by Justin Velella | Apr 9, 2012 | Electric Vehicles, Environment, Green Driving
Although my interests lie in sustainability and the ever-expanding world of alternative fuel vehicles (e.g. electric, biodiesel, propane, ethanol, CNG, etc.), I’m a car guy first and foremost. I’ve always been enamored of Colin Chapman, the innovative...
by Matt Zwiebel | Mar 30, 2012 | Electric Vehicles, Green Driving
It’s not a secret anymore folks, the world has a growing addiction to oil. Booming economies like China and India are rising powers in world oil consumption. Worldwide, more cars and trucks are on the road than ever before, and regardless of how hard we push...
by Jim Henderson | Mar 20, 2012 | Electric Vehicles
When Doug Hacker decided he needed a car that would improve gas mileage, he figured a Toyota (TM) Prius hybrid was the way to go. Many of his co-workers at Procter & Gamble’s (PG) soap research lab in Cincinnati drove Priuses and bragged about getting more than 50...
by Jim Henderson | Mar 5, 2012 | Environment
American drivers are using less gas to get around, but it’s not because they’re driving fewer miles. Still, we’re spewing less pollution per driver according to research out of the University of Michigan. The average fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in...
by Jim Henderson | Feb 8, 2012 | Green Driving
Diesel engines are a bit like soccer. Soccer is the most popular game in the world. But the prospect of Monday Night Football stepping aside for men in shorts is about as likely as U.S. auto companies ever replacing their gasoline engines with diesels. The soccer...