by Justin Velella | Apr 1, 2013 | Environment
In today’s New York Times, Thomas Homer-Dixon, a professor of global governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, published a terrific opinion piece about the environmental impact of extracting Alberta’s tar sands. From the article:...
by Justin Velella | Nov 19, 2012 | Electric Vehicles, Environment, Green Driving
Hurricane Sandy gave us a good shellacking, no doubt. But now that power has returned to the Northeast, allowing for a slow but steady road to recovery, we can forget about those dismal three weeks of darkness, right? Well, unfortunately this is a trend that is...
by Justin Velella | Oct 1, 2012 | Environment, Green Driving
Last week Toyota announced that they have decided to scale back the distribution plans of their all-electric vehicle (EV), the eQ. Initially slated to sell several thousand of the vehicles per year, Toyota will only sell “about 100 battery-powered eQ vehicles...
by Justin Velella | Sep 3, 2012 | Electric Vehicles, Environment, Green Driving
In today’s automotive world, efficiency is in (as long as you don’t have to sacrifice the creature comforts Americans have come to embrace), and BMW has proven that you can successfully pair efficiency with performance, luxury, and build quality....
by Justin Velella | Jun 10, 2012 | Electric Vehicles, Environment, Green Driving
I was recently given the opportunity to experience a full-fledged electric automobile… well, actually a car with an electric motor and a small gasoline engine; or what Chevy calls an “extended-range electric vehicle” and is now available to look at...
