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Related pages -
The Energy Guy's Vehicles
Check them out - these aren't hobby cars; these are practical, every day transportation alternatives.Transportation Products
Links to advanced Batteries, electric Vehicle Chargers, electric and hybrid electric vehicles, products offered by the major automobile manufacturers and others, and used electric vehicles.Buying Guides
Advice about purchasing a vehicle and information concerning reliability, cost, and other considerations.
Quick-Find Sections -
Electric & Hybrid Cars - Great web site!
Visit these links before you buy a
Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)

2004
Alternative Fuel & Hybrid Vehicle Guide
Motor Trend's annual guide to the latest & greatest!
Dump Dirty Diesel
& Close The SUV Loophole
U.S. Public Interest Research Group's Clean Air Campaign
Small Cars SAFER than SUVs
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
ACEEE's Green Book: Why Buy
Green?
If you care about the future of our environment, then what you value goes
beyond performance or styling and the options packages featured in the showroom.
GreenerCars.com will help you choose a greener (cleaner and more fuel-efficient)
vehicle.
Alternative Fuel Charging
Sites
Find out where to get CNG, LPG, methanol (M85), and other fuels as well as FREE
ELECTRICITY for your electric vehicle.
Battery Information for Electric
Vehicles
As they say when you arrive on the page, this is Battery University
- Get the Coffee! It's an all-nighter. Comprehensive source of information on all
the battery technologies for EVs.
Better Motors & Better Batteries
BIO-DIESEL
The following are links to "bio-diesel" (aka "clean diesel")
fuel.
Better living through french fries
Bio-diesel is an important fuel for the future.Clean Diesel Program Diesel Emissions Reduction Fund
California Energy Commission.
National Biodiesel Board
A Missouri consortium of soybean growers.Pacific Biodiesel
A Hawaii-based company that makes fuel from recycled vegetable oil.Veggie Avenger
Alternative fuels and related conversations.
The Veggie Van
They call it "The Veggie Van" and they fuel it with used vegetable oil from fast food restaurants. During the summers of 1997 and 1998, the Veggie Van took America by storm, logging over 25,000 miles on biodiesel fuel and appearing on the Today Show, Dateline, and CNN. Joshua and Kaia Tickell created the Veggie Van and wrote the definitive book on using vegetable oil as an alternative fuel.World Energy
Suppliers of bio-diesel formulations for federal, state, utility, transit, municipal and private fleets nationwide.
CALSTART; Advanced Transportation Website
Environmental Transportation
Options NEW (09/14/06)
We support the Green Transportation Hierarchy for governmental
priorities and planning. Protecting the Environment, Reducing Dependency on Foreign
Oil and Insuring Homeland Security all at the same time!
CLEAN DIESEL
See Bio-Diesel Links.
Compare
impact of different types of transportation
From CREST.
Direct fuel use (average energy intensity of different options) - WOW!
Indirect energy use (roads, producing fuels, building
and maintaining infrastructure, and manufacturing and repairing vehicles
Externalities (cost of environmental damage, etc) - WOW!
Electric Drive Transportation Association - Industry Group with the Latest News
Formerly the Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas - see their February 03 newsletter
with great news on the Bush Administrations interest
in funding alternative transportation technologies.
Electric Cars &
Alternate Fuel Cars (CAR-STUFF)
Electric Vehicle
History
Includes alphabetical list of electric vehicles manufactured
throughout history
Electric Transit Vehicle Institute (ETVI)
ETVI is a non-profit organization formed to promote the design, production and
utilization of battery-powered electric and hybrid vehicles and buses. The site features
general to technical information on electric and hybrid technology, including information
on the benefits of electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, where electric and hybrid-electric
buses operate in the United States, lessons learned about electric and hybrid-electric
buses, and a list of manufacturers. The site also features a kid*s section. For this
and other recent news see the EREN
Web site.
Electric
Vehicles Available Now - A Goldmine Of Links
From EV World's website.
Electric Vehicle Picture Gallery
National
Academy of Sciences - U.S. EPA's computer model falsely predicts emissions from cars
and trucks
...and seriously underestimates pollution and may overestimate the benefits of
some pollution-control strategies.
Northeast Solar Energy Association's
Green Car Club
The Green Car Club is designed for owners, potential owners, and enthusiasts of hybrids,
battery-electrics, and other environment friendly vehicles.
Fuel Economy Website
Department of Energy, USA
Global Oil Crisis Home Page
All about the coming global oil crisis, with lots of links to background information.
Manhattan Scientifics
Successfully Tests Fuel Cell Powered Bicycle
Press Release -- New York City, June 15, 2000 - Manhattan
Scientifics, Inc. (OTCBB:MHTX) announced today that it has completed initial development
and initial testing of the "HYDROCYLEô", a fuel cell powered bicycle. The
prototype bicycle utilizes Manhattan Scientifics' unique and proprietary mid-range
power technology developed by the company's NovArs unit in Passau, Germany. The driving range is 70-100
Km (up to 60 miles) at 30 Km/h (18 mph). Discussions are underway with manufacturers.
Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles
Plug In America
Plug In America advocates the use of plug-in cars, trucks and SUVs powered by cleaner, cheaper, domestic electricity to reduce our nation's dependence on petroleum and improve the global environment.Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that will Recharge America
A book by Sherry Boschert
Public Citizen's Critical Mass
Energy Project
Information on what's happening on auto fuel efficiency
in the US today. They also have an ongoing energy campaign,which includes transportation
and fuel economy.
Universal
Automobile - System Description
The Universal Automobile (UA) is a "public domain" vehicle used
by subscribers for short distance travel within mass transit zones; it is powered
by batteries which can be automatically trickle-charged at special "UA parking"
areas using "charging mats", or, they can be quickly exchanged at fuel
and power supply stations.
The VW Vortex breaks fuel economy records
at 239 MPG
The world's most economical car was shown to shareholders attending the 42nd annual
general meeting of Volkswagen AG in Hamburg. The prototype was built under great
secrecy during a time in which such high fuel-economys were thought to be impossible.
It was driven under its own power from Volkswagen's plant in Wolfsburg to the meeting
in Hamburg by Dr. Ferdinand Piech, currently Chairman of the Board of Management,
on April 14th.
World Energy
Suppliers of bio-diesel formulations for federal, state, utility, transit, municipal
and private fleets nationwide.
Your Next Car
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Check out this site to see why.
Last revised
12/04/2008