Frank Klegon, Chrysler executive vice president, product development, took to the stage during the Chrysler Press Conference at the LA Auto Show to present the company’s entry into the mid-sized cross-over market, the Dodge Journey, as well as two new [See the full post…]

During the LA Auto Show, I attended the GM Press Conference, where Vice Chairman of Product Development Bob Lutz and Chevrolet GM Ed Peper, introduced the company’s lineup of gas-friendly to gas-free vehicles, including the Chevy Malibu hybrid, the all [See the full post…]

During the 2007 LA Auto Show, Green Car Journal announced the winner of it’s 2008 Green Car of the Year award. The contenders were the new Chevy Malibu hybrid, Saturn Aura hybrid, Mazda Tribute hybrid, Nissan Altima hybrid and Chevy [See the full post…]

Andy Wright is owner of FalconEV, a company that distributes electric bikes and scooters that use lithium-ion batteries. He believes his products are the future of transportation. I spoke with him at the AltCar Expo in Santa Monica.

During the Alt Car Expo in Santa Monica, I spoke with Don Alexander, owner of Euro Taxi of Santa Monica, another business offering green transportation throughout the LA region. With help from Clean Energy, Euro Taxi offers even more alternative [See the full post…]

Y Fray has been a limo driver for over 20 years. Passionate about the environment, she decided to do her part and started EcoLimo, a company offering ecological chauffeured transportation in Loas Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, DC. During the [See the full post…]

Actor and activist Ed Begley, Jr. has been an ardent advocate for the environment for nearly 40 years, long before it was politically correct. During the Alt Car Expo in Santa Monica, I spoke with him about his passion and [See the full post…]

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Davi Kutz is your ordinary Joe, living in North Hollywood, Calif. An avid outdoorsman, he’s also one lucky fellow. That’s because for the next three months, he’ll be one of 100 people in L.A., Washington, D.C. and New York City [See the full post…]

During the Frankfurt Auto Show, I had the opportunity to sit down with Anthony Lo, design director for General Motors Europe Advanced. Anthony led the team that brough the Opel Flextreme from drawing board to it’s unveiling in Germany last [See the full post…]

In part two of my interview with Chelsea Sexton, the unlikely star of Who Killed the Electric Car?, our conversation continues covering many topics from the EV1 to the Chevy Volt and everything in between.

Recently, I sat down with Chelsea Sexton, the unlikely star of Who Killed the Electric Car? Our conversation covered may topics from the EV1 to the Chevy Volt and everything in between. I like Chelsea – her unassuming attitude is [See the full post…]

The second-best selling car in Europe (only behind the VW Golf), the Opel Astra, is coming to America under the Saturn brand. The vehicle is expected to arrive on American shores in early 2008, and get this, for around $15k! [See the full post…]

Last week, I sat down with a group of bloggers including Brandy Schaffels of AutomotiveTraveler.com & AskPatty.com, C. Scott Miller of BIOConversion Blog, Donna Schwartz Mills of SoCal Mom, John O’Dell of Edmunds.com, Mark Durham of Autopia, Kristin Underwood of [See the full post…]

Proving the old adage that hot chicks sell cars, I had to catch the show at the Opel Agila stand during the Frankfurt Auto Show. These beautiful women all proved the point quite well… gorgeous babes get the attention of [See the full post…]

During the Frankfurt Auto Show, GM Europe‘s (or GME) presentation introduced the new Opel Flextreme, the new Opel Agila, the new Cadillac BLS wagon and more, which highlighted GM’s global strategy for reducing CO2 in the short term and new [See the full post…]

During the Frankfurt Auto Show in Frankfurt, Germany, we had the chance to be on-hand for the unveiling of GM Europe’s Opel Flextreme hybrid concept, the European version of the Chevy Volt. The concept uses the monocab design popular in [See the full post…]

Our final story from Hybridfest, in Madison, Wisc., features event organizer Bill Robbins.

Katie Gerrigan’s documentary film, Feeling Fuelish?, highlights her trip from L.A. to Chicago, via Route 66, in a Toyota Prius. I spoke with her at Hybridfestin Madison, Wisc.

While at Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., I had the chance to speak with Wisconsin Public Power, a regional power company serving 49 customer-owned electric utilities. WPPI is very involved in clean, renewable energy, converting a hybrid Prius to a PHEV, [See the full post…]

Full Spectrum Solar is a local, independent leader in solar energy installations in Madison, Wisc. The brainchild of brothers Burke and Marc O’Neal, Full Spectrum has installed over one hundred solar energy systems, including the largest grid-connected battery-backup and residential [See the full post…]

During Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., Dr. Chris Damm gave a talk on “Well-to-Wheel Emissions from Motor Vehicles.” Photo Credit: Michael Pereckas, via Flickr/Creative Commons

Pat Cadam is owner of Pat’s Garage, an independent auto repair shop located in San Francisco’s SOMA district. He and his mechanics work primarily on hybrids like the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight. He’s also one of the few “green” [See the full post…]

If one man could be credited with bringing the first plug-in hybrid electric school bus to California, it would be Ralph Knight. As transportation director for the Napa Valley Unified School District, Ralph’s tireless four-year effort paid off with the [See the full post…]

There are more than 500,000 yellow school buses in the U.S. Those buses, on average, get between 7 and 8 miles per gallon. Imagine if those buses were hybrid buses, capable of a 40-percent increase in fuel efficiency and a [See the full post…]