From Ketchup to Cars, Ford Innovates
After using coconuts, soy, rice hulls and recycled blue jeans, Ford has found another unexpected material that it can use to make car parts. It’s a byproduct in the production of ketchup. Ford says it has a deal with H.J. Heinz to use study whether the stuff left over from…
Phone Apps to Prevent Distracted Driving
Authorities cited distracted driving as the cause of more than 3,300 deaths nationwide in 2012, the latest year available, and thousands more injuries. Despite media attention and public outcry asking drivers not to text and drive, distracted driving continues to be a major cause of motor accidents. Surveys show that…
Good Article on the Safety of Green Cars
In a car, power sources like electricity and natural gas seem threatening. Once you look into it, you’ll find these alternatives are not necessarily more dangerous. But they do raise different concerns than do gasoline engines. Crash tests More than safety features, crash tests are the best way to gauge…
Green Car Makers Looking to Obama
President Barack Obama’s support for the 2009 auto industry bailout turned out to be critical to his successful re-election bid. And with Obama re-elected, at least one segment of the industry is breathing a bit easier, as manufacturers of so-called “green” cars count on continued support in the form of…
Fire Risk on 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee
U.S. safety regulators have opened defect investigations into Chrysler Group LLC’s 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 2009-2010 Dodge Ram 1500. The National Highway Traffic Safey Administration said it is investigating potential power steering hose failures that could lead to under-hood fires in about 106,800 2012 Grand Cherokees. NHTSA also is…
Tow Truck Driver Gets a Physics Lesson
How does energy transference really work?
Cool Green Car Show
John Jeide was having a great time sharing information about the green pickle car with visitors to the Green Car Show. Jeide, of Saint Charles, was one of the representatives from Pioneer Conversions, a company specializing in selling components for electric cars and converting gas-powered vehicles to electric power. The…
Green Luxury Car Sales Ready to Explode?
Not quite yet but maybe soon? In May, Mercedes sold 51 hybrid cars in the United States, he says, while BMW sold 20 and Porsche sold 114. Mercedes, Porsche and BMW — brands that are synonymous with affluence — are producing vehicles that use electricity, ethanol and even hydrogen. The…
Trade Your Transport
Trade Your Transport is known as ‘The Clean, Green, Car Recycling Scheme’ as it encourages people to recycle their older more polluting cars and choose from one of the exciting rewards on offer. This UK initiative promises to help get these older cars off the road. Alison Price, Press Officer…