Archive for July, 2009
2009 Hybridfest Green Drive Expo: Green Plan-It
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under education, event
During Hybridfest Green Drive Expo in Madison, Wisc., I had the opportunity to speak with Jeff Peters of Green Plan-It.
Helping guide their neighbors to a greener future, Green Plan-It’s mission is to provide green retail and renewable energy efficiency products.
Their full line up of products include:
Eco Make-up
Pro Labs Test Kits
Organic Gardening Supplies
Indoor Growing Systems
Rain Barrels
Four [...]
Tags: batteries, eco, Green, Hybridfest, photovoltaic, solar, thermal
2009 Hybridfest Green Drive Expo: Meet Hypermiler Richard Krueger
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under alternative transportation, event, hybrid
Fellow Examiner Richard Krueger is a hypermiler.
What is hypermiling you ask? It’s method of increasing your car’s gas mileage by making skillful changes in the way you drive, allowing you to save gas and thereby have an easier time withstanding the rising oil and gas prices.
Richard is so well versed in these techniques, he is [...]
Tags: Escape, Ford, hybrid, Hybridfest, Hypermiling, mpg, MPGChallenge
2009 Hybridfest Green Drive Expo: Automation Tech
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under EV, alternative transportation, event
During Hybridfest Green Drive Expo in Madison, Wisc., I met Jack Chen of Automation Tech, Inc. Located in Warren, Mich., Automation Tech is the exclusive US distributor of the Enginer Prius PHEV conversion kit with Lithium Phosphate battery, manufactured in Shanghai, China.
As exclusive distributors, Jack’s mission is to bring affordable hybrid conversion kits to the [...]
Tags: auto, battery, car, EV, Hybridfest, Matt_Kelly, PHEV, plug-in, Prius
2009 Hybridfest Green Drive Expo: Jeff Bach Fires ‘Em Up
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under alternative transportation, event, hybrid, mass transit
As operators of heavy duty engines search for alternatives to dirty diesel, Jeffrey Bach and his team invite them to get fired up!
He and his company, Fire Em Up, are makers of the Diesel Magnum, a propane substitution system for diesel engines, providing dramatic reductions in harmful emissions, as well as substantial reductions in fuel [...]
Tags: diesel, Fire_Em_Up, fuel, Green_Drive_Expo, hybrid, Hybridfest, propane
Hybridfest Green Drive Expo: Toyota
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under alternative transportation, event, hybrid
During Hybridfest Green Drive Expo, I spoke with John Dolan, sales consultant at smart Motors in Madison, Wisc.
John was quite knowledgeable about the new 2010 Toyota Prius, which I had until then as yet to be introduced to.
The new 3g Prius combines including integrated fog lamps and underbody covers for improved drag coefficient (Cd), technology [...]
Tags: auto, battery, car, GreenDriveExpo, hybrid, Hybridfest, Prius, Toyota
Hybridfest Green Drive Expo: Ozee Cars
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under EV, alternative transportation, event
During Hybridfest Green Drive Expo in Madison, Wisc., I had the opportunity to meet Lucy Zweep of Ozee Cars, distributors of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles or NEV’s.
NEV’s are a category invented by the National Highway Traffic Safety Association. Here’s what you need to know:
Speed: They don’t go smokin’ fast, but they’re not golf carts, either. The [...]
Hybridfest Green Drive Expo: Madison Gas & Electric
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under EV, alternative transportation, event, hybrid, infrastructure
As automakers begin making battery-electric vehicles (BEV’s) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, (PHEV’s) more and more public utility companies are examining the infrastructure needs required to charge them.
During Hybridfest Green Drive Expo in Madison, Wisc., I spoke with Laura Williams, market development manager for Madison Gas & Electric, Dane County’s public utlity providing about 140,000 [...]
Hybridfest: Green Drive Expo - Ford’s Praveen Cherian
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under alternative transportation, event, hybrid
Hybridfest Green Drive Expo has come and gone for another year in Madison, Wisc, but the feel-good aura remains.
Special thanks to Ford Motor Company for supporting the event as Ruby Sponsor.
While at the expo, I had the good fortune to meet Praveen Cherian, Hybrid Team Leader on the Ford Fusion Hybrid, who gave me a [...]
Tags: Ford, fusion, GreenDriveExpo, hybrid, Hybridfest, Madison, Matt_Kelly, Praveen_Cherian, regenerative_braking
Wayne Gerdes at Hybridfest: Green Drive Expo
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under alternative transportation, education, event, hybrid
During Hybridfest: Green Drive Expo in Madison, Wisc, Wayne Gerdes of CleanMPG.com, considered by many to be the father of hypermiling, gave a presentation about how he and his team were able to acheive over 1,400 miles on a single tank of gas in a Ford Fusion Hybrid this past April. The mpg equated to [...]
Tags: CleanMPG, Ford, fusion, GreenDriveExpo, hybrid, Hybridfest, Hypermiling, WayneGerdes