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Monday Best Bike Bits - Pistol-Packing Cyclist and Bike-Powered Transit Called Shweeb

April Streeter | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Monorail, Bicycling, Road Rage, Cycling, Urban Cycling, Sustainable Mobility, Dubai, Green News
April Streeter

The low-slung (2 to 4 meters above ground) Shweeb pods include a highly efficient system of pedals that can theoretically allow riders to reach speeds of up 70 kmh.

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Where's the Nano Americano?

Matthew DeBord | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green

Read More: People's Car, Chrysler, Gm, Tata Motors, VW Beetle, Fiat, VW Bug, Mini Cooper, Nano, Fiat 500, Vw, Sustainable Mobility, Tata Nano, India, Green News
Matthew DeBord

Being Americans, we long for high-tech silver bullet solutions to our sustainability problems, but the gas-burning Indian version, the Nano is a model of transport simplified.

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Greening Hollywood: A Future To Go

Paige Donner | Posted 03.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Mindset, Sustainable Mobility, Sustainable Design, Electric Vehicles, Future to Go, U.S. Air Force, California Air Resources Board, Mta, Kaiser Permanente, Andy Karsner, David Wilkie, Pasadena Art Center College of Design, Lightcraft Technologies, Kill Spencer, Amory Lovins, Greening Hollywood, Plug-in Vehicle, Venrock, Green News
Paige Donner

Pasadena's Art Center College of Design believes that design can bridge eco-friendly products, services and technologies with the public's desire to l...

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So You Want to Save the Planet? Drive Stick

Matthew DeBord | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Manual, Prius, Toyota Yaris, Toyota Prius, Stickshift, Climate Change, Sustainability, F1, Global Warming, Manual Transmission, Sustainable Mobility, Energy, Stick Shift, Cars, Hybrid Cars, Transportation, Environment, Yaris, Green News
Matthew DeBord

You can still achieve some sustainable progress by buying a car that runs on gas, but that manages relatively high mileage. And you can max out your mileage by going for a stick shift.

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Fiat Says "Buon Giorno!" to Chrysler

Matthew DeBord | Posted 02.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Chrysler, Fiat, Gianni Angelli, Lapo Elkann, Fiat 500, Cerberus, Detroit, Sustainable Mobility, Cars, Business News
Matthew DeBord

There have been rumblings about Americans being able to buy Fiats and Afla Romeos in Chrysler dealerships, but there've also been reports that Fiats and Alfas being rebadged as Chryslers.

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So GM Gets Bailed Out and Brings Us the Chevy Volt...and Then What?

Matthew DeBord | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Scion, Plug-in EV, Chevy Volt, Prius, General Motors, Hybrid, Electric Vehicle, Sustainability, Lexus, Toyota, Detroit Bailout, Sustainable Mobility, Detrooit, Green News
Matthew DeBord

As Congress closes in a "short term," bailout of the Big Three Detroit Automakers, it's time to ask what their product plans for the future are going to be, if they survive.

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Bail Out Detroit -- Right Now!

Matthew DeBord | Posted 12.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Chrysler, General Motors, Bailout, Sustainable Mobility, Ford, Detroit, Uaw, Automaker Bailout, Greening the Economy, Big Three Automakers, The Big Three, Gm, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, Cars, Sustainable Energy, Automakers, Detroit Automakers, Green Cars, Sustainable Cars, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout, Green News
Matthew DeBord

We could let Detroit fail and throw money at the many future-car startups that are currently out there, but that won't provide enough product to market to deliver the improvements we require.

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Save SUVs First, Then Kill Them Really Dead

Matthew DeBord | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Hybrids, Bailout, General Motors, Ford, Sustainability, Toyota, Suv, Honda, Detroit, Sustainable Mobility, Big Three Automakers, US Auto Industry, Cars, Chevy, Congressional Bailout, Hybrid Cars, Obama Administration, President Elect Obama, Asian Auto Market, Green News
Matthew DeBord

Assuming a federal bailout, it makes sense that, over the next few years, American carmakers will be re-engaging with the small-car market.

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