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VIDEO: Jay Leno explains his biodiesel-powered EcoJet, races a private plane

Sep 28th 2009 4:10PM - 11 Comments

Jay Leno's EcoJet - Click above to watch the video after the break In a garage full of ultra rare, highly desirable cars and trucks, Jay Leno's EcoJet still manages to stand out as one of the coolest. Part of the vehicle's claim to fame comes from ...

Have you been following the progress on Jay Leno's EcoJet?

Sep 7th 2007 12:56PM - 1 Comment

Here is the latest video from Jay Leno's Garage about the ongoing work on the EcoJet. As the video begins, we see that the biodiesel-running jet turbine is hooked up to a custom-made aluminum gearbox and step-down gear reduction unit which was ...

Jay Leno takes EcoJet out for a spin (w/VIDEO)

Jun 2nd 2009 11:54AM - 8 Comments

Jay Leno's EcoJet - Click above for a high-res image gallery Now that Jay Leno's retired from his duties hosting The Tonight Show, he may find himself with a bit more time on his hands to devote to his many automotive passions. Jay often leans ...

Jay Leno's B100, 650hp, 220mph EcoJet on display in Nashville

Jun 10th 2007 12:07PM - 1 Comment

If you missed seeing Jay Leno's EcoJet when it toured the Midwest this past week, never fear. Domestic Fuel's Chuck Zimmerman got a chance to speak to Jay's logistics planner, Steve Reich, about the car (and more). Reich says the B100, 650hp ...

EasyJet ecoJet cuts greenhouse gas emissions in half

Jun 16th 2007 2:03PM - 10 Comments

Air travel has taken a hit as of late from the eco-friendly community. The problem is that the jet engines that we count on to get us from one place to another quickly dump a lot of unfriendly emissions into our atmosphere. The problem is severe ...

Half a billion worth of Hot Rods - including Leno's EcoJet - tours the Midwest

May 25th 2007 9:56AM - 0 Comments

There's usually not a lot of cross-over between the power fiends at Hot Rod magazine and green car culture. The the two worlds are not inherently exclusive, and as petroleum gets more and more expensive, we're seeing the gearheads turning to ...

Huh, there's something funny about this funny car ...

Jul 5th 2007 3:24PM - 5 Comments

Sure, all Funny Cars are a bit different. After all, they are so named 'cause they didn't quite look stock, hence the name "funny", according to the great and all-knowing Wiki. But, this one is even more strange in that it runs on 100 percent ...

eBay find of the day: Bradley GT powered by a jet engine

Oct 13th 2007 2:40PM - 1 Comment

Let's get this straight right off the bat: this is not a green car. But, since we've shown you Jay Leno's EcoJet, we thought that you might like to take a look at something along those same lines... only much, much cheaper! Like Leno's EcoJet, which ...

Jay Leno samples the plug-in Ford Escape Hybrid

Nov 7th 2007 1:36PM - 3 Comments

Tonight Show host Jay Leno has gotten attention lately for his cooperation with GM on the turbine powered EcoJet concept last year and more recently an E85-powered Corvette. Leno has always had an interest in alternative power-trains and this week ...

Jay Leno gets to test drive the Tesla Roadster, Where's ours?

Jul 12th 2007 7:57AM - 3 Comments

How come just because he's rich Jay Leno gets to drive all the cool cars like the GM EcoJet and the Tesla Roadster and we don't? Jay got to spend some time with the Roadster and write about it for the Times of London. Needless to say, he was ...

Jay Leno adds a BMW Hydrogen 7 to his mega-garage

Sep 18th 2007 12:49PM - 10 Comments

The latest celebrity to get a set of keys to a BMW Hydrogen 7 is well-known car enthusiast Jay Leno (apparently he's on some TV show as well). Last year Leno worked with a GM design studio to build the biodiesel fueled, turbine-powered EcoJet. Leno ...

Chevrolet to feature E85 power at SEMA 2007

Oct 23rd 2007 4:26PM - 1 Comment

At the 2006 SEMA show in Las Vegas GM made a big splash with the turbine-powered EcoJet concept that they built for some guy named Leno. SEMA is coming up again next week and this time they are reiterating the ethanol message with two of the cars ...

Popular Mechanics introduces a new long-term project: Jay Leno's Green Garage

Jan 18th 2007 4:07PM - 0 Comments

Jay Leno must have caught on to something when he decided to make his Eco-Jet biodiesel jet-turbine powered supercar with help from GM, the company that has been increasingly going green itself. According to Popular Mechanics, he is starting a ...

Another airline offering to offset CO2 emissions

Aug 8th 2007 1:39PM - 0 Comments

Easyjet is offering the possibility to offset the CO2 to their customer's trips as an extra service via a calculator which calculates your trip's carbon footprint. Then you can aquire together with your flight your participation in a sustainability ...

Passenger-free biofuel Air New Zealand flight set for 2008 or 2009

Oct 1st 2007 9:14AM - 0 Comments

That's one small flight for biofuels, one giant ... oh, you get the picture. The news that Air New Zealand will get biofuels into the air in a Boeing 747 in either 2008 or 2009 is great for people who fly a lot and feel kind of guilty about it ...

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