Posts Tagged ‘Hybridfest’
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 - 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
Well-to-Wheels Emissions for Motor Vehicles
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
During Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., Dr. Chris Damm gave a talk on “Well-to-Wheel Emissions from Motor Vehicles.”
Photo Credit: Michael Pereckas, via Flickr/Creative Commons
Tags: Chris Damm, Hybridfest
Dr. David Travis at Hybridfest
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
Have you ever looked up and watched a jet high in the sky leaving a long contrail? Have you also wondered what effect that contrail might have on global warming and our environment? Dr. David Travis, from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, has, and during Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., he gave a talk entitled “Climate Change: [...]
Tags: contrails, David Travis, global dimming, global warming, Hybridfest
Sherry Boschert at Hybridfest
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
During Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., Sherry Boschert, author of Plug-in Hybrids, The Cars That Will Re-Charge America, gave a talk entitled, “Drive with the Wind, Run with the Sun.”
Tags: Hybridfest, Plug-in Hybrids, Sherry Boschert