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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 -

Biodiesel

Hybrids & Plug-In Hybrids

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.

Department of Energy's Office of Transportation Technologies

Alternative Fuel Information Sources
This report lists names, addresses, phone numbers of agencies, and businesses in the know (downloads Adobe Acrobat file - size 208 K).

The Diesel Emission Control ó Sulfur Effects (DECSE) Program
The DESCE Program Summary (downloads Adobe Acrobat file)

National Biodiesel Board
A Missouri consortium of soybean growers.

Pacific Biodiesel
A Hawaii-based company that makes fuel from recycled vegetable oil.

Panel Sees Cleaner Diesel by 2006
From the Las Vegas Sun, 10-30-02.

Synthetic Diesel Fuel Fact Sheet
Synthetic Diesel Fuel is a diesel fuel synthesized from natural gas. It may also be blendedwith conventional petroleum diesel fuels. California Energy Commission.

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.

Boron: A Better Energy Carrier than Hydrogen?
The use of Boron as a fuel is covered by this web site. Sounds interesting - here's an excerpt -

"One of the gases that boron motors won't produce is carbon dioxide. Neither will carbon dioxide be emitted by the power plants the boron comes from."

California Energy Commission; Alternative Fuel & Advanced Vehicle Links

CALSTART; Advanced Transportation Website

CALSTART News Notes
Canada Approves Street Use of Low-Speed EVs

CHARGE IT UP! Richard Hart's Electric Car
If you drive less than 100 miles a day, you may want to consider buying an electric car. In this week's CNET column, "CNET Central" host Richard Hart explains just how easy and inexpensive electric cars really are. And after you discover how little he pays to power his vehicle, you may give up your gas-guzzler for good!

Citizens for Rideable Communities NEW (08/17/05)
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!

Darryl McMahon's Home Page
A LOT of information on electric cars and related topics

Department Of Energy - Office Of Transportation Technologies

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 and Hybrid Vehicle Info. Sites

Electric Cars & Alternate Fuel Cars (CAR-STUFF)

Electric Vehicle History
Includes alphabetical list of electric vehicles manufactured throughout history

Electrifying Times

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 Vehicle Facts & Myths

Electric Vehicles In California

Electric Vehicle Information Network

Electric Vehicle Links - A Goldmine Of Links
From EV World's website.

Electric Vehicle Picture Gallery

Electric Vehicle Population Study

Electric Vehicle Web Directory

Environmental Impact Of Lead-Acid Batteries

Ford Chairman Says Internet, New Vehicle Propulsion Technologies, and Social Responsibilities Key to Automotive Industry's Future
Ford Chairman William Clay Ford, Jr., recently gave a speech at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit, Mich. giving his perspective on the state of the automotive industry, from past to present to future. Here is the text of that speech. Amoung the high points from his speech:

Ford Motor Co. admits SUVs are bad for the environment
..because they guzzle more gas, contribute more to global warming, and spew more smog-causing pollution than cars. In the company's first "corporate citizenship report," released yesterday at its annual shareholders' meeting, Ford said it will step up efforts to make its vehicles more eco-friendly. Still, the company's not ready to put its money where its mouth is. Ford will continue to produce SUVs, its most profitable products, including the hulking Ford Excursion, which weighs as much as two Jeep Grand Cherokees and gets just 10 miles to the gallon in the city.

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 Cell Links

Fuel Economy Website
Environmental Protection Agency, USA

Fuel Economy Website
Department of Energy, USA

Guide to the fuel economy of 1997 vehicles
Department of Energy, USA

Global Oil Crisis Home Page
All about the coming global oil crisis, with lots of links to background information.

Hybrid Electric Vehicle Links

Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Letter

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

Hybrid Cars

Hybrid Center

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.

Smart Traveler - California
A Mother-Lode of Practical, Public Transportation Alternatives. This link will take you to the Sacramento region - click on the map for other locations.

Transportation--Climate Change, Pollution, Imported Oil
Summary: Transportation and Global Warming. Transportation and US Reliance on Imported Oil. Environmental Damage: Air and Water Pollution. Not only do motor vehicles emit pollutants directly from the tailpipe, but the extraction, production, and marketing of gasoline leads to air pollution, water pollution, and oil spills. Reliance on Imported Oil.

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.

Waste-to-Ethanol Plant to be Built in Louisiana - First in the U.S. !
BC International Corporation recently received approval to issue bonds that will fund the construction and operation of the first commercial biomass-waste-to-energy facility in the
United States. The facility will use genetically engineered bacteria to convert agricultural waste into ethanol. Construction is slated to start in June at a site in Jennings, Louisiana. Limited ethanol production should start in February 2002, and full production should be reached by August 2002. At full production, the facility will process 340,000 dry tons of sugar cane waste and rice hulls per year.

World Energy
Suppliers of bio-diesel formulations for federal, state, utility, transit, municipal and private fleets nationwide.

Your Next Car
Your next car may put your current car in a museum! Check out this site to see why.