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November 17th, 2011
California announced their intentions to increase the zero emission vehicle standards (ZEV) through 2025 on Wednesday while I was attending the first press day of the LA Auto Show. If adopted, the standards would require automakers to increase the number of plug-in hybrid, battery electric, and fuel cell vehicles they sell, reaching 15 percent of the new vehicle sales by 2025. This is great news for consumers, meaning more clean-vehicle options to choose from over the coming years. Read More
October 6th, 2011
If UCS‘s Hybrid Scorecard is any predictor of the future, then it was only a matter of time for the BMW X6 hybrid to meet its maker. Read More
September 21st, 2011
Jobs are pretty much the talk of the town these days. Politicians want to create them, the employed want to keep them, and the unemployed want to get them. At the same time the vast majority of American consumers, nearly 90 percent according to this Consumer Federation of America Survey, think its important to reduce our oil consumption.
What if we could trade some of our oil dependence for more jobs? Read More
August 28th, 2011
What’s the worst thing about shopping on the Internet? I’m sure everyone has their own pet peeves about buying things online. But how about the one where, after you spend hours doing far too much comparison shopping, you go to check out and there’s a shipping charge that throws all of your calculations off. Argh! Read More
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