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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 →

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

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 ...

Amory Lovins: Suck it up and Live!

Amory Lovins - co-founder and chairman of the Rocky Mountain Institute was interviewed by Newsweek columnist Fareed Zakaria last week. Lovins and the Institute he helped create have a very good ...

PG&E demonstrates first ever vehicle-to-grid charging

The concept of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) power sharing has been mentioned on our site quite a few times in the past. For one instance, check out our interview with Michael Brylawski, a member from the ...

Interview with Michael Brylawski of RMI part four - Hypercar conspiracy theories and the future

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 ...

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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