We continue our discussion on carbon credits with Tom Arnold, chief environmental officer of Terrapass.

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 [See the full post…]

I had the opportunity to drive the new GMC Acadia during a ride and drive event in Flint, Mich. Joining me was Lynda Messina, product communications manager for the GMC Acadia, Buick Enclave and Saturn Outlook. Read Edmunds review of [See the full post…]

Meet Tom Arnold, chief environmental officer of Terrapass. The company sells TerraPasses. Buy one and sponsor renewable energy projects such as wind farms, thereby partly or fully counterbalancing your own carbon emissions. How does Terrapass guarantee that their passes indeed [See the full post…]

Have you ever been speeding along on a highway only to come upon someone going the speed limit or under? It may be a hypermiler. Hypermiling is a term coined by Wayne Gerdes of CleanMPG.com, a Website dedicated to the [See the full post…]

After touring the GM LDT assembly plant, I spoke with Plant Manager Randy Thayer about what it takes to run an operation of this size. (Hint: it’s the people.)

I never thought a plant tour of an auto assembly line would be that interesting, but when I toured GM’s new Lansing Delta Township plant, where they are building the new Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook, I was [See the full post…]

I had the opportunity several months ago to tour the OnStar Command Center with Chet Huber. This time, I went with a video camera and spoke with OnStar’s Christi Chojnacki and Rob Myers.

Adam Kreek: olympic rower, Stanford graduate, former oilfield worker. After next year’s Olympics, he is determined to make his mark in the biofuel industry. Adam plans to start his own biodiesel production plants together with his wife, back in his [See the full post…]

GM’s history dates back to the 1960’s with the concept ElectroVan. In this episode, at the Heritage Center, outside Sterling Heights, Mich., HC manager Greg Wallace shows us the Impact, EV1, Skateboard and the insides of the Chevy Volt.

On June 1, Silicon Valley profiled itself as the future epicenter of solar power, energy efficiency and clean technologies at the Energy Summit 2007. Jacob and Desirae, two of my students at Stanford, attended to see with Silicon Valley’s leaders [See the full post…]

GM’s Electrovan drove only once, but spawned the quest for hydrogen-powered vehicles that continues to this day. While at the GM Heritage Center in Sterling Heights, Mich., I got an introduction to the vehicle and its sister, the Electrovair.

Many of you may remember GM’s Parade of Progress, a traveling road show to bring science and technology exhibits to the people of America, contained in a series of Futurliners. The show began in 1936 and ended in 1956. For [See the full post…]

While at the GM Heritage Center in Sterling Heights Mich., the HC manager introduced me to two Cadillac concept cars that debuted during the Motorama period in the 1950’s, including the Cadillac Cyclone.

While at the GM Heritage Center in Sterling heights, Mich., HC manager Greg Wallace took me on a tour down Cadillac lane. So much chrome and wide wall tires, I was in car heaven!

In designer and entrepreneur Lotta Jansdotter’s world, sustainability is about using a product over and over again. She creates tote bags, table linens, ceramics, stationery, books and much more – all with funky and organic (yet simple) patterns. Her products [See the full post…]

Join BearingPoint technologist and managing director Daryouche Behboudi in this podcast to explore the growing need to go green, starting with data centers. Examining short, medium and long-term tactics and strategies, some as simple as adjusting lighting and sensors, Daryouche [See the full post…]

Chevy trucks have a long and rich history, as I found out after touring the GM Heritage Center in Sterling Heights, Mich., with HC manager Greg Wallace.

For auto lovers, the demise of any brand is a sad story, and so is the saga of Oldsmobile. One of the oldest auto brands in the world after Daimler and Peugeot, sadly the GM line came to an end [See the full post…]

After WWII, Americans were intent on looking to the future to see what was possible, rather than looking back at the horrors of the war. Auto manufacturers were doing the same. Thus, the Firebird concept cars were built to show [See the full post…]

Can cleaning and washing be a green process that actually brings beautiful products into the home? Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan, entrepreneurs and co-founders of Method (“People Against Dirty”), believe so. They have created an arsenal of health-conscious cleaners, soaps [See the full post…]

While at the GM Heritage Center in Sterling Heights, Mich., HC manager Greg Wallace showed off the collection’s Chevy Belair 409.

Perhaps the first true muscle car was the GTO. Made by Pontiac between 1964 and 1974, it was just one brainchild of Pontiac’s chief engineer at the time, John DeLorean. During my tour of the GM Heritage Center in Sterling [See the full post…]

For 54 years, Corvette has been a symbol of the quintessential American sports car. It’s come a long way since its debut in 1953. During my tour of the GM Heritage Center in Sterling Heights, Mich., HC Manager Greg Wallace [See the full post…]

In this first in a series of discussons on carbon sequestration, we meet Marc Hesse, an aspiring graduate student at Stanford, who studies the physical processes that govern the movement of carbon dioxide once injected into the ground. Will it [See the full post…]