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The greening of the Oscars continues with the 2010 Toyota Prius

Over the last few years, it's become more and more common for celebrities to hitch a ride in a hybrid or even a fully electric car in lieu of the more traditional chauffeured limo to major televised events. This year's Academy Awards ceremony, scheduled to take place Sunday night, is no different. We've already heard rumors that a few A-listers would be making an appearance in their Tesla Roadsters, and now we learn that Toyota has teamed up with Econation to transport celebrities like Tom Hanks , Leonardo DiCaprio , Rosario Dawson and Adrien ... Read more →

Tesla Roadsters to whisk actors to Oscars? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Sounds like we might have a good reason to tune in to the Acadamy Awards on Sunday. Rumor has it that this year's festivities may well take on a green theme before they even begin. How so? It's no ...

John Travolta flies a hybrid Boeing jet? Lascelles Linton

Last night during the Oscar telecast, host Jon Stewart joked to the audience, "Whoever owns the Boeing 707 parked on La Brea Avenue, your landing lights are on." As actor/aviator John Travolta ran ...

Cameron Diaz to skip Tahoe hybrid, arrive at Oscars in BMW H7 Sam Abuelsamid

While General Motors is providing a fleet of seventy-five alternative fuel vehicles. including fuel cell Equinoxes, and flex-fuel and hybrid Tahoes to shuttle the special people to the Oscars red ...

GM at the Oscars: fuel cell, E85 and hybrid fleet for Hollywood hotties Sebastian Blanco

Now that the writer's strike is over, we can worry about the details of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (the Oscars) instead of whether or not they'll take place at all. GM released a statement today ...

The greening of the Oscars continues with the 2010 Toyota Prius 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Over the last few years, it's become more and more common for celebrities to hitch a ride in a hybrid or even a fully electric car in lieu of the more traditional chauffeured limo to major televised events. This year's Academy Awards ceremony, scheduled to take place Sunday night, is no different. ...

Tesla Roadsters to whisk actors to Oscars? 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Sounds like we might have a good reason to tune in to the Acadamy Awards on Sunday. Rumor has it that this year's festivities may well take on a green theme before they even begin. How so? It's no secret that a bunch of celebrities and otherwise very well off individuals have purchased Tesla ...

John Travolta flies a hybrid Boeing jet? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Last night during the Oscar telecast, host Jon Stewart joked to the audience, "Whoever owns the Boeing 707 parked on La Brea Avenue, your landing lights are on." As actor/aviator John Travolta ran onstage and bolted through an exit, Stewart comforted the glitterati, telling them, "Don't worry, it's ...

Cameron Diaz to skip Tahoe hybrid, arrive at Oscars in BMW H7 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While General Motors is providing a fleet of seventy-five alternative fuel vehicles. including fuel cell Equinoxes, and flex-fuel and hybrid Tahoes to shuttle the special people to the Oscars red carpet, others are finding their own rides. Among them is Cameron Diaz who will be getting dropped of ...

GM at the Oscars: fuel cell, E85 and hybrid fleet for Hollywood hotties 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Now that the writer's strike is over, we can worry about the details of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (the Oscars) instead of whether or not they'll take place at all. GM released a statement today (available after the jump) saying they'd ferry celebs around the awards show and parties in a fleet ...


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