CONTEST REMINDER: Win 5 QTs of Green G-Oil!

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Just a reminder ladies and gentlemen, that you still have 24 hours to enter to win a 5 quart jug of 100% biodegradable 5w-30 G-Oil from Green Earth Technologies! To enter to win, all you’ve got to do is go to this post and tell us what green, dream car you’d like to use your [...]

How Big is a Small Car?

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Yes, Virginia, that is a Chevy Aveo looking every bit as big as a 2nd-gen Chevy S-10 pickup.  My, my. I snapped the picture a few months ago, and had intended to use it as a comparison shot between the Aveo and its replacement, the Chevy Sonic.  Sadly, I forgot all about the snapshot until [...]

Commuting = Divorce, Obesity, and Death (weekend op-ed)

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I tried driving in today, and down that road lies madness, so I’m taking the train. I wrote that email – those exact words – a few weeks ago, when a I started commuting from the ‘burbs into downtown Chicago on a regular (daily) basis.  I stand by those words, too, as the stress, rage, [...]

Loremo Pushes Forward, Announces New EV Concept

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We last covered Loremo – the tiny German automaker with big, clean-car dreams – back in 2008, when the company announced plans to build a slippery, 117 mpg bio-diesel commuter with “sporty coupe” pretences.  At the time, the folks behind Loremo promised that an EV was coming … and here it is. Ignore, for a [...]

American High Speed Rail — Past and Present

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High speed rail in America in 2011 is limited. In fact the Acela Express by Amtrak on the northeast corridor of the United States is the only high speed line used in America. This was not always the case; sixty seven years ago the Milwaukee Road introduced high speed rail connecting Minneapolis and Chicago. The [...]

Do Electric Cars Mean the End of Spare Tires?

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Once upon a time, it was unwritten law that all cars came with a full-size spare tire. These days, you’re lucky to even get a “donut” tire. In the case of the Chevy Volt though, you get no spare at all. According to a post over at GM-Volt.com, poster “VoltSoundz” found himself hitting a pothole [...]

Video: Volvo Bringing KERS Hybrid System to the Streets?

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Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems, or KERS, are often referred to as flywheel hybrids and so far have only seen action on the racing circuit. But Volvo could bring a KERS system to street cars in a few short years. Thus far only a handful of high-end car manufacturers, including Porsche and Ferrari, have played around [...]

Miniaturized Electric Hummers Coming to a Resort Near You

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If ever there was a vehicle that’s the antithesis of all that is “green,” it was the Hummer. And while Hummer production ceased last year, a smaller electric version of the Hummer could show up at some popular resort destinations. This isn’t some cheap Chinese knockoff vehicle either, but an officially licensed and shrunken Hummer [...]