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Lessen Your Dependency On Fossil Fuels And Help The Environment
Learn more about alternatives to the conventional oil-gasoline-based automobile. Explore developments in fuel-efficiency, hybrids, biodiesel, electric cars and see solar-cell experiments.
Being Green
- Green Vehicle Guide
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Vehicle Guide provides vehicle ratings based on emissions and fuel economy
- The Green Car Company
- At The Green Car Company our goal is to bring awareness and educate the mainstream American population about how their transportation choices affect the environment.
- Green Car Journal Online - Your Source for Hybrids, Hydrogen and Alternative Fuel Vehicles
- Green Car Journal Special Edition magazine is a full-color magazine that de-mystifies the field of low emission, high fuel economy, and advanced technology vehicles.
- Green Car Club
- The Green Car Club unites owners and enthusiasts of environmentally cleaner cars.
- A Student's Guide to Alternative Fuel Vehicles - Electric Vehicles
- See the history of electric vehicles, from some of the very first cars ever made to the modern day.
- Hybrids, meet your rival -- it gets 376.59 mpg
- Don't choke on your organic soy-double-decaf-fair-trade-carbon-neutral macchiato, but how does 376.59 mpg sound? That's the documented fuel efficiency of a Seattle man's new car.... a 1959 Opal rebuilt in 1973!
Books on Alternative Autos
Charge Up and Go!
Information about electric cars
- ElectricCars.com
- Today, there is an Awesome Electric Car that Travels 300 Miles on a Single Charge It Can Beat a Dodge Viper in a Quarter Mile Race That's 0 to 60 MPH in Less than 5.6 Seconds! and Looks Like a Ferrari! Why is This Car Not Being Sold?... Major Car Companies Don't Care about Your High Gas Bills!
- Welcome to zapworld.com!
- ZAPWORLD is the leader in the electric vehicle market and manufacturer of the ZAPPY electric scooter.
- Commuter Cars
- Revolutionizing Personal Transportation. The Tango,the first vehicle produced by Commuter Cars, is a glimpse into the future of commuting where we hope wasted time, energy, and freeway real estate due to traffic jams will be things of the past.
- Electric Auto Association - Electric Vehicles and Cars
- Electric Auto Association - a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of Electric Vehicles (EV) and public awareness of EV use
- The REVA Electric Car Company - Home Page
- REVA is designed to be unique and stands out on the road as a genuine city car with a mature expression. The advanced technologies used, make it highly differentiated and superior to other makes. It has all the inherent benefits of an Electric Car and is indeed a revelation in city mobility.
- Corbin Sparrow
- Welcome to CorbinSparrow.com. Since you came to this site, there is a good chance you saw one of these little electric motorcycles and wondered what they were. I thought the same thing when I first saw pictures of them back in 1999. Well, they were made by Corbin Motors in Hollister, California from 1999-2002 and were called Sparrows.
- Students take Porsche to electric avenue - MIT News Office
- For the past six months a team of MIT students has spent hundreds of hours converting a sleek Porsche 914 into an electric vehicle. Their goal? To demonstrate the viability of electric vehicle technology and to help clarify what has yet to be done.
- Electric Car: Chevrolet Volt: Chevrolet
- Chevy Volt Concept Electric Car. Electric vehicle by GM is able to run on gasoline and certain alternative fuels as well. Recharges with a 110-volt household outlet or with onboard generator while driving or parked.
- Eric Convents' Hotzenblitz B01
- This is the most interesting electric car I know. This car is equipped with a BMS (battery management system) and feedback system allowing the batteries run for about 30.000 km (lead gel).
- G-Wiz, The Car That Doesn't Cost The Earth
- The latest UK Motoring News, Car Buyers' Guides and Reviews written by well informed motoring writers.
Why Are All Electric Cars Cute?
There's something about the styling and lines of an electric car... it's like they can't help but come out cute!
The Tesla Roadster: 0-60 in 4 seconds
Corbin Sparrow electric car
Hotzenblitz electric car
G-Wiz - Indian built electric car
Takashi's E Car from 1975
Chinese Electric car from Zap
Electric Car
Electric car made by toy maker.
GWizz (Reva) electric powered car
Electric car plugged in
Here Comes The Sun
Experiments with solar-cell technology for cars
- Solar car - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- A solar car is an electric vehicle powered by solar energy obtained from solar panels on the surface of the car.
- American Solar Challenge - Home Page
- The North American Solar Challenge (NASC2005) is a competition to design, build, and rayce solar-powered cars in a cross-country event. Teams compete in a 2500 mile rayce from Austin, Texas to Calgary, Alberta.
- Solar Electric Vehicle Team
- The Solar Electric Vehicle Team is a recognized student organization at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working under the auspices of the Edgerton Center. The team draws on a broad range of technical knowledge encompassing all fields of engineering and science.
- Tour a Solar Car
- A solar car is a light weight, low power vehicle designed and built with a single purpose in mind - racing (or "raycing", a combination of "race" and "ray" from the sun). Similar to an Indy or Formula One race cars, solar cars do not represent a practical means of transportation. They have limited seating (usually one, sometimes two people), they have very little cargo capacity, and they can only be driven during the day. They do, however, offer an excellent opportunity to develop future technologies that can be applied to practical applications.
- How to Build a Solar Car
- Building a solar car is a very ambitious goal, but one that is achievable through hard work and commitment.
- SunVee
- SunVee stands for Solar Utility Neighborhood Vehicle, and is a proven concept for a low speed neighborhood electric car that is charged by solar-electric panels incorporated into its body.
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QuantumTraveler
I think that your lens is right on the money. It's time that we started taking alternatives to fossil fuels seriously. Thanks. Posted May 04, 2008 |
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Petee
Great info on alternative autos check out my lens on how to Improve Gas Mileage Posted December 22, 2007 |
