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Jim Motavalli

Member Since: November 11, 2008
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Jim is a freelance journalist, speaker, book author, radio personality and expert on all things environmental.
 
Jim blogs weekly for The New York Times, is a regular contributor to The New York Times’  "Automobiles" section, and has a weekly syndicated "Wheels" column. He also contributes to The Daily Green. He writes “Green Living” for the Environmental Defense newsletter and has contributed to Men's Journal, AMC Outdoors, Popular Mechanics, The Nation, The Boston Globe, Philadelphia Review, Salon, Grist, The Guardian, Tomorrow Magazine, Greenwich Magazine, Sierra and many other newspapers, magazines, and websites. He is a two-time winner of the Global Media Award from the Population Institute, and has shared his environmental expertise in radio interviews across the country.
 
His books include Naked in the Woods: Joseph Knowles and the Legacy of Frontier Fakery,Forward Drive: The Race to Build "Clean" Cars for the Future and Feeling the Heat: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Climate Change.
 
An , Jim is as comfortable lecturing at environmental conferences or academic gatherings as he is addressing the general public. His speeches are provocative and relevant.
 
Jim spent 14 years as editor of , a national bi-monthly where he now contributes as a senior writer. He has also served as executive editor for New Mass Media and edited an alternative news weekly. He is a member of the Society for Environmental Journalists (SEJ) and has taught journalism at Fairfield University and University of Connecticut. He hosts a bi-weekly public affairs and music radio show on listener-sponsored WPKN-FM.

MY BLOGS
Networking on wheels: Honk.com, the car shopping site for Facebook fans
Fri, Mar 19 2010 at 9:58 AM EST

Honk.com combines buying cars and social networking, letting you know what your peers think about more than 300 car models on sale today.

Five myths about electric cars
Wed, Mar 17 2010 at 1:54 PM EST

Electric cars are not slow, they're not dangerous, and they're not dirty simply because they recharge from coal plant-created energy.

Toyota's showdown: The company is calling the runaway Prius owner's bluff
Tue, Mar 16 2010 at 12:03 PM EST

Toyota says based on its preliminary investigation, the 90-mph car could not have responded the way owner described it.

Porsche 918 Spyder offers 718 horsepower, zero to 62 in 3.2 seconds, and 78 mpg
Thu, Mar 11 2010 at 11:33 AM EST

The plug-in hybrid drivetrain, a first for Porsche, can move the car 15.5 miles on battery power alone. But is the mileage figure all smoke and mirrors?

Collision course: Toyota dukes it out with reporters over sudden acceleration
Mon, Mar 08 2010 at 5:34 PM EST

Toyota stages an elaborate webcast to refute media reports about electronic interference and its cars, leaving more questions than answers. And what about 'fixed' cars still running away?

Mercedes-Benz showcases technology that can predict -- and avoid -- crashes
Fri, Mar 05 2010 at 3:45 PM EST

A video game that doubles as a driving simulator made me queasy. This is what I do for my MNN readers.

MNN gets the first drive in the Wheego Whip Life, an affordable electric vehicle
Wed, Mar 03 2010 at 3:16 PM EST

Wheego is a very lean operation, with just five employees. Their new highway-capable car will sell for $32,000 (but there's a $7,500 federal tax credit).

From the man who brought you the $100 laptop, an electric vehicle for the developing world
Fri, Feb 26 2010 at 2:12 PM EST

Yves Behar's battery car has modules that are the same front and back, making it cheaper to produce. A solar panel on the roof and LED lights? Of course!

In sizzling Congressional testimony, Toyota takes flak for electronic interference
Tue, Feb 23 2010 at 4:38 PM EST

Appearing before a House committee, Toyota stuck to its line about sticky pedals and floor mats, but investigators, victims and expert witnesses aren't buying it.

Cellulosic ethanol fuel breakthrough: 85% cleaner and only $2 a gallon
Fri, Feb 19 2010 at 12:12 PM EST

Two companies, both with ties to Denmark, produce low-cost enzymes that can greatly reduce the cost of environmentally friendly biofuels made from agricultural waste or fast-growing grasses.

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