9-day cross-country road trip in a car that ran on waste vegetable oil from restaurants.

one of the most important things we can do to further sustainable living is improve our gas mileage or even eliminate the use of gas altogether. Some internet resources: http://www.evworld.com/guide_phev.cfm http://www.calcars.org/vehicles.html http://www.pluginamerica.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_hybrid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvPQqSHXeF8&NR=1

Brian talks about the history of sustainabel car development

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Ford Motor Company is introducing a new technology called EcoBoost that will deliver up to 20 percent better fuel economy on half a million Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles annually in North America during the next five years. The EcoBoost family of 4-cylinder and 6-cylinder engines features turbocharging and direct.... more

The modern car is really as much a powerful computer as a casing for the internal combustion engine. It has led to greater fuel efficiency/reduction in harmful emissions and will in the future lead to more intelligent interaction between driver and car to modify driver behaviour.

"A Passion For Sustainability" Hawthorne Auto Clinic featurette

ULTra is a battery-driven, 100-mpg-equivalent, elevated personal rapid transit system with many four-person vehicles. First deployment is scheduled for London Heathrow Airport in Spring 2009, to serve Heathrow's new Terminal 5. Working as circulator transit for office parks, airports, universities, and other major.... more

DigInfo - http://movie.diginfo.tv One of the concept cars exhibited by Toyota at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show is the environmentally-friendly 1/X concept car. Based on a concept of reducing vehicle weight to "1/Xth" that of other vehicles in its class, the 1/X was reduced in weight to 420kg, which is about.... more

Forze is the newest sustainable project of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Forze is designing and building his own hydrogen powered race kart by using a fuel cell. In September 2008, the competition called 'Formula Zero student edition' will begin. Different universities will compete against.... more