During Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., I met Jamie Derr, a farmer and advocate for biodiesel and biofuels. He’s also COO of Great Lakes BioFuels, a privately-held biodiesel distribution and services company that’s also involved in biofuel raw materials (feedstock) ...
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During Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., I met Dr. Rich McKone of Peoria, Ill. A proud owner of a 1967 Aston Martin, Rich competed in the Great Race in his british race car with some impressive results. He will ...
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During Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., I had the opportunity to tour the Continental Mobile Safety Exhibit. An interactive media display, the exhibit tours the country highlighting all the technologies Continental is working on bringing to vehicles, including vehicle to ...
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The concept of car sharing is growing. Not a rental car company, the model is to pay for only the time you use a vehicle. In Madison, Wisc., Community Car has been around for four years and continues to ...
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While at Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., I took a ride on the GM Hybrid Bus with driver Dave Carey, who was a wealth of information about the vehicle. With it’s Allison transmission system, the bus delivers better fuel economy ...
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Jeffrey Radtke is owner/president of Neodymics, of Madison, Wisc. During Hybridfest, Jeffrey demonstrated his Cyclemotor, a bicycle-to-moped upgrade that replaces the front wheel on any standard bicycle with a power on demand control mechanism complete with batteries, motor, transmission, and ...
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During Hybridfest 2007 in Madison, Wisc., I met Theodore (Ted) Bohn of Argonne National Laboratory. As a power electronics engineer, Bohn is at the forefront of assessing advanced and hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) technologies for the FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies ...
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During Hybridfest, in Madison, Wisc., I met Bill Kinney, a hypermiler from the Seattle area, who traveled to the event in his Honda Insight, averaging about 108 miles per gallon and spending only $56 on gas for the 2000+ mile ...
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During Hybridfest 2007 in Madison, Wisc., Francis Vogel, executive director of Clean Cities Wisconsin, gave a talk about Fleet Vehicles and Emissions.

Ron DeLong is a manager at LinearLOGIC and the brains behind ScanGauge, a 3-in-1 computer that reads and displays information about your car such as fuel economy, engine load, average speed and more. The device was quite popular at this ...
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