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Autoblog Green Podcast #14

Posted Nov 14th 2007 at 3:29PM by Dan Roth

Filed under: Hybrid, LA Auto Show, Santa Monica Alt Car Expo, Podcasts

We're back for AutoblogGreen Podcast #14. In this installment, we recap the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo and many of the interesting things we saw at that show. Everything from converted Russian hatchbacks as NEVs to excessively fast electric drag racers. Sam is currently covering the LA Auto Show for us, and in this show we discuss details on the GM hybrid trucks and cars, as well as everything else with a green tint at the show. Finishing up this episode, Sam's also got an interview with Larry Nitz, executive director of hybrid powertrains at GM, part of the team that developed Allison's two-mode hybrid system. Thanks for listening to all 45 minutes, we'll see you again soon!

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Tags: autoblog green podcast, AutoblogGreen-podcast, AutoblogGreenPodcast, general motors, GeneralMotors, hybrid, la, los angeles, LosAngeles, podcast, santa monica, SantaMonica

Louisiana will get two new biofuel plants

Posted May 9th 2006 at 4:49PM by Sebastian Blanco

It was announced Friday that two new biodiesel plants will be built in Louisiana, according to the Advocate and WBRZ 2 TV news. The two plants, to be built by a subsidiary of the Shaw Group for $1.5 billion, will be in West Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes and will initially produce 100 million gallons a year. One ethanol and one biodiesel plant will be built, with the biodiesel plant  able to make 1 billion gallons a year and the ethanol plant  able to produce 500 million gallons a year, if planned expansion over several years goes as planned. The plants will use sugar cane, soybeans and other crops grown in the state. The biodiesel plant will be in Port Allen, and the fuel could be exported to Europe for about five cents a gallon, if more is produced than is needed locally.

[Source: 2theadvocate.com]

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Tags: biodiesel, ethanol, europe, export, la, louisiana, shaw group, ShawGroup, west baton rouge, WestBatonRouge

Peterson Museum exhibit to cover history of automotive power

Posted Apr 22nd 2006 at 3:44PM by Bruno Vanzieleghem

I wish I lived closer to Los Angeles so I could visit the exhibit starting today at the Peterson Automotive Museum. They are reviewing the history of automotive power, including steam, electric, hydrogen, solar and jet-powered vehicles, CNN reports. It seems people have been worried about running out of gas for longer than we might think, since a gasoline-electric hybrid was introduced in 1917. Just like so many technologies ahead of their time, it turned out to be a bit of a flop. The exhibit includes a large number of exciting cars, including a 1938 coal powered Citroen 11, and a 1963 turbine powered Chrysler. For those of you in the area, go see it, and let us know your impression.

[Source: CNN]

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Tags: citroen 11, Citroen11, LA, los angeles, LosAngeles, Peterson Automotive Museum, PetersonAutomotiveMuseum

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