For those of you who didn't attend I wanted to share some of the great exhibits at the Green Drive Expo last week.  It was an awesome show... get ready to see some green cars in action- Obviously I have to start with our own booth... here it is just after setup the morning after a long drive in.   My booth neighbor was a very cool guy, Ron Hansen, president of Hybrid Battery Repair. ...

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DriveAlternatives Lite has hit iTunes and is ready for download on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The app is free and will allow you to find, retrieve directions, and update fuels/prices to the most comphrensive fuel station database on the internet. The Line did a story about the app which you can read here. This is just the begining, we are hard at work on a fully featured version of the app. Again it...

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Headquartered in the frozen tundra of Minnesota this new app find isn't targeted at us, but that doesn't matter because it's a cool idea!  If you're in NYC check out the WEEELS app, it allows you to share a taxi with others using the app. If you're near someone else grabbing a taxi and heading in the same direction WEEELS let's you know. Save some green in multiple ways. We here at DriveAlternatives are big...

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PickupTrucks.com is reporting that Global Vehicles, the US distributor for the upcoming TR20 &TR40 pickups, has filed suit against Mahindra. Global Vehicles has signed up over 350 dealers across the US and spent nearly $35 million preparing to launch the mighty Mahindra’s.  The problem is the continual delays, the TR20 & TR40 have been scheduled to launch in the fall of 2009, February 2010, and May of 2010. Every time the media has been told...

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Check out this video of Senator John Kerry calling the US the Saudi Arabia of Natural Gas.  Take if from a major Washington power broker, the Gulf Oil Disaster has silenced the "Drill Baby Drill" rhetoric for sometime. The US has the world's largest reserves of Natural Gas and Senator Kerry believes it could help cure our addiction to foreign oil. This too is coming from an all but likely source. T. Boone Pickens and...

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The New York Times has reported Hertz will be renting the Nissan Leaf to consumers in 2011.  For people in the market or who are considering getting into the market for a fully electric car Hertz is providing the ultimate test drive. Renting a Nissan Leaf and giving consumers the ability to test how an electric car can work for them is an amazing opportunity to expand the market for electric cars. However, I warn...

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The newest dilemma in the Gulf Oil disaster is Methane Hydrates are blocking a giant dome that was to be placed over the leak. What are Methane Hydrates you ask? Also known as “Fire Ice” Methane hydrates are deposits of frozen methane gas found at the bottom of the ocean. Here is what a Dept. of Energy Study had to say about methane hydrates- If methane hydrate is either warmed or depressurized, it will revert...

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As nearly everyone knows, twelve days ago the oil rig Deepwater Horizon caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico and sank.  The tragedy resulted in a loss of eleven lives and is leading to one of the worst environmental disasters in history.  When the rig first sank two days after it had caught fire, there was faint optimism the rigs link to the oil reserve was shutoff.  There was also hope blowout prevention devices would...

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DriveAlternatives.com will soon be attending the Living Green Expo.  Admission is FREE. When:               Saturday, May 1, 2010 – 10am to 6pm                        Sunday, May 2, 2010 – 10am to 5pm Where:             Minnesota State Fairgrounds Grand Stand                       1265 Snelling Avenue, Saint Paul   Here is some information about the Living Green Expo taken from http://www.livinggreenexpo.mn/EventInfo.asp For more than 100,000 Minnesotans over the last eight years, the Living Green Expo has become an annual...

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Combining the business models of a carshare firm (like HOURCAR) and vacation home rental service (like Idaho Cabin Keepers) and what do you get? TransportCHAIN, a business plan competition winning start-up that is launching the first person-to-person car sharing service. For many urban dwellers that own a car and commute using mass transit the concept is great. Rent my car while I’m gone at work. Reserve it online when I need to on the weekends....

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