If you just can’t wait for 2010 for Toyota and GM to rollout their official plug-in hybrids, and want to start saving gasoline now, then the A123Systems Hymotion may just be the plug-in device you need. Right now the A123Systems Hymotion Plug-In Conversion Module (PCM) is available only for the Toyota Prius.
A123Systems has gotten permission [...]

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Compressed air powered cars are not as far out as they seem. And, while many people think that electric vehicles and hydrogen cars are the only true zero emission vehicles (ZEV), air cars are also in this category (unless of course, you’re using smoggy compressed air to begin with).
Now, much has already been written about [...]

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A new environmental website is opening today at JogoGreen that combines the fun of participating in a game and testing your knowledge with saving trees. According to the website, for every 10 environmental questions you get right, JogoGreen will plant a tree on your behalf.
I just participated in their survey, found it to be both [...]

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Earth Day is tomorrow and it has been pre-announced that 46 of the nation’s top comic strips have all decided to jump on the green bandwagon and write humor honoring this day. It’s been foreshadowed that upon this blessed day, Dagwood will take a nap to conserve energy and the Mutts strip will offer environmental [...]

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Hydro Green Power has received a $2.6 million investment by Quercus Trust develop its river and tidal renewable energy generators. This funding will help Hydro Green Power deploy its hydrokinetic technology to states such as Minnesota on the Mississippi River, where testing will begin as early as August.
Hydro Green Power currently has four methods of [...]

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