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0Video: Retrofitted BMW M3 electric will compete in Pikes Peak race 1337212680
Last year, a BMW i8 plug-in hybrid was featured in the Tom Cruise-starring Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. This year, another BMW electric-drive vehicle is looking to make a star performance, and without the editing or tricky camera angles. A 1995 BMW M3 has been retrofitted with a ...
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Colorado tax credit makes electric motorcycles really cheap (like $3,000 cheap) 1270234320
Zero Motorcycles DS – Click above for high-res image galleryIf you happen to live in Colorado and have a hankering for a brand-new electric motorcycle, we have good news. The rest of us... well, we can take a moment to wish we lived in Colorado, at least in time to make our desired ... -
World's Largest Rebate? Save $42,000 on Tesla Roadster in Colorado 1256244780
Tesla Roadster - Click above image for high-res galleryWe didn't believe it until we verified it with our own eyes, but amazingly it's true: Colorado is offering a $42,083 rebate on the 2009 Tesla Roadster until December 31st. Carry the one, move the decimal point... yep, that's a 38-percent ... -
Illinois, Colorado put money into plug-in infrastructure 1248273180
Converted plug-in Prius - Click above for high-res image galleryWhile there is no coherent national plug-in vehicle legislation aside from the PHEV tax credit bill, some states are moving forward with their own proposals to encourage more vehicles with plugs. Both Colorado and Illinois recently ... -
Colorado gets a chance at cheap (subsidized) corn ethanol 1212618360
I guess they've got to pretty much give it away: E85 fuel will be on sale for just 85 cents a gallon for two hours in Colorado next week. Domestic Fuel says that the special sale on the biofuel for flexfuel cars will take place in the town of Fowler from noon until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12. The ...
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Colorado: Should there be a distinct license for three-wheelers? 1203724920
Since three-wheeled vehicles come up on AutoblogGreen so often, we thought it would be prudent to inform you that Colorado is considering adding a distinct license requirement for three-wheeled motorcycles. Generally, if you have a motorcycle license, the state you live in allows you to ride a ...
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GM and Colorado partner to deliver 40 new E85 stations to the 13 already there 1171639920
What's good about making hundreds of thousands of E85 capable vehicles if consumers have nowhere to fill them up at? With GM, Ford and Chrysler all selling E85-capable vehicles, and advertising them heavily, it makes sense that they would want owners of said vehicles to use it. So, to that end, GM ...
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Colorado county wants to sell SUVs, buy hybrids 1157040180
Eagle County in Colorado wants to sell many of its gus-guzzling SUVs to purchase a fleet of hybrids. County commissioners are seeking bids and the likely winner is the Toyota Prius, although the local Ford dealer has been invited to participate. A few Camrys might also be purchased. The price tag ...
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Biodiesel conference in Colorado to focus on running a local co-op 1147471440
One of the godparents of the homemade biodiesel movement in the United States, Girl Mark, is helping to organize a conference on effectively building and running a pure biodiesel (B100) co-op. Biodiesel co-ops, which I briefly mentioned yesterday, are a great way to produce biodiesel locally, but ...
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Homebrew biodiesel in Colorado: Just another guy who no longer goes to the pump 1146588960
There’s something about homebrewing biodiesel that meshes real well with the American myth of self-reliance. Instead of giving one of the major oil companies 30 bucks a week, you can go pick up waste oil, a barrel of methanol and a few other chemicals and make your own. Jeffrey Orrey, the ...

