AutoblogGreen for 10.31.07

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green

Look, over at AutoblogGreen, we know there are people who really dig biodiesel (Willie Nelson, Darryl Hannah, etc.), but we didn’t know there’d be folks so desperate for the fuel they’d steal two trucks full of it from a small biodiesel station in Texas.

We also knew – but now understand better – just how smart Car Talk’s Click and Clack are: they’re unafraid to call for 35 mpg standard for new CAFE rules and rip the industry a few new ones in the process. Nice.

• More on Click and Clack and CAFE – and Halloween!
• New DC-DC converter promises to increase efficiency of hybrids
• Video of Project Better Place’s battery exchange system
• Three major car rental agencies announce CO2 offset program
• Lithium ion Japanese tram recharges in <1 minute
• Click and Clack say 35 mpg limit is just right for new CAFE standards – and rip the industry a few new ones
• How to raise your ZENN NEV’s speed limit to 35 – but check the caveats
• In the future, everyone will live in parking lots
• Desperate for biodiesel? Would you steal two trucks full of it?
• Video: Minneapolis mayor drives a plug-in Prius
• EPIC goes to grade school for “How Ethanol Is Made” video
• No new speed restrictions on Germany’s autobahn, at least for now
• Wal-Mart gets ready to reduce emissions, waste and operating costs
• Nissan could follow Toyota’s lead and give high end hybrids to Infiniti
• When is carsharing not carsharing? When its Thrifty’s “hourly rental”

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