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31 October 2006 posted in Aftermarket 6 views
SEMA: Ed Begley Jr. says SEMA can help with electric vehicle's image problem Surrounded by millions of fossil-fuel-thirsty horsepower in the great hall of SEMA, Ed Begley Jr., the reigning poster boy of environmental activists, asked himself, "The electric vehicle rally was la ...
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31 May 2006 posted in Green 8 views
Saab beefs up BioPower engine for 2007 The Swedes are on the forefront of alternative energy research and Saab has done its part by announcing a new advanced BioPower engine that delivers 14-percent more horsepower and 11-percent more torq ...
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31 March 2006 posted in Concept Cars 9 views
Saab debuts world's first dino-free hybrid/first hybrid convertible At the Stockholm Motor Show Thursday, Saab unveiled its new BioPower Hybrid 9-3 convertible concept. The car is touted by Saab as the world's first fossil fuel-free hybrid, and the world's first hybri ...
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12 December 2005 posted in Trends 5 views
Biodiesel made from dead animals Every time biodiesel is mentioned, everyone thinks of vegetable as its source. For this reason, environmental activist George Monbiot argued against it, stating the farming of crops such as palm trees ...
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8 December 2005 posted in Hybrids/Alternative 6 views
Biodiesel is the wrong answer So says George Monbiot in an editorial published in the Guardian December 6. Perhaps best characterized as an environmental activist, Monbiot writes a weekly column for the Guardian and is currently v ...
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3 October 2005 posted in Trends 9 views
Screw gas prices, analysts say Americans still want SUVs This PR Newswire report is almost laughable in its exposition of a report in the upcoming issue of Newsweek that reveals 56% of Americans refuse to downsize their vehicles despite the high price of ga ...
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