U.S. Ambassador to Sweden Michael Wood, has identified green collaborations between Sweden and the United States as his One Big Thing. In Sweden he has filtered out 30 mind-blowing alternative energy projects that he recently presented to a round table [See the full post…]

During the Alternative Fuels & Vehicle Expo in Anaheim, Calif., we had a chance to ride along in the new 2008 Ford Escape hybrid.

We’ll meet four aspiring energy engineers, businessmen and policy makers. Each student has his/her own reasons to study energy: Heather is determined to bring green energy technology to Anchorage, Alaska; Erin is convinced that the renewable energy industry offers fantastic [See the full post…]

When you hear “fuel cells” you may, first and foremost, think about hydrogen fuel cells for vehicle transport. But fuel cells are not at all limited to hydrogen, and are attractive energy suppliers for industrial and domestic usage. Professor Nigel [See the full post…]

During the Alternative Fuel & Transportation Expo in Anaheim, Calif., we enjoyed a moment of Zenn — that’s Zero Emissions, No Noise — with Bill Williams, VP of North American sales for Zenn, a Toronto-based motor company building low-speed electric [See the full post…]

During the Alternative Fuels & Vehicle Expo in Anaheim, we hitched a ride with Alex Campbell in the Zebra Zero truck, a solar electric truck from Zap, a Santa Rosa, Calif.-based company providing advanced transportation for land, air and water. [See the full post…]

During the Alternative Fuels & Vehicle Expo in Anaheim, we rode along with Richard Kasper, president and CEO of GEM, a division of DaimlerChrysler, in the e6 Low Speed Electric Vehicle. Sold through Dodge, Chrysler and Jeep dealerships, LSV’s or [See the full post…]

Ford Marketing Manager Kate Pearce is confident the new Flex production vehicle will redefine the crossover SUV market when it comes to market in summer 2008. At the New York Auto Show, Kate introduced me to the vehicle, reminiscent of [See the full post…]

Professor Patrick Corbett, from Heriot-Watt’s energy institute, knows that oil companies like BP and Shell are serious about their investments in green energy technologies. He has tracked their contributions for a long time, and believes that their involvement is much [See the full post…]

During the New York International Auto Show, I spoke with Beth Lowery, GM‘s vice president of environment & energy. A woman in what is typically a man’s world, Lowery is one of the best at not giving away anything she [See the full post…]

Forget alternative energies: in the short term the only feasible solution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and petroleum dependencies is energy efficiency. There is much to be gained, especially in the U.S., where energy consumption per person has risen above [See the full post…]

It’s exciting to see young engineers excited about designing new green energy technologies. Meet one of them: Adam Kreek. Adam designed and built a (small scale!) biodiesel plant in the basement of my university building, which takes waste oils and [See the full post…]

Silicon Valley is buzzing, but not just because of software and hardware investments. The new boom is in green energy technologies. James Horn is an investment manager for Noventi, one of the many Venture Capitalist firms excited about the energy [See the full post…]

GM‘s Creative Designer, Chris Webb, is a colorful character. His job is to find the hottest trends in color and to translate that to vehicles. His work is evident in the Chevy Beat, Groove and Trax, the three concept Global [See the full post…]

You may like them or you may not, but nuclear power plants will no doubt be proposed as alternatives to coal-fired power plants. Yes, the nuclear waste problem is significant, but nuclear plants emit negligble amounts of green house gases, [See the full post…]

Fred Kanter is part genius, part visionary and part eccentric. He’s the kind of guy who makes you believe he could move mountains by his belief in the power of his ideas and the sheer strength of will to bring [See the full post…]

Yet another concept from Kia, the Soul, a crossover sport utility vehicle. During the New York International Auto Show, Alex Fedorak once again provides the introduction to this design produced by Kia’s California and Korean design studios.

As an avid antique and classic car buff, I was thrilled to meet with Bruce Benson, chief operating officer of the LeMay Museum, during the New York International Auto Show. At the show, the museum had on display several cars, [See the full post…]

JP Maeder is head of ZEVCAT, an acronym for Zero Emission Vehicle Compressed Air Technology. His company in Northern California is set up to be a distributor of the Air Car, a concept vehicle designed to run only on compressed [See the full post…]

Mazda‘s third concept in a series of four based on

Unveiled during the Geneva Auto Show, the Dodge Demon is a two-seat roadster concept car that I was able to get an introduction to at the New York International Auto Show. To me, this is a vehicle that DaimlerChrysler needs [See the full post…]

A five-door, five-passenger, high-speed lithium-ion-powered vehicle capable of traveling 150 miles at 85mph from the Miles Automotive Group will be available to the masses within 18-24 months — for less than $30k. If I were GM, Toyota, or any of [See the full post…]

Richard Griffiths is the visionary behind Hybrid Technologies, a publicly traded company building electric vehicles powered by Lithium Ion. The company’s philosophy is to change the world by reinventing power. During the New York International Auto Show, Richard gave us [See the full post…]

During the New York International Auto Show, I once again had the opportunity to sit down with Chevrolet General Manager Ed Peper. We covered several topics, from the release of the three Global concept cars, (the GM Triplets Beat, Groove [See the full post…]

At the New York International Auto Show, GM’s Bob Lutz held court among a group of fellow bloggers including Matt Buchanan of Gizmodo, Jen Chung and Tien Mao of the Gothamist, Rebecca Carter of ecorazzi, Brandy Schaffels of AskPatty, Michael [See the full post…]