

Sci-Fi Star Helps Launch SRV EV Commuter

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The cult-classic sci-fi television show Firefly portrayed a future where humanity had taken to the stars. One of the stars of this defunct show, Nathan Fillion, helped Arcimoto unveil the “Red 5” SRK EV prototype, a three-wheeler with racing aspirations. Nathan Fillion, also known as Captain Malcom Reynolds from Firefly, showed up with his Castle [...]

Plug-In Prius Standard = No Go According to Toyota

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An article written in the Nikkei Business Daily claiming that Toyota was planning on making plug in technology standard in all Prius’ by 2014 has been denied by a Toyota spokesman. Toyota is indeed perusing electric vehicles (EV), and recently purchased a stake in EV manufacturer Tesla. Toyota seems reluctant though to make the plug-in [...]