You know gas is expensive to Americans when the local news reports that scooter sales are up significantly, even in Des Moines. Scooters and moped riders who aren’t riding to school are still pretty few and far between in the States, but as we approach $4 a gallon unleaded, more and more people are […]

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I recently had the opportunity to catch some Discovery Channel, which is quite a rarity since we don’t have cable or dish at our house. One of the shows that I saw, Mean Green Machines, was actually a sneak peak episode of the series that will run on Discovery Networks new channel, Planet Green, […]

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Who says environmentally friendly can’t be fast and fun? Tesla Motors definitely believes you can have both. The San Carlos, CA based company, with the help of Lotus Cars, developed a lean, mean, and green machine which can travel approximately 220 miles between charges. The eerily quiet Roadster accelerates from 0-60 in […]

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At the Detroit Auto Show earlier this year, Toyota announced that they will produce a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) by 2010.  The vehicles will be available first to commercial fleets such as government agencies and corporations.  This move pits Toyota in a direct race with GM, who hope to release the Chevy Volt around […]

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