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Lincvolt withdraws from X-Prize, will focus on "main goal"

Jul 22nd 2009 2:06PM - 3 Comments

Neil Young's evolving Lincvolt project – a 1959 Lincoln Continental that weighs 2.5 tons and is 19.5 feet long that is being converted into a "bio-hydro-electric series hybrid vehicle" – today officially announced it will no longer ...

Neil Young's latest music video comes to you from the LincVolt

Mar 31st 2009 2:32PM - 3 Comments

Click above and scroll down to watch the video "She goes a long way on domestic green fuel, 100 miles per gallon is the Continental rule." That's one of the lines in "Johnny Magic," a song from Neil Young's upcoming album, Fork in the Road, which ...

VIDEO: LincVolt is on the road and on the 'net

Nov 10th 2008 8:55AM - 8 Comments

We were just recently telling you about how Neil Young and his LincVolt project crew want to begin making similarly-powered vehicles for other people and now that we've learned more about what makes his '59 Lincoln go, we're back to fill you in. ...

VIDEO: Neil Young delivers state of the LincVolt address

Sep 29th 2008 3:34PM - 6 Comments

When last we visited Neil Young's LincVolt project the car and crew had managed to survive some early road testing. That was at the beginning of June so you may be forgiven if you think that four months later the car should be ready to go with ...

Neil Young offers Fork in the Road video challenge

Apr 17th 2009 8:47AM - 0 Comments

Think you're better than Neil Young? Uncle Neil would like to give you a chance to best the video he shot inside the Lincvolt car through a video contest that uses a song from his new record, Fork in the Road. The song is "Johnny Magic," which ...

Heard Neil Young's "Fuel Line" song yet? Wow

Dec 13th 2008 7:54PM - 2 Comments

Photo by antifluor. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Last weekend, I went to see Neil Young in Detroit and knew I needed to write at least a little bit about Young's paean to the LincVolt (and plug-in cars in general), a new song ...

Neil Young's new album, Fork In The Road, all about eco-cars

Jan 21st 2009 6:27PM - 29 Comments

Click above and scroll down to watch the video When I went to see Neil Young tear up some of his classic songs last month in Detroit, I noticed a particularly appropriate song to write a post about: "Fuel Line." It's not a great song, but it is ...

Neil Young, John Goodwin talk about 100 MPG, biodiesel, plug-in 1960 Lincoln Continental on CNN Monday

Nov 17th 2007 3:09PM - 4 Comments

Update: The follow up article about John's appearance on CNN. Singer Neil Young and mechanic John Goodwin, who is converting Neil's 1959 (so it's not a 1960) Lincoln Continental Mark IV convertible to a plug-in hybrid that runs on biodiesel that ...

Auto X Prize to announce all teams "moving ahead in the competition" next week

Oct 12th 2009 6:53PM - 0 Comments

The Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize has has a number of teams drop out recently (e.g., the Avion and the LincVolt), but the competition is not slowing down. Next week, in New York City, the AXP will formally announce the names of the teams ...

Auto X Prize announces 43 qualified teams still fighting for $10 million

Oct 20th 2009 4:56PM - 3 Comments

The white stars on the map above could be used as the guidelines for a really fun road trip, if you're interested in learning as much as you can about the future of clean vehicles. From established companies (Tesla, Tata) to start-ups (Aptera) to ...

Avion withdraws from Auto X Prize, cites increasing costs of participating in 100 mpg challenge

Sep 9th 2009 4:02PM - 5 Comments

Another one bites the dust (see also: LincVolt and HP2G). The Automotive X Prize will not feature an updated diesel-burning version of the Avion prototype from 1984 . Craig Henderson, the president of Avion Car Company, has sent a withdrawal ...

Neil Young's eco-car album, Fork in the Road, now ready for pre-order

Mar 5th 2009 3:51PM - 1 Comment

We still have a month to wait until Neil Young's new "Fork in the Road" album (aka, his eco-car concept record), but Reprise Records is ready to take your money now. Unlike some deals in the green car business, if you pre-order the record, you ...

Neil Young's 1959 Lincoln runs on biodiesel and can be plugged-in

Oct 27th 2007 7:53PM - 10 Comments

Neil Young drives the car that a lot of people wish they could. First, it's a diesel car, running on biodiesel. Second, it's a plug-in hybrid. Third, it's a 1959 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark IV. Grunge has been good to Neil. Nicknamed Linc-Volt, ...

If you see something, say something about electric car hucksters

Jun 6th 2008 8:03PM - 0 Comments

Remember the WIRED article exposing the, let's say, odd things that have happened at electric car company Zap? EDN's technical editor, Paul Rako, has written an article saying that EV hucksterism needs to be everybody's business. Basically, he ...

Neil Young goes for a test ride in his new 1959 Lincoln electric hybrid, almost crashes.

Jun 2nd 2008 9:50AM - 14 Comments

From time to time we get questions about the status of Neil Young's Linc-Volt project, the transformation, nay, transmogrification of the rock icon's gas guzzling '59 Lincoln Continental into a sweet serial-electric hybrid by John Goodwin. There ...


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