Alt Fuel
For Hyundai, Blue Is the New Green
LOS ANGELES — Hyundai is making a big splash here at the
L.A. Auto Showwith a promise to deliver a full line of hybrids and gasoline vehicles that average 35 mpg by 2015. The cornerstone of the Korean automaker's eco-plan is a hybrid sedan that breaks new ground with lithium polymer batteries Hyundai says are cheaper, lighter and more durable than anything else on the road.
Bay Area Stakes Claim as the "EV Capital of the U.S."
The Mayors of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose got together Thursday afternoon to declare their intention to morph their collective communities into the “Electric Vehicle Capital of the US.”
The mayors’ Nine-Point Plan was bolstered by Palo Alto start-up Better Place’s announcement that they would begin building the commercial infrastructure that will be necessary in the region by the time EVs begin to hit the market in 2011.
James Bond Gets Hip to Alt Fuels
In addition to generally kicking ass, James Bond is famous for his refined taste, his penchant for seduction and, of course, his bad-ass cars. The tradition continues in the lastest Bond flick, but for the first time in 46 years, our hero goes -- dare we say it? -- green.
Boeing Says Three Years Til We're Flying Green
At least one exec at Boeing thinks that biofuel powered planes are coming. Maybe sooner than we think.
Darrin Morgan, who oversees strategy development and execution for Boeing's Sustainable Biofuels Program, told Wired.com that the company expects a bio-fuel blend jet fuel to be certified sometime within the next three years, at which point it would be cleared for use in commercial jets.
Eco-Friendly AirPods Get Airport Test
A former aeronautics and Formula 1 engineer with the seemingly crazy idea of building cars that run on compressed air has convinced a European airline to use his "AirPods" to ferry passengers around airports in France and Amsterdam.
40-MPG, 450-Horsepower Hydrogen Scorpion Unveiled
A Texas startup has finally pulled the wraps off its 40-mpg, 450-horsepower Scorpion roadster, a hand-built hydrogen-burning "eco-exotic" that is sexier than Angelina Jolie and has the performance to provide more grins than nitrous oxide.
Ronn Motor Company unveiled the Scorpion today at the big SEMA, or Speciality Equipment Market Association, show in Las Vegas, which may be the perfect place to debut so flashy — and innovative — a car. The company hopes the Scorpion does for hydrogen what the Tesla Roadster has done for batteries.
Startup Turns CO2 Into Fuel
Researchers developing alternatives to fossil fuels are working with everything from
algaeto
babassu oil to
corn, but a California company says it can recycle carbon dioxide into fuel.
Going Green and Burning Rubber in a CNG Mustang
Going green doesn't mean giving up wheel-spin-inducing, tire-shredding performance, as this 300-horsepower natural gas-burning Mustang GT proves.
read more »Veggie-Oil Lotus Wins Alt-Fuel Race to Vegas
A
veggie-oil-burning Lotus clonefrom Oregon beat a wood-burning pickup from Alabama in a
madcap alt-fuel race to Las Vegasthat included a 200-mile detour and saw three of the five teams drop out before reaching the finish line.
Jack McCornack and Sharon Westcott rolled across the finish line at the Sahara Hotel-Casino 1,418 minutes after leaving Berkeley, California, having driven their topless Lotus 7 replica more than 800 miles to collect the $5,000 first-place prize in
Escape from Berkeley.
Mad Max Meets Cannonball Run In An Alt-Fuel Race To Vegas
Wayne Keith is headed to Las Vegas in an old Dodge pickup that runs on, of all things, wood. He gets about 1.6 mpp (that's miles per pound) and reckons he needs about 1,000 pounds to get there. No problem. He's carrying a chainsaw and a list of lumberyards along the way.
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