Jim Motavalli Blog

Paving paradise: It's time to reinvent the parking lot
Parking lots and garages are about the worst thing we've ever done to the human race. But there is hope, says an MIT professor. And some great ideas are getting realized, including music festivals on garage roofs, gardens and solar canopies.
It's alive: Launching the Coda
Three years after I first got behind the wheel, Coda Automotive has sold its first battery electric cars to paying customers. Now the hard part will be going beyond the early adopters on the waiting list.
Free cars!
America is a generous country, and there's more than one way to end up with a gratis car in the driveway — or to give one of yours away. But beware of the strings attached.
Green shoots in Israel's war zone
Amid rocket fire, our blogger travels to Israel to see the latest in green tech. What did he find? Electric cars and sustainability projects blossoming in the Negev Desert.
Slow and steady: The Wheego tortoise may win the race
Lots of other electric car companies are flashier, but this China/California hybrid has a hyper-cautious strategy that makes sense as the electric vehicle market gets off to a slow start.
Where Kennedy sat: Driving the JFK Lincolns
Next year, the 50th anniversary of that day in Dallas, Kennedy collector and dealer John Reznikoff plans to sell these two cars — one of which the president rode in on Nov. 21, 1963.
Does Mazda speak for the trees?
The poor Lorax is turned into a shill for SUVs, with kids failing to appreciate the subtleties. And it gets worse than that horrible TV ad.
$4 a gallon? Time to price-shop the convenience stores
The local gas retailer is just trying to sell his Slim Jims and Gatorade, and may not be making a dime on low-margin fuel. Still, 71 percent of price-strapped Americans would drive 5 minutes out of their way to save a nickel per gallon.
Five reasons gas prices rise
Forget the political bluster on gas pump pain. Prices go up for complicated factors that don't fit neatly on a bumper sticker. And presidents can't wave their magic wands and bring back $2.50 a gallon.
Electric dragsters and cool conversions at Florida's EV Expo
Some electric cars are home-brewed, ranging from insanely fast Porsche 911s and the White Zombie racer to a British Morris built in a backwoods shed. The EV Expo brought them all together with bike advocates and niche companies.

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