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El(ectric) Camino takes to the road in Wisconsin

For the last month, Tom Leitschuh has been cruising around Racine, Wisconsin in a 1981 Chevrolet El Camino without a single worry about his emissions or the price of gas. The reason is that his El Camino has been converted to all electric power and he generates electricity using wind and solar panels at home. This means he doesn't care what the utility rates are, either. Sounds good, doesn't it? Leitschuh bought the car on eBay and spent a total of $30,000 on the project. A local electric parts company, Quick Cable, donated some pieces as ... Read more →

Yes, she did it again: Daryl Hannah shows off her new biodiesel El Camino Sebastian Blanco

If you love something, do it again. After Daryl Hannah sold her first biodiesel El Camino for $15,600 a year ago, she said she would convert the Trans Am she drove in "Kill Bill" to electric ...

Pickuptruck.com's top ten fuel efficient pickup trucks Jeremy Korzeniewski

Here is an auto-related "Top Ten" list that I can really get into, the "Top 10 Classic Fuel Sipping Haulers." One of the reasons that I like it so much is because I was introduced to some vehicles ...

Daryl Hannah: From Hollywood star to green activist. Bruno Vanzieleghem

I admit, I am writing this so I can post the picture of Daryl Hannah drinking a glass of biodiesel. After years of quiet green living, Daryl Hannah speaks out about her life-long environmental ...

El(ectric) Camino takes to the road in Wisconsin 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

For the last month, Tom Leitschuh has been cruising around Racine, Wisconsin in a 1981 Chevrolet El Camino without a single worry about his emissions or the price of gas. The reason is that his El Camino has been converted to all electric power and he generates electricity using wind and solar ...

Yes, she did it again: Daryl Hannah shows off her new biodiesel El Camino 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

If you love something, do it again. After Daryl Hannah sold her first biodiesel El Camino for $15,600 a year ago, she said she would convert the Trans Am she drove in "Kill Bill" to electric power. That never happened, and at the recently-concluded National Biodiesel Conference & Expo, ...

Pickuptruck.com's top ten fuel efficient pickup trucks 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here is an auto-related "Top Ten" list that I can really get into, the "Top 10 Classic Fuel Sipping Haulers." One of the reasons that I like it so much is because I was introduced to some vehicles which I had never seen before, which is kind of rare - I grew up in a very car-friendly home and we ...

Daryl Hannah: From Hollywood star to green activist. 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

I admit, I am writing this so I can post the picture of Daryl Hannah drinking a glass of biodiesel. After years of quiet green living, Daryl Hannah speaks out about her life-long environmental activism in a San Francisco Chronicle article. Her two houses have been off the grid for a dozen years, she ...


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