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Austin Alt Car: obscene amount of information on the smart grid and plug-in vehicles

The overwhelming theme of the discussion panels at the Austin Alt Car expo last weekend was plug-in vehicles. From questions of infrastructure to the vehicles themselves to the grid load, the weekend served as a crash course in the state of the PHEV industry. Throughout this weekend UPDATE: Monday, actually, then, I'll be posting write-ups from the panels and audio recordings of what was said. If you've ever wanted to have PHEV lessons yourself, now's your chance. We'll start with the technical panel on infrastructure. This event featured ... Read more →

Austin Alt Car: Austin Energy ends Plug-in Partners, unveils new smart charging software Sebastian Blanco

The one press announcement at this weekend's Alt Car Expo in Austin, Texas had to do with the efforts of the local utility, Austin Energy. Austin Energy is hosting this Expo, and used it to mark ...

Zero Motorcycles sells out of '08s, touts '09s Jeremy Korzeniewski

For those of you who had been hoping to get your hands on a new 2008 Zero X electric motorcycle, we have some bad news. They are all sold out. Now, the good news is that a new revised-for-'09 ...

Alt Car Expo: High school Green Ambassadors are waaaaaaaaaay into biodiesel Sebastian Blanco

There's some sort of great lede here about teaching a man to fish and letting him eat for a lifetime, but I can't get the image of Darryl Hannah licking her biodiesel gas tank cap to figure it out. ...

Alt Car Expo: Video of the Electrum Spyder and interview with the designer, Greg Lane Sebastian Blanco

You've seen the specs, seen the preview and now, here're the goods. The Electrum Spyder was the big unveiling at the Alt Car Expo, and I was able to speak with Greg Lane, Senior Vice President of ...

Alt Car Expo: Photo Gallery (includes a bus crashing into a tree) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Descriptions of what the Alt Car Expo was like are good and all, but I know that pictures can tell stories my writing cannot. Like the bus driver who tried to drive on teh sidewalk. That didn't go so well. Without further ado, here are some of the sights from the Santa Monica airport's Barker ...

Alt Car Expo: EV racing in a kit car 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Michael Kadie of SSI Racing is taking the kit-car approach to building his electric vehicle. A Factory 5 Type 65 coupe, which resembles a Shelby Daytona, is the foundation. Instead of stuffing a hopped-up Ford small-block under the 1-piece nose section he has a TransWarp 11-inch electric motor ...

Alt Car Expo: Pre-show set-up photos 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Santa Monica Alt Car Expo kicks off today, and if you're thinking about coming down to the show, prepare for a wide variety of cars, fuel technologies and individuals. Yesterday, as the show was being set up, I was able to walk around and take a few pictures. You can see them after the jump. ...

Heading to the Santa Monica Alt Cars expo 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

While I certainly will be working out in Santa Monica this weekend at the Alt Car Expo, I must admit that I'm also going to enjoy a getting out of the Midwest cold for a few days. I known Santa Monica is no Honolulu, but it'll do. For now, this post is a bit sparse, but as we report from the Expo ...


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