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AltCar 2008: Some thoughts on year three

The third Santa Monica Alt Car Expo has come and gone. AutoblogGreen has been lucky enough to attend each iteration of this growing expo, and being back in Santa Monica made us want to take a look back. In December 2006, the first event was held at the Barker Hanger not long after the Tesla Roadster was introduced to the world in the same hall. The Alt Car Expo has always been about showing what average people are doing in the green car space - and making that information very easy for other average people to get. The show is free and held ... Read more →

AltCar 2008: Terry Tamminen says green is the new red, white and blue Sebastian Blanco

Here's a tip for Terry Tamminen: retire the joke already. You know, the one about Arnold Schwarzenegger and whoever just introduced you as a speaker, how they were pumping iron together back in the ...

AltCar 2008: TrioBike, the pedal-powered SUV for three Sebastian Blanco

Not everything at the AltCar Expo was an alternative car. Some, like the Prometheus electric motorcycle and the TrioBike (above) were car alternatives. In fact, the TrioBike is really a ...

AltCar 2008: Let's get ready to alt-energy rummmble! (yawn) Sebastian Blanco

Saturday afternoon at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo was supposed to feature an all-out technology debate between everyone's favorite gasoline alternatives. Moderated by Rick Sikes, the fleet ...

AltCar 2008: LA Times panel hates/loves GM, and more Sebastian Blanco

For me, the highlight of the weekend's panel discussions at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo was two guys just sitting around and chatting. The reason the hour-long freeflowing discussion between the ...

AltCar 2008: Chris Paine talks "Who Killed?" sequel, coming in 2010 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of the highlights of Day One of the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo was spending an hour with "Who Killed the Electric Car?" director Chris Paine and hearing stories about making both that film and his sequel-in-progress. While he said the studio/lawyers would not let him show any clips from the new ...

AltCar 2008: half of those 100 Auto X Prize teams are working on low-speed vehicles 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

During a panel discussion on public transportation today at the Santa Monica AltCar Expo, Cristin Lindsay, senior director of the Automotive X Prize, gave us a bit more information about the teams that have signed up to participate in the race. You might remember that in late August, the X Prize ...

Altcar 2008: Big Blue Buses of the future unveiled 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Three new and radical bus concepts were unveiled in Santa Monica this morning as part of the third annual AltCar Expo. The bus of the future contest is an exercise in what's possible down the road, but it's also very timely: public transportation ridership in Santa Monica is up seven percent ...

Santa Monica AltCar Expo 2008 preview rocks a parking lot 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Well, today was day zero of the third annual Santa Monica AltCar Expo. The public is invited to check out all of the green rides at the Santa Monica Civic Center starting tomorrow, but anyone who was walking by the center's parking lot this morning could get an early taste of what will be on ...

$8,000 for an at-home plug-in Prius conversion 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Kim Adelman's plug-in Prius was at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo back in October, but somehow stayed hidden from my camera and eyes. The good news is that EVWorld's Bill Moore spotted the car and talked to Adelman about the car and Adelman's new company, Plug-In Conversions, which will send people ...

Alt Car Expo 2007: BugE in the booth 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We introduced you to the BugE concept vehicle earlier this year, and at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo we finally got to see this strange beast in the metal. Not quite a car, more than a scooter, the BugE is one of the many entries in the city-commuter-use-only category of new vehicles. You can read ...

Alt Cat Expo 2007: OKA, the cheap, inexpensive, not pricey NEV 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The OKA NEV booth at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo caught people's attention for one simple reason: a price tag of $7,500. The OKA neighborhood electric vehicle is an interesting little car - seriously unhip, cheap and ready for you today. The details are not that great - 20 mile range, 25 mph top ...

Alt Car Expo 2007: All about the Electrum Spyder with UEV's Diana Lane (VIDEO) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

When the Electrum Spyder was unveiled at last year's Santa Monica Alt Car Expo, we enjoyed getting our first taste of this ambitious all-electric sports car. A year later, the Spyder has changed a little bit (as you can see in these pictures of the Electrum Spyder from the other night when ...

Alt Car 2007: Chelsea Sexton talks Toyota, Chevy Volt and plug-in hybrids (VIDEO) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Like many people, I first "met" Chelsea Sexton through the documentary film "Who Killed The Electric Car?" Last year, as part of the promotion for the movie, Chelsea spoke with AutoblogGreen about all sorts of things, including the fact that she won't buy a hybrid until there's a plug on one. ...

Alt Car 2007: Plug-in hybrids with godfather Dr. Andy Frank 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you've never heard Dr. Andy Frank, from UC Davis, speak about plug-in hybrids, you're in for a treat. Frank, who has been featured on AutoblogGreen quite a few times (highlights include an interview on UC Davis' Team Fate in the Auto X Prize and talking about kicking the oil habit with no ...

Alt Car 2007: The miniskirt and the Electric Vehicles panel 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There a palpable difference in audience members who attend panels on hydrogen cars and those who go and listen to speakers talking about battery electric vehicles. The enthusiasm of the people at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo's hydrogen panel on Saturday (which you can hear and read about here) was ...

Alt Car Expo 2007: Fuel Cell technology panel - starring Q'orianka Kilcher 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Moderated by Leslie Goodbody from the California Air Resources Board, the Hydrogen/Fuel Cell Technology Panel at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo featured three speakers (plus one). Each of them gave an upbeat view of hydrogen cars. Big surprise. Steve Ellis, American Honda Motor Company manager of ...

Alt Car Expo 2007: Tell the world in shiny letters you're driving green 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Third Planet Energy's booth at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo caught my eye. Which is exactly what the folks there intended. In fact, Third Planet Energy's whole goal is to allow you to catch other people's eyes, through the use of chrome emblems that will upgrade your car's back end to identify ...

Alt Car Expo 2007: Terry Tamminen drives the future 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The audio of Tamminen's speech from last year's Alt Car Expo was quite popular with our readers, and I expect his words from this year's Santa Monica Alt Car Expo will have the same impact. Why? Because Tamminen is a good public speaker with a solid message. Sure, sometimes he repeats his jokes, ...

AltCar Expo 2007: Transportation Planning Session 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

At the Transportation Planning Session panel on Friday morning, the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo gave space for a variety of speakers to expound on the broad challenges confronting transportation planners in the region. While the discussion focuses on how LA can improve, there are a lot of areas in the ...

Alt Car Expo 2007: California Air Resources Board chair Mary Nichols keynote speech 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Mary Nichols, chairperson of the California Air Resources Board, gave what was billed as a keynots address at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo yesterday. Big name for a half-hour talk on the future of green vehicles in California. Nichols said that the forseeable end points for CARB are two powertrain ...

Alt Car Expo 2007: Meet the Boshart Tersus (AKA the mini-Phoenix SUT) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Boshart Tersus may look like the Phoenix SUT, but it certainly doesn't quack like a Phoenix SUT. Both of these unusual electric trucks are built from the same Ssanyong body, but are totally different under the hood. Well, not completely. Boshart Engineering actually did some engineering work ...


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