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AltWheels returns to Boston area next month

Last year, the fifth annual AltWheels festival featured a lot of cool green car goodness - along with things like Darth Vader discussing HUMMER and a vegoil MINI. This year, the show returns to the Boston area for three days one day of greener transportation discussion and presentations, including a one-day fleet-centered show on September 29 that will feature what organizers are calling the "Largest Display of Alternative Fleet Vehicles on East Coast." It certainly looks like a tempting way to spend the day, and should give the people ... Read more →

Friday Humor: Darth Vader behind the Hummer and the Chevy Volt? Sebastian Blanco

OK, little Carrick and his dad Colin have been making green car movies for a while now, but none have impressed me like their latest. Filmed at Boston AltWheels earlier this year, this six-minute ...

AltWheels Boston 2007 videos: fuel cells, cogeneration, nitrogen tires Lascelles Linton

Here are the last few videos from AutoblogGreen's trip to AltWheels Boston 2007. The video above is a demonstration of the Nuvera Fuel Cells refueling station, some of which are in use today. Below ...

AltWheels Boston videos: Electrathon, Microfurthur, eMotive Lascelles Linton

The video above is of an Electrathon racer on display at AltWheels Boston 2007. Electrathon racers travel 50 miles in an hour using a kilowatt/hour of electricity: That's the equivalent of 1,500 MPG ...

Videos: bikes at AltWheels Boston 2007 Lascelles Linton

There were a lot of cool bikes at AltWheels Boston 2007. The video above is all about the New Amsterdam Project (or NAP), a delivery service in Boston that uses bikes. NAP uses the same bike as the ...

Video: Robin Chase, founder of Zipcar, GoLoco at AltWheels Boston 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

At AltWheels Boston 2007, I had an interesting conversation with Robin Chase, co-founder of Zipcar and founder of GoLoco. In the video above, Robin talks about GoLoco, a Facebook web app that allows you to share rides and share the cost of travel with friends online. Robin says ride sharing reduces ...

Video: Environmental Insurance Agency at AltWheels Boston 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Text_your_insurance_company_to_buy_insurance_for_a_day'; At AltWheels Boston 2007, the Environmental Insurance Agency (EIA) told me they want people that drive less to pay less for insurance. Currently, EIA is working to get laws changed in Massachusetts and ...

Video: Mini that runs on veg oil at AltWheels Boston 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The video above is Grease Car's Mini at AltWheels Boston 2007. The Mini is lime green and converted to run on vegetable oil. The diesel engine they put in the Mini was a little big, so the front of the Mini has an odd look with the tires slightly pushed out. The Mini was in a sidewalk booth but the ...

Video: natural gas Honda Civic re-fueling 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Above is another video from my trip to AltWheels Boston 2007. The video is a look at the Phill home refueling station, topping off a Honda Civic GNG (Compressed Natural Gas) car. Natural gas cars are actually the cleanest cars you can buy today, even cleaner than hybrids, but they just don't get ...

Video: VW's Dieselution tour pollutes at AltWheels Boston 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We recently wrote about the VW's DIESELUTION tour. I took the video above of the Dieselution tour's stop at AltWheels Boston 2007. IMHO, VW should have called the tour Dissolution. Don't get me wrong. I like VW. I think they are great brand and really could have surfed the green revolution wave. I ...

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