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Hybrid Fest VIDEO 6: To Hybrid Fest and Back Again, a Hobbit's Tale by AutoblogGreen

Being one of the greenest folk of Middle Earth, hobbits are particularly fond of not only the environment, but anything environmentally friendly. The Toyota Prius is their favorite mode of transportation this side of a pony. They have been sensing, however, the smog of evil creeping towards the Shire, and in an effort to halt its advance are trying to educate people on the magical wonders of Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive. This man in the video calls himself Hobbit, and while I do know his real name, we agree that his alias suits him ... Read more →

Hybrid Fest VIDEO 5: Horacio Calvento and his 88 mpg plug-in Prius Shane Addie

Now here's a guy that knows how to build a plug-in Prius. I don't mean he just has the technical expertise, which Horacio seems to have in spades, I mean he knows how to build one for only $4000. I ...

Hybrid Fest VIDEO 4: The MPG Challenge Shane Addie

Three grown men, a global positioning system satellite navigation screen, and a map with directions. Seems like shooting fish in a barrel, right? Wrong. These fish apparently are wearing kevlar ...

Hybrid Fest VIDEO 3: Ryan Fulcher and Manzanita Micro's plug-in 100 mpg Prius Shane Addie

Coming at you from Hybrid Fest 2007, here's an interview with Ryan Fulcher about his plug-in Prius. Interestingly, Ryan does not consider himself a hypermiler - he doesn't like to worry about ...

More coverage of HybridFest around the web Sam Abuelsamid

Our own team member Shane went to the HybridFest in Madison, Wisconsin, last weekend and he's got lots of coverage already posted and still more to come, but he wasn't the only one there. ABG friend ...

Hybrid Fest 2007 VIDEO 2: MIMA Inventor Mike Dabrowski 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As mentioned by Insight owner and hypermiler Randall Burkhalter in the first Hybrid Fest video posted, the MIMA system is an electronic retrofit which allows the driver to manually control the Integrated Motor Assist in the Honda Insight. At Hybrid Fest 2007, I got to meet and interview Mike ...

HybridFest 2007 VIDEO 1 - Hypermiler Randall Burkhalter and his Honda Insight 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Meet_a_hypermiler_who_gets_95_miles_per_gallon_in_a_Honda_Insight_VIDEO'; Randall Burkhalter is the proud owner of a Honda Insight - the first exclusive hybrid model to the United States. It is not an ordinary Insight, however. Randall has fitted it ...

HybridFest 2007 - We came, we saw, we conquered 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

From the onset of the MPG Challenge on Friday to the conversion of Wisconsin Power's stock Toyota Prius to a plug-in hybrid on Sunday, HybridFest 2007 was the most rockin' party for treehuggers, hypermilers and other greenfolk this side of the Atlantic. If you feel bad that you didn't make it, you ...

Hybridfest 2007: America's largest hybrid car festival, with PHEVs (and ABG) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

On the road again... Hybrid Fest 2007 is happening this weekend, folks, so buckle up, plug your PDA into your Prius, and maximize every ounce of oil in your tank to get to Madison, Wisconsin for two days of jolly green joy. Bloggers, hypermilers, hybrid owners and everyone else is invited to the ...

HybridFest 2007 coming to Madison, WI in July 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The second annual Hybridfest is going to happen July 21-22, 2007 at the Alliant Energy Center Grounds in Madison, WI. A local non-profit group called Hybridfest, Inc. organized the first event last summer and after a huge turnout decided to expand the event to two days this time around. The ...


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