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Look at the time ... a brief history of hemp and cars

There's no shortage of pro-hemp advocates in the car world, and right now is the perfect time to mark their influence on the way automakers build cars and how some people power them. Of course, weed and hemp are not the same thing, but this is the best we can do to mark the occasion. Here are the hemp+car stories we've had on AutoblogGreen over the past year. Enjoy. Ford's 1930s Hemp Car on YouTube Update on Ford Hemp car YouTube video post Hemp in the gas tank Potato car makes debut at Sexy Green Car Show Anthony J. Gerst from ... Read more →

Potato car makes debut at Sexy Green Car Show Mike Magda

A group of students at Warwick University in England have built a 125mph car called Eco One using mostly biodegradable materials. Check it out: the tires come from potatoes, brakes pads are made from ...

You put your weed in here - the Mercedes Hempcar on YouTube Sebastian Blanco

It's turning into Video Day on AutoblogGreen. Our latest clip, uploaded to YouTube this week, features the Mercedes Hempcar at the NORML rally in Washington, D.C. a few years ago. The Hempcar is a ...

Update on Ford Hemp car YouTube video post Sebastian Blanco

Yesterday, I posted about the Ford Hemp car video on YouTube after getting a tip from Manu Sharma. Manu followed up with me and gently corrected me that he's a he, not a she. More germane to ...

Ford's 1930s Hemp Car on YouTube Sebastian Blanco

In the 1930s and 1940s, Henry Ford developed a car body that was made from from hemp fiber, and now YouTube has a video of it (and everything else). The video is only 26 seconds long, pixelated and ...

Look at the time ... a brief history of hemp and cars 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There's no shortage of pro-hemp advocates in the car world, and right now is the perfect time to mark their influence on the way automakers build cars and how some people power them. Of course, weed and hemp are not the same thing, but this is the best we can do to mark the occasion. Here are the ...

Potato car makes debut at Sexy Green Car Show 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A group of students at Warwick University in England have built a 125mph car called Eco One using mostly biodegradable materials. Check it out: the tires come from potatoes, brakes pads are made from cashew nut shells and body is hemp. Of course, it runs on biofuels. The goal is to build a vehicle ...

You put your weed in here - the Mercedes Hempcar on YouTube 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It's turning into Video Day on AutoblogGreen. Our latest clip, uploaded to YouTube this week, features the Mercedes Hempcar at the NORML rally in Washington, D.C. a few years ago. The Hempcar is a bit of a media darling. With it's big marijuana leaf painted on the hood and eager crew, the ...

Update on Ford Hemp car YouTube video post 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Yesterday, I posted about the Ford Hemp car video on YouTube after getting a tip from Manu Sharma. Manu followed up with me and gently corrected me that he's a he, not a she. More germane to AutoblogGreen, Manu corrects some of the information he found, including the fact that the hemp plastic body ...

Ford's 1930s Hemp Car on YouTube 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

In the 1930s and 1940s, Henry Ford developed a car body that was made from from hemp fiber, and now YouTube has a video of it (and everything else). The video is only 26 seconds long, pixelated and there is no listed source, but the information in it is pretty cool. Henry Ford's plastic hemp car ...


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