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The greening of the Oscars continues with the 2010 Toyota Prius

Over the last few years, it's become more and more common for celebrities to hitch a ride in a hybrid or even a fully electric car in lieu of the more traditional chauffeured limo to major televised events. This year's Academy Awards ceremony, scheduled to take place Sunday night, is no different. We've already heard rumors that a few A-listers would be making an appearance in their Tesla Roadsters, and now we learn that Toyota has teamed up with Econation to transport celebrities like Tom Hanks , Leonardo DiCaprio , Rosario Dawson and Adrien ... Read more →

Tesla Roadsters to whisk actors to Oscars? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Sounds like we might have a good reason to tune in to the Acadamy Awards on Sunday. Rumor has it that this year's festivities may well take on a green theme before they even begin. How so? It's no ...

Red carpet at the Academy Awards will be showcase for green vehicles, especially the Tesla Roadster Mike Magda

Global Green USA will have 30 alternative fuel and electric vehicles ready to shuffle celebrities on Oscar night. And the Tesla Roadster is likely to be the headline attraction, probably outshining ...

Global warming, not electric cars on Oscar shortlist Mike Magda

Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" advanced to the next round of Oscar consideration, but "Who Killed the Electric Car?" was left at the charging station. Just over 80 movies qualified for the ...

The greening of the Oscars continues with the 2010 Toyota Prius 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Over the last few years, it's become more and more common for celebrities to hitch a ride in a hybrid or even a fully electric car in lieu of the more traditional chauffeured limo to major televised events. This year's Academy Awards ceremony, scheduled to take place Sunday night, is no different. ...

Tesla Roadsters to whisk actors to Oscars? 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Sounds like we might have a good reason to tune in to the Acadamy Awards on Sunday. Rumor has it that this year's festivities may well take on a green theme before they even begin. How so? It's no secret that a bunch of celebrities and otherwise very well off individuals have purchased Tesla ...

Red carpet at the Academy Awards will be showcase for green vehicles, especially the Tesla Roadster 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Global Green USA will have 30 alternative fuel and electric vehicles ready to shuffle celebrities on Oscar night. And the Tesla Roadster is likely to be the headline attraction, probably outshining many of the stars on the red carpet. In fact, Global Green won't disclose who'll be in the passenger ...

Global warming, not electric cars on Oscar shortlist 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" advanced to the next round of Oscar consideration, but "Who Killed the Electric Car?" was left at the charging station. Just over 80 movies qualified for the Documentary Feature category and 15 moved on to the next round. Members of the Documentary Branch will ...


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