In an hour sit down with online journalists during the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), GM’s Chairman Rick Wagner answered questions on several topics from the joint partnership announcement the day before with Coskata, to Tata Motor’s Nano, recently unveiled for the Indian ...

During the North American International Auto Show, (NAIAS) GM’s Vice Chairman Bob Lutz joined a roundtable discussion with a group of online journalists including (but not limited to) Brian Dooley at HummerGuy.net, Lyle Dennis of GM-Volt.com, Joe LaMuraglia-Gaywheels.com, Vincent Nguyen at Slashgear.com,

After the Chrysler LA Auto Show, I spoke with Frank Klegon, Chrysler’s executive vice president, product development about the company’s unveiling of their new hybrid SUV’s.

After Chevy’s hybrid Tahoe SUV won Green Car of the Year at the LA Auto Show, I spoke with Dave Barthmuss, group manager of GM’s western regional environment and energy communications team about the win.

Frank Klegon, Chrysler executive vice president, product development, took to the stage during the Chrysler Press Conference at the LA Auto Show to present the company’s entry into the mid-sized cross-over market, the Dodge Journey, as well as two new hybrid’s, the Dodge Durango ...

During the LA Auto Show, I attended the GM Press Conference, where Vice Chairman of Product Development Bob Lutz and Chevrolet GM Ed Peper, introduced the company’s lineup of gas-friendly to gas-free vehicles, including the Chevy Malibu hybrid, the all new Chevy Silverado hybrid,

During the 2007 LA Auto Show, Green Car Journal announced the winner of it’s 2008 Green Car of the Year award. The contenders were the new Chevy Malibu hybrid, Saturn Aura hybrid, Mazda Tribute hybrid, Nissan Altima hybrid and Chevy Tahoe ...

This is a real treat. Stanford University’s Ian Hsu setup a tour for a fairly large group of photographers. We met Patience Young, who gave us a tour of the Rodin Statue Garden, Bernard Barryte who told us a story about the Burghers of Calais, and Gabe Hoffman and the ...

Actor and activist Ed Begley, Jr. has been an ardent advocate for the environment for nearly 40 years, long before it was politically correct. During the Alt Car Expo in Santa Monica, I spoke with him about his passion and committment to green living, as well as ...

During our recent photowalking, Stanford University rolled out its STARMAC team (Stanford Testbed of Autonomous Rotorcraft for Multi-Agent Control). These are quadrotor helicopters that can fly remotely without much human assistance. Really cool research project that you’ll want to check out. Anyway, here you meet the team: Gabe Hoffmann, ...

During the Frankfurt Auto Show in Frankfurt, Germany, we had the chance to be on-hand for the unveiling of GM Europe’s Opel Flextreme hybrid concept, the European version of the Chevy Volt. The concept uses the monocab design popular in Europe and comes with a loading bay ...

Our final story from Hybridfest, in Madison, Wisc., features event organizer Bill Robbins.

Katie Gerrigan’s documentary film, Feeling Fuelish?, highlights her trip from L.A. to Chicago, via Route 66, in a Toyota Prius. I spoke with her at Hybridfestin Madison, Wisc.

While at Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., I had the chance to speak with Wisconsin Public Power, a regional power company serving 49 customer-owned electric utilities. WPPI is very involved in clean, renewable energy, converting a hybrid Prius to a PHEV, among other projects.

In this podcast, Marc Jourlait, Seagate’s VP of Global Marketing, talks with PodTech’s Michael Johnson about hybrid hard drives, a combination of Flash and hard drives with new features like faster startup time, increased battery life for laptops, and more. Jourlait says that currently, Windows Vista is the ...

Full Spectrum Solar is a local, independent leader in solar energy installations in Madison, Wisc. The brainchild of brothers Burke and Marc O’Neal, Full Spectrum has installed over one hundred solar energy systems, including the largest grid-connected battery-backup and residential photovoltaic systems in Wisconsin. During Hybridfest, I spoke with Ross ...

During Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., Dr. Chris Damm gave a talk on “Well-to-Wheel Emissions from Motor Vehicles.”

Photo Credit: Michael Pereckas, via Flickr/Creative Commons

Pat Cadam is owner of Pat’s Garage, an independent auto repair shop located in San Francisco’s SOMA district. He and his mechanics work primarily on hybrids like the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight. He’s also one of the few “green” auto repair shops in the Bay ...

If one man could be credited with bringing the first plug-in hybrid electric school bus to California, it would be Ralph Knight. As transportation director for the Napa Valley Unified School District, Ralph’s tireless four-year effort paid off with the delivery of the first “green” yellow bus, part ...

There are more than 500,000 yellow school buses in the U.S. Those buses, on average, get between 7 and 8 miles per gallon. Imagine if those buses were hybrid buses, capable of a 40-percent increase in fuel efficiency and a 90 percent reduction in particulate matter. Here in California, one ...

Have you ever looked up and watched a jet high in the sky leaving a long contrail? Have you also wondered what effect that contrail might have on global warming and our environment? Dr. David Travis, from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, has, and during Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., ...

During Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., Sherry Boschert, author of Plug-in Hybrids, The Cars That Will Re-Charge America, gave a talk entitled, “Drive with the Wind, Run with the Sun.”

At Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., I finally got the chance to ride in the Kurrent, the LSV from American Electric. A NEV with top speeds of 25 mph, the Kurrent costs .02 cents per mile to operate and is being distributed throughout Wisconsin by Tim ...

At Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., the University of Wisconsin had their Challenge X team present. The team placed 2nd in the competition for the last 2 years with its diesel electric propulsion system.