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  • Shriner in car

    Shriner cars: Who's got the hidden history?

    Tue, May 26, 2009 3:44 PM by Jim Motavalli

    Fez-wearing men in the tiny cars ... where did this Memorial Day parade tradition come from?

  • Flying the eco-friendly skies

    Tue, May 26, 2009 5:42 AM by Leah Koenig

    JetBlue soars into the wild green yonder, offering carbon offsets and a range of other environmental perks, but how much good is it really doing?

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  • Video: Jon Stewart on the new car regulations

    Mon, May 25, 2009 9:37 PM

    'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' breaks down Obama's new fuel-efficient, environmentally friendly car laws.

  • Hydrogen hopes: Can they restore funding for fuel cells?

    Fri, May 22, 2009 4:42 PM by Jim Motavalli

    Energy Secretary Steven Chu "zeroed out" hydrogen funding, but a small band of advocates want to restore the cuts.

  • The turning point? MNN and Slate debate the car's electric future

    Wed, May 20, 2009 4:45 PM by Jim Motavalli

    Battery cars are coming, but when? The car bloggers from MNN and Slate differ on the timetable (but agree we'll all be plugging in eventually).

  • Obama regulates tailpipe greenhouse gas

    Tue, May 19, 2009 2:25 PM by Jim Motavalli

    The White House issues sweeping new national rules that will improve auto fuel efficiency nearly 40 percent by 2016.

  • Video: Obama announces historic new car standards

    Tue, May 19, 2009 2:14 PM

    Watch President Obama announce his sweeping fuel-efficient standards for new cars.

  • Video: Meet the Karma hybrid

    Tue, May 19, 2009 12:41 PM

    It may cost a bundle, but it burns no fuel for the first 50 miles.

  • Video: Obama's energy czar on new car standards

    Tue, May 19, 2009 10:04 AM

    Carol Browner talks with MSNBC about Obama's historic new car standards and how it will help the American auto industry.

  • Charging electric cars, guerrilla style

    Mon, May 18, 2009 3:48 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Charging stations may be few and far between, but EV owners are pushing the limits by bartering with businesses to let them plug in on longer drives.

  • Jim on FOX (again): Seas still rising

    Mon, May 18, 2009 1:02 PM by Jim Motavalli

    Fox Business News' Neil Cavuto had me on again to talk about climate change. But the "smoking gun" that some say makes climate scientists look like flip-floppers is really much ado about not much.

  • My Commute Sucks.org: Documenting how we drive ourselves crazy

    Fri, May 15, 2009 12:45 PM by Jim Motavalli

    Launched on national Bike to Work Day, MyCommuteSucks.org touches a mad-as-hell exposed nerve.

  • Plug-in hybrids

    Wed, May 13, 2009 3:01 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Adding renewable energy to the grid will make PHEVs cleaner.

  • Green-thumb a ride

    Wed, May 13, 2009 11:04 AM by PlentyMag.com

    For all the HOV-enthusiasts.

  • Acting responsibly: Tom Hanks drives green (but not an EV1)

    Wed, May 13, 2009 10:43 AM by Jim Motavalli

    The actor has been living with a battery conversion Toyota RAV4 for six years -- and has an eBox, too. But they never killed his electric car.

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