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AltCar 2008: TrioBike, the pedal-powered SUV for three 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Not everything at the AltCar Expo was an alternative car. Some, like the Prometheus electric motorcycle and the TrioBike (above) were car alternatives. In fact, the TrioBike is really a next-generation SUV. I mean, that designation just means sports utility vehicle, right? It doesn't have to ...

AltCar 2008: Let's get ready to alt-energy rummmble! (yawn) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Saturday afternoon at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo was supposed to feature an all-out technology debate between everyone's favorite gasoline alternatives. Moderated by Rick Sikes, the fleet superintendent of the City of Santa Monica, the setup was billed as "Top experts representing PHEV, all ...

AltCar 2008: Is the Lola EV the "poor man's Tesla"? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

During the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo, someone joked to me that the Lola EV, a flashy electric kit car, was the "poor man's Tesla." Paul Pearson, the man behind the project, said, "That's a compliment," but there's really no comparison between the two other than that they're two-seat sports cars ...

AltCar 2008: AMPLE taking orders for $29,999 PHEV truck, two other plug-in hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The headline above is what we call a "bait & switch," and it recreates the feeling I got when I approached the AMPLE Motion booth at the AltCar Expo. AMPLE, a new company incorporated on Earth Day this year, is trying an unusual strategy to get the word out about its plug-in hybrid vehicles ...

AltCar 2008: Triac in the metal, deliveries to customers start in December 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We heard about the Triac back in April and got more details in May. When we saw the prototype sitting on the floor of the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo floor over the weekend, we knew we needed to stop in and say hello. Ehab Youssef was there to give a rundown of the Triac, an all-electric ...

AltCar 2008: LA Times panel hates/loves GM, and more 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

For me, the highlight of the weekend's panel discussions at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo was two guys just sitting around and chatting. The reason the hour-long freeflowing discussion between the men was so good was that they - Dan Neil (left in the picture above) and Ken Bensinger, both writers ...

AltCar 2008: Prometheus' solar-powered electric motorcycle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Jim Corning had an idea. Wouldn't it be cool if you could put four solar panels on your house, and then be able to power a vehicle with the energy created with them? Corning, who founded Prometheus Solar LLC, didn't have a vehicle he could power with sunlight, but he did have a wife with a ...

AltCar 2008: "Water and Charge your batteries regularly!" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The hurdles to moving from a gasoline-dominated private transportation environment to one that contains a lot of batteries and plug-in vehicles are many. If nothing else, that's one message we can take away from the Sustainable Mobility Seminar and the AltCar Expo this past week. So, when I ...

AltCar 2008: Details on the MIIN-AER compressed air Porsche Boxster 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As I wrote on Thursday, one of the more interesting vehicles here at the Alt Car Expo is a one-off home conversion of a 1999 Porsche Boxster called the MIIN-AER car. We wanted to get some more information about this thing, so we talked to Glenn Bell, CEO of Air Fuel Auto. Bell talked about why he's ...

AltCar 2008: Chris Paine talks "Who Killed?" sequel, coming in 2010 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of the highlights of Day One of the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo was spending an hour with "Who Killed the Electric Car?" director Chris Paine and hearing stories about making both that film and his sequel-in-progress. While he said the studio/lawyers would not let him show any clips from the new ...

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