green wheels

That’s right, the ALL NEW Green Wheels blog is up and running. Our new home is in partnership with the LPG Car Shop (www.lpgcarshop.co.uk) from the UK, but we’ll be continuing to bring you the best sustainable motoring news from around the World. You can find our shiny new blog @ http://www.greenwheelsblog.com

Please come over and check us out to read all the latest on Hydrogen, Electric and Hybrid cars as well as LPG, Biodiesel and other sustainable fuels + so much more. In addition, we’ll be posting more regularly to our new home so if you like to find out about Green motoring and how you can make a difference.. we’ll see you there!

Farmers are planting corn like crazy, turning food crops into ethanol & biodiesel. Scientists are squeezing oil out of algae, while other developers are touting the battery-operated electric car. read more…

“What do you get when you cross a Geo Metro with an electric forklift, a golf cart, and a bunch of used batteries? You get a ridiculously inexpensive, home-built.. read more…

Good article laying out the truth regarding LPG and what it can do to cut down on key emissions. Gives really simple examples on a scale as to how much the use of LPG in your car could reduce.. read more…

Top advice on how to drive greener, simply put - save fuel and cut your carbon footprint.. read more…

With rising fuel costs more and more people and are looking for
alternatives. One such alternative that is gaining popularity,
especially with the do-it yourself types, are the electric vehicle
kits. Anyone familiar with automobiles can now use these kits to
convert traditional gas powered vehicles to one powered by electric
current.

However, converting a traditional Gas powered vehicle into an
electric vehicle can be a very daunting task.. read more…

Energy efficient, low in pollutants, practical in the city and stylish in looks - this new electric scooter, which has been developed by the MIT ‘ Smart Cities Group’.The scooter is very lightweight and designed specifically to appeal to the city dweller who requires.. read more…

“We promised to apply our most advanced technologies to vehicles that
can save the most fuel, and we are delivering on that promise with the
Tahoe and Yukon Hybrid SUVs,”

..that’s according to General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz, speaking in LA today as GM announced the price tags on its new hybrid SUV’s for 2008.. read more…

On a slightly different scale to yesterdays story, todays offering to the future of electric powered automobiles is not undergoing a multi-billion $ launch. In fact, is the Sunzeecar Electrotrike a car at all? Well perhaps not but you can’t argue with a vehicle that can go 40 miles on just an afternoons sunshine..

Not designed to replace the gas-guzzling, go anywhere cars we drive today - the trike.. read more…

Clarity… added to encourage visions of clear blue, emission free skies? Perhaps, but underneath the marketing, this new offering from the Japanese technology giants (who’s standard engines aren’t exactly ‘dirty’) might just be something a bit interesting.

Although set for an initial release in the US only, the FCX could be the shape of things to come for the UK market - provided we sort out our act and increase the number of Hydrogen.. read more…