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Chevy Volt: Electrify Your 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...
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How to Make a Fossil Fuel
The urgency of decreasing our dependence on fossil fuels is becoming more apparent. Gas prices have reached record highs as we deplete reserves of a nonrenewable, mostly foreign resource. Burning...
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Is Your Town Electric Car Friendly?
It was once impossible to find an electric vehicle charging station. Today, more towns and cities are electric vehicle friendly. There are more charging stations for vehicles and greater incentives to...
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BMW Keeps Mother Nature in Mind
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...
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Studying Sandy: Turning the Tide on Climate Change
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...
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California Spurs Electric Cars: WSJ article
Fiat 500e battery-powered car “Chrysler Group LLC next week plans to unveil an unusual automobile—an electric car that doesn’t stand a chance soon of turning a profit and is unlikely to draw many...
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Dennis Weaver: Hollywood’s Greatest Environmentalist
“If we had a hydrogen economy worldwide, every nation on earth could create its own energy source to support its economy, and the threat of war over diminishing resources would just evaporate.”...
View ArticleYour Personal Driverless Pod is Ready
While society hasn’t quite reached the point where the Jetson’s could be our neighbors, ULTra’s new driverless pods certainly brings us one step closer to it. First introduced in Terminal 5 at...
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The Fate of the Battery
We are curious about the fate of the battery in electric vehicles (EVs). Clearly, these battery packs have some toxicity to them, so how do you advocate environmental sustainability when the main...
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EV’s on the Rise, but is it Enough?
In May, I wrote about Better Place, an Israeli company that has been setting up battery-swap stations for electric vehicles throughout the country. Now it’s Amsterdam’s turn to lead the charge,...
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Wind, Water, and Sunlight (WWS)
It’s sustainable, it’s an inexpensive and reliable energy supply, it creates local jobs, and it saves the state billions of dollars in pesky pollution-related costs: it is a new energy infrastructure...
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FedEx’s Noble Efforts
Kudos to FedEx for setting pollution reduction goals and achieving them by leaps and bounds. In 2008 for example, FedEx committed to increasing their global fleet fuel efficiency by 2020 from its 2005...
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Tricycle with a Twist
We love concept vehicles. A fresh spin on a conventional mode is even better. So we decided to check this one out – the electric-assit tricycle. The “ELF”! What a way to reduce emissions. Ok, ok, it...
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Tesla Obtains Environmental Credits from the State
In an effort to promote greener cars, the State of California has created a system in which Tesla can make an extra $35,000 on each sale of its luxury Model S electric sports car. Within the system,...
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Traffic and Tornadoes
Amidst the tragic and horrific tornado craze lately, we here at EarthGarage were curious as to whether there have been any scientific studies aimed at the connection to traffic pollution and...
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Has Motorization in the U.S. Reached a Peak?
The University of Michigan conducted a study on trends in light-weight vehicles (including cars, pickup trucks, SUV’s, and vans) from 1984 to 2011. Most interestingly, the study uncovered a sharp...
View ArticleElectric Charging Stations: Easier To Find Than Ever Before
Electric cars have been very popular, at least in the sense that the concept has gained a great deal of mind-share lately. One of the greatest obstacles to the electric vehicle, outside of the cost...
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8 States Lead The Charge On Electric Cars
According to Mary D. Nichols, the chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board, electric cars are still in the “start-up” stage and have yet to “go viral.” In an effort to grow the electric car...
View ArticleTesla Safety
Recently there have been news stories sensationalizing a “trend” of incidents involving Tesla vehicles, especially incidents resulting in a fire. Many outlets have used this as an opportunity to...
View ArticleEco-cars: A Policy Prescription
In Beijing, the Third Plenum of the 18th CCCP (Central Committee of the Communist Party) has just wrapped up, and a great many new policies have come out of it. One of the most interesting is the...
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