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Hybridfest, anyone?

The annual Hybridfest Green Drive Expo kicks off today in Madison, Wisconsin as part of the Dane County Fair. While AutoblogGreen has been able to attend in past years, we won't have any of our regular bloggers in covering the show this year. Still, we're willing to bet large piles of cash that at least some regular readers will be there. Thus, we'd like to put out a call for reader submissions, especially pictures, of events at the expo, including today's MPG Challenge. If you're one of the lucky ones who manages to make it to Madison this ... Read more →

HybridFest returns to Madison, Wisc. July 19-20 Sebastian Blanco

Last year, we discovered quite a few interesting green car advocates at Hybridfest in Madison, Wisconsin: a hypermiling Honda Insight driver, someone with a 100mpg+ Prius, and a Hobbit. This year, ...

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

Lexus shouldering its way into the Chauffeur Drive '07 with its biggest luxo-barge 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

My, what a big luxury sedan you have. All the better to drive you with, my dear. Not that Lexus is a big, bad wolf in any way, but at the Chauffeur Drive '07, they might as well be the only sponsor of the event, because it'll be their show. All the luxury amenities, stylishness, gadgets to make a ...

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: 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 ...

First edition of Hybridfest 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

A non-profit group is organizing what is claimed to be the first hybrid electric car show this summer, July 22nd, in Madison, Wisconsin. The event is being promoted as a grass-roots effort by a number of hybrid vehicle owners with no ties to the automotive industry. While the traditional car show ...


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