Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Big news in the green car world today. Tesla Motors called a press conference earlier this evening to announce their new joint project: building an electric car in cooperation with Toyota. The text of the complete press release follows:
May 20, 2010 – Palo Alto, California, U.S.A. — Tesla Motors, Inc. (Tesla) and Toyota Motor Corporation [...]
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Left Lane News is reporting this morning on the announcement that GM has teamed up with TGC (The Gas Company) to bring a hydrogen fueling infrastructure to Hawaii. Specifically, this will mean the construction of several hydrogen fueling stations on the island of Oahu.
TGC already produces hydrogen and synthetic natural gas, and will use [...]
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Natural gas may not be the fuel that first come to mind when we think of alternative power for cars, but if it does, chances are we’re not thinking of attractive young actors and shiny new cars. The organization NGVsNow wants to change that, however, so last week, they released a sexy new video talking [...]
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Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Courtesy of YouTube and our friends at Motor Trend, we offer their editor Todd Lassa’s introduction to the upcoming 2011 Chevy Cruze. There will eventually be an ECO version of this car, as well.
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
There’s no denying that, as much as those of us who are pro-environment want it to happen, it’s going to take years – perhaps even decades – before electric cars become de rigueur on American highways. Consumer adoption takes time, after all, and we have a LOT of consumers here. As translated by Hybrid Cars, [...]
Filed under: Buying Trends, Going Green by Mel
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