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

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 participate in the Automotive X Prize. The split seems to be friendly. The Lincvolt news page says: We have withdrawn Lincvolt from the X-Prize because of the conflict between providing the energy and resources required to develop a viable business plan for the Lincvolt technology, a requirement for ... Read more →

Neil Young offers Fork in the Road video challenge Sebastian Blanco

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 ...

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

"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, ...

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

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 ...

Neil Young eat your heart out: presenting EVCast, the musical Sebastian Blanco

Neil Young is not the only one who can write some green car songs. Our friends Bo and Ryan over at EVCast have taken it upon themselves to put together a collection of parody songs explaining the ...

Neil Young's new album, Fork In The Road, all about eco-cars 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 apparently the start of something bigger: a concept album about cars not powered by gasoline. ...

Heard Neil Young's "Fuel Line" song yet? Wow 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 called "Fuel Line." Pretty much every review of Young's current tour mentions "Fuel Line." It's true that the song has ...

Neil Young offers advice for ailing Detroit 3 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Neil Young suggests that we "turn the page" in the drama that is the Detroit 3's history of producing automobiles by cutting out all internal combustion engines. The rock star says that the automakers "should only get [a bailout] if they agree to stop building autos that contribute to global ...

VIDEO: LincVolt is on the road and on the 'net 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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. From what we can glean from the information now ...

Neil Young has Heart of Gold, will make you a Linc Volt 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It seems that Neil Young is looking to convert more classic Detroit iron from gas-guzzling V8-powered "hogs" to electric powered "swans." Young's quest has already begun, with the rock star converting his own 5,000-pound 1959 Lincoln into an electric vehicle known as the Linc Volt. That car has ...

VIDEO: Neil Young delivers state of the LincVolt address 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 nothing standing between it and the open road but a ...

Neil Young goes for a test ride in his new 1959 Lincoln electric hybrid, almost crashes. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 have been a few teasers and the odd announcement ...

Video: first look at John Goodwin's diesel add-on kit 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

NBC News got a look at mechanic John Goodwin's soon-to-be-released add-on kits for diesel cars in this video. The NBC video also takes a look under the hood of John's turbine, hybrid H3 that will get 60 MPG. That's not the only TV interview John has done recently. As promised, here is the article ...

Neil Young, John Goodwin talk about 100 MPG, biodiesel, plug-in 1960 Lincoln Continental on CNN Monday 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 will get 100 MPG, will be on CNN's "American Morning" ...


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