Green Grand Prix coming to New York next week with a wood-burning SUV
Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, EV/Plug-in, Flex-Fuel, Green Culture, Hybrid, Hydrogen, Vegetable Oil, Natural Gas, Green DailyOne of the 2007 Green Grand Prix entries.Here's a race we'd like to...
View ArticleThe top five upcoming green events, number two: Green Grand Prix
Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Ethanol, EV/Plug-in, Flex-Fuel, Hybrid, Hydrogen, Vegetable Oil, Natural Gas, Lightweight, USAOne of the 2007 Green Grand Prix entries.The fact that the Green Grand Prix...
View ArticleNorthStar Moving powers their fleet with biodiesel
Filed under: Biodiesel, Vegetable Oil, USACalifornia's NorthStar Moving Corporation has just converted all of its trucks to run on biodiesel fuel. All of the fuel used by the moving and storage company...
View ArticleVideo: Veggie oil explained easy
Filed under: Vegetable OilGavin Shappiro sent us a very well edited video of a green hobby: driving a 2005 Volkswagen Golf TDI with vegetable oil. As most of our readers know, converting a diesel car...
View ArticleCraigslist Find of the Day: '67 Mercury Cougar with Mercedes diesel engine
Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Vegetable Oil, Mercedes Benz, Mercury, Green Daily, USAClick on the image for high-res shots of this diesel 1967 Mercury CougarMuch of the vegetable oil and biodiesel...
View ArticleManila Police to use WVO from McDonalds
Filed under: Vegetable Oil, Green Daily, AsiaPolice in Manila, the capitol city of the Philippines, have taken up a cool new effort in order to save some green, though they will be spreading some green...
View ArticleFendt announces new greener tractors
Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Vegetable OilAlthough we haven't spoken too much about tractors, I think it's good to know that green technologies are improving these vehicles. Take this example,...
View ArticleAltWheels returns to Boston area next month
Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Emerging Technologies, Ethanol, EV/Plug-in, Flex-Fuel, Green Culture, Hybrid, Hydrogen, Vegetable Oil, Boston AltWheels, Green Daily, NEV (Neighborhood Electric...
View ArticleMichigan students power buses with veggie oil
Filed under: Biodiesel, Vegetable Oil, USAIt's no secret to the majority of our readers that it is possible to run many older diesel engines on nothing more than straight vegetable oil. In fact, the...
View ArticleYou can do it, too: Convert a Toyota 4runner to diesel, then to veggie oil
Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Vegetable OilInterested in a Toyota 4Runner but wish it had a diesel powerplant? In the U.S., your engine options are limited to a 4 liter V6 or a 4.7 liter V8 (and you...
View ArticleReview: L.A. Premiere of Josh Tickell's "Fuel"
Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, Green Culture, Vegetable Oil, AutoblogGreen Exclusive Josh Tickell with producer and fiancee Rebecca Harrell "America is addicted to oil...It's time...
View ArticleSEMA 2008: Making Green Cool Zone trucks
Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, Vegetable Oil, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, SEMA Show Click above for high-res gallery of Making Green Cool Zone trucks from SEMA We are so used to huge...
View ArticleRed... Yellow... GREEN! Alternative vehicles take over drag strip
Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, EV/Plug-in, Flex-Fuel, Hydrogen, Vegetable Oil, On Two Wheels, Green Daily, UK, RacingGreen means go. It's one of the first universal truths taught in school and it...
View ArticleCan I convert an older vehicle to something more environmentally-friendly?
Filed under: Diesel, Ethanol, EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Vegetable Oil, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Natural Gas, Green Daily, Greenlings Converted plug-in Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery...
View ArticleShould I switch to straight veggie oil? What is holding SVO back?
Filed under: Biodiesel, Vegetable Oil, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Greenlings We like to answer reader questions with our Greenlings series whenever possible, and thought that Timothy H. had a good topic....
View ArticleMeet the MAX: Homemade biodiesel-powered Lotus Seven replica
Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, MPG, Vegetable Oil, Green Daily, Automotive X-Prize, Lightweight, USA Generally speaking, purchasing an eco-friendly automobile is an expensive proposition. One way to...
View ArticleDallas collects waste grease from residents, gives away Whole Food gift cards
Filed under: Biodiesel, Vegetable OilWhile Wired got into the Christmas spirit by thinking of ways to turn holiday waste into alternative energy, two stores in Dallas, Texas quite literally offered the...
View ArticleThere's a fungus among us (other biodiesel feedstocks)
Filed under: Biodiesel, Emerging Technologies, Vegetable Oil, Europe/EUResearchers in Spain have demonstrated that they can transform fungus directly into commercial-grade biodiesel.Through a process...
View ArticleVeggie Van smashes Guinness record for longest journey on alternative fuels
Filed under: Vegetable Oil, Mitsubishi, North America Veggie Van - Click above to watch video after the jump Diesels continue to set records all over the place. Audi and Peugeot are dominating the...
View ArticleThe Nutmobile: Mr. Peanut goes green with new set of wheels
Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Etc., Solar, Vegetable Oil Planters Nutmobile - Click above for high-res image gallery Mr. Peanut can't be relegated to just any automobile. After all, as the face of...
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