GM sponsored a design competition among students the College of Creative Studies to personalize a Chevy HHR with a one-of-a-kind image, and develop a marketing campagin to go along with it. The winner? Jimmy McCammon and his Flaming Skull of Death.

T3 Motion of Irvine, Calif., produces personal mobility vehicles for government, security and law enforcement uses. The T3 is a 3-wheeled, zero-emission, all electric vehicle retailing for just under $8 thousand, powered by two lithium polymer battery packs. T3’s Neil Brooker introduces us to the T3 during the

During the Alternative Fuel & Transportation Expo in Anaheim, Calif., we enjoyed a moment of Zenn — that’s Zero Emissions, No Noise — with Bill Williams, VP of North American sales for Zenn, a Toronto-based motor company building low-speed electric vehicles. Rumor has it they will soon offer ...

During the Alternative Fuels & Vehicle Expo in Anaheim, we hitched a ride with Alex Campbell in the Zebra Zero truck, a solar electric truck from Zap, a Santa Rosa, Calif.-based company providing advanced transportation for land, air and water. A Neighborhood Electric Vehicle, the Zero is ...

JP Maeder is head of ZEVCAT, an acronym for Zero Emission Vehicle Compressed Air Technology. His company in Northern California is set up to be a distributor of the Air Car, a concept vehicle designed to run only on compressed air, created by French inventor Guy Negre and his ...

Richard Griffiths is the visionary behind Hybrid Technologies, a publicly traded company building electric vehicles powered by Lithium Ion. The company’s philosophy is to change the world by reinventing power. During the New York International Auto Show, Richard gave us a ride in his L1X-75, an italian-styled roadster that ...

Tom Winkleman is head of business development for the Good Earth Electric Vehicle Company out of Fayetteville, Ark. Good Earth uses a battery similar to a deep cycle marine battery that is so efficient, it’s capable of powering their vehicles over 100 miles at 45-50 mph with zero emissions. ...

Nick Banks is general manager of Dynasty Electric Car Corporation, a Canadian company near Vancouver, building all electric, zero-emission LSVs. The company has four models to choose from and produces 100 cars per year and is looking to expand production. I spoke with Nick during the Alternative Fuels ...

Kurt Bauerly is general manager of Princeton, Minn.-based e-ride Industries, a manufacturer of low-speed Neighborhood Electric Vehicles. On today’s show, Kurt introduces us to the exv4 electric transportation vehicle and the exv2 electric utility vehicle, two environmentally friendly, reliable, zero-emissions and virtually maintenance-free vehicles.

Size matters — especially when you put it in the context of an urban area with traffic congestion and parking capacity. That’s the thinking behind Spokane, Wash.-based Commuter Cars Corp. The company has unvelied an ultra-narrow, high performance zero-emissions vehicle, the Tango. But this isn’t a neighborhood electric vehicle ...

In the first in a two-part series, I examine the emerging “Vehicle to Grid,” or V2G technology, where Plug-in Electric Vehicles use their excess battery power to recharge the electrical grid during periods of peak demand. Several energy utilities are studying this green energy source, including Minneapolis-based Xcel ...

In our first exploration into scooters, I spoke with Jim Plagenhoef, director of North American sales for Vectrix Corporation, a Newport, R.I.-based company soon to launch their two-wheeled, all-electric vehicle, the Maxi-Scooter. Capable of a near 70-mile range and a top speed of 62mph, the zero-emissions vehicle will ...

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