My day at AltCar Expo and thoughts on what it takes to create a strong green...
I had mixed feelings about once again attending AltCar Expo at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and its outside parking lot. I’ve been attending since 2009 (it started in 2006 and just completed its...
View ArticleBig Picture: GM takes on Tesla, How to market green vehicles to nerds
GM CEO Dan Akerson’s strategy to wipe Tesla Motors off the map There’s more information coming out on General Motors’ agenda taking on competitor Tesla Motors. It seems to be based on the historic...
View ArticleEthical dilemma Part 2: Clean transportation has its own hills to climb
“Monsanto is the whipping board for every person that has limited agricultural knowledge and is fearful of what they don’t understand. They are probably credited with saving more lives than any...
View ArticleTesla-Mania: Eric Cartman cusses out Tesla Model S; Millennials can bring...
While it has taken awhile for the creative team at “South Park” to slap around the Model S, the plug-in car did get a few moments on screen. Tesla Motors joins the ranks of Scientology and the Toyota...
View ArticleColors on Parade brings green, cost effective auto paint to dealers and fleets
For dealerships, fleets, and body shops following environmental sustainability strategies, reconditioning vehicles with waterborne paints has become a resource offering cost and time efficiency and...
View ArticleBig Picture: Hydrogen FCEVs facing rite of passage; Dates announced on two...
To paraphrase the Kevin Costner movie, “Field of Dreams” – If you build it, they will come. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles continue to struggle with “chicken or the egg” quandary. There’s only a slim...
View ArticleWhat will it take? The latest on getting car shoppers to take green cars...
If you’ve spent time with advocates pushing for mass adoption of alternative fuel vehicles, the question always comes up: What will it take? Here’s a few new studies and media reports to consider……....
View ArticleInside the minds of car shoppers: The latest on green car surveys and...
Sales of plug-ins, hybrids, natural gas vehicles, and other alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) are comparatively small when looking at overall new vehicle sales in the US. Still, they’re grabbing a lot...
View ArticleWhy the Cadillac ELR TV commercial is a very bad idea
Rex Parker, professor of transportation design, at Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, called me last week and expressed distress and frustration with Cadillac’s “Poolside” ELR TV...
View ArticleAttending LA Auto Show to view green vehicle showcase
BMW’s award-winning electric vehicles and other automakers’ hydrogen-powered cars were the spotlights on Thursday at the LA Auto Show. Like all other car shows, new vehicle introductions and sporty...
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