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Project Get Ready gets ready to get plug-in cars going

Want to help the country meet or beat President Obama's goal of 1 million plug-in cars by 2015? Perhaps, by working with like-minded folks at the community level to knock down barriers and help set up infrastructure, you can. Project Get Ready is a non-profit initiative that has emerged from the Rocky Mountain Institute's (RMI) Smart Garage Summit to help accomplish just that. They've already signed up three cities and are looking for more. To help guide interested individuals, their freshly launched website not only offers a menu of strategic ... Read more →

RMI's Amory Lovins wins Volvo Environment Prize Sebastian Blanco

The Rocky Mountain Institute's Amory Lovins has won this year's Volvo Environment Prize. Or, at least, he will do so when the award is given out on Thursday in Stockholm. Each year, the prize is ...

Video: RMI's Hypercar a 100+ mpg SUV featuring Amory Lovins Lascelles Linton

The video above is all about the Rocky Mountain Institute's Hypercar broadcast as part of the Science Channel's Eco-tech series. The Hypercar is a 100 MPG SUV concept that achieves such high a MPG ...

A call to URGE - Use Renewably Generated Electricity, Efficiently Dane Muldoon

In a lengthy, two-part editorial, David Roberts, a staff writer at Grist, presents his position on unifying the green lobby around the flag of URGE2: Use Renewably Generated Electricity, Efficiently. ...

High-strength steel to cut vehicle weights and boost fuel economy Dane Muldoon

Traditional metal sheet forming allows volume production of automotive body parts such as doors and roofs via a process known as deep drawing. The metal spools off a huge roll to be pressed into a ...

Interview with Michael Brylawski of RMI part four - Hypercar conspiracy theories and the future 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on above image to see complete high resolution gallery. This is the fourth and final part in an interview with Michael Brylawski of the Rocky Mountain Institute where he talks about the history of the Hypercar and where this exciting concept is up to today. In the third part of the interview, ...

World's biggest solar roof for Tesco U.S.A. 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

British supermarket chain Tesco, the fourth-largest retail chain in the world, is teaming up with Los Angeles-based Solar Integrated Technologies to build what is claimed to be the world's biggest roof-top solar panel installation. Solar Integrated won the $13 million contract to install solar ...

Interview with Michael Brylawski of RMI part three - Hypercars and Vehicle To Grid theory 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on above image to see complete high resolution gallery. This is the third part in an interview with Michael Brylawski of the Rocky Mountain Institute where he talks about the history of the Hypercar and where this exciting concept is up to today. In the second part of the interview, Michael ...

Interview with Michael Brylawski of RMI part two - Hypercars and cold beers 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on above image to see complete high resolution gallery. This is the second part in an interview with Michael Brylawski of the Rocky Mountain Institute where he talks about the history of the Hypercar and what this exciting concept is up to today. In the first part of the interview, Michael ...

Interview with Michael Brylawski of RMI, part one - History of the Hypercar 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on above image to see complete high resolution gallery. It is my pleasure to bring you an in-depth interview with Michael Brylawski of the Rocky Mountain Institute. You may remember from the Short History of the Hypercar article we published earlier this month that the Rocky Mountain ...

Wal-Mart redesigning its trucks for greater efficiencies 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As part of Wal-Mart's program to double the fuel efficiency of its heavy-duty truck fleet in 10 yeas, not only have they just announced that they're investigating dual-mode, diesel-electric drivetrains, but other cutting edge truck technologies may be on the way as well. The Rocky Mountain ...

How long until we get one? A short history of the ultralight RMI Hypercar 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a non-profit organisation, was established in 1982 by resource analysts L. Hunter Lovins and Amory B. Lovins in response to the oil crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s to examine and consult on energy policy. RMI now has around 40 full-time staff and ...


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