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Earth Day 2010: Saving the Green in Your Wallet

Evelyn Kanter — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:23:37 +0000

Earth Day 2010: save the green in your wallet

April 22, 2010 is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, a day to think about the environment and keeping it green. Since my own personal definition of saving green includes saving the green in in my wallet, here are my High Fives – the five best travel websites [...]

Solar Power Recharges Electric Car

Evelyn Kanter — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:05:13 +0000

MINI-E Electric Car

Talk about sustainable energy — recharge your electric car with solar power. There are a handful of solar-powered charging stations around the world where drivers can juice up their EV vehicles, and one of them has just opened in New York City.

Solar power to recharge EV cars could be a game-changer, and especially this [...]

Toyota Hybrid Minicar Concept Intro at Detroit Auto Show

Evelyn Kanter — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:14:12 +0000

Toyota hybrid concept minicar teaser photo

Green cars were the big news at the Frankfurt Auto Show in September and the Los Angeles Auto Show in December 2009, and the expectation is that hybrid cars, plug-in electric cars and hydrogen fuel cell cars will be making headlines at the important Detroit Auto Show in January 2010.

The [...]

BMW to intro plug-in electric coupe at Detroit Auto Show

Evelyn Kanter — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:42:44 +0000

BMW 1-Series ActiveE electric concept car

BMW is unveiling a fully-electric compact coupe at the Detroit Auto Show in January 2010. The concept BMW 1-Series prototype is called the Concept ActiveE.

The BMW 1-Series electric concept will have lithium ion batteries, and the packs are placed in the spot a conventional drive train would be in a conventional gas or diesel [...]