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This BMW SUV Will Be Greener Than Your Prius, & Has Super Advanced Driving Tech

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BMW is jumping into the electric vehicle revolution more than almost any other car company. In the past year it has launched two electric car models built electric from the ground up. Unlike many electric cars, the first one—the BMW i3—is genuinely available in major car markets around the world. BMW plans to have electric […]

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$600 Pop-Up Protected Bike Lane Makes the Case for Permanent Bikeways

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Here’s a cheap and easy way to give people a taste of what a permanent protected bikeway would feel like, which could go a long way toward raising more public awareness of, and support for, dedicated bicycle transportation options. A community coalition working to build 30 new miles of well-designed and protected bikeways in Minneapolis

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Largest Nissan Leaf Market In US, Atlanta, May Suffer If Georgia Bill To Kill EV Tax Credit Is Passed

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Originally published on CleanTechnica. Update: An Atlanta EV expert has chimed in with numerous corrections to the Atlanta Business Chronicle (ABC) article. I’m adding that as an addendum. If you read any of the quotes from the ABC article, the addendum is a must-read. Georgia is ranked #4 in the US in terms of electric car

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Kenguru EV: The Wheelchair-Friendly Neighborhood Car

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President Obama meets with Kenguru CEO Stacy Zoern (photo: kenguru.com). More than three million Americans can celebrate when they hear this story. Made in the USA but in demand worldwide, the Kenguru—a driver-only electric vehicle with no seats—promises mobility-challenged people unprecedented access to the everyday world the rest of us take for granted. Imagine you

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Neil Young Tour Took On Tar Sands — 10 Reasons The Tour Rocked (Other Than The Music)

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http://youtu.be/J_QAdup7G0o Legendary rocker Neil Young, born in Toronto, recently went on a tour in Canada aiming to support the rights of First Nations when it comes to tar sands development. Needless to say, First Nations citizens are being almost completely ignored and greatly harmed by reckless development of the tar sands. Young asserted that Canadian

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If You Want To Avoid Getting Hit By A Car While Taking A Walk Then You Should Read This

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As anybody who enjoys taking walks in densely populated areas is well aware, sometimes the people driving cars don’t seem to be paying that much attention. Or worse yet, seem to have an actual dislike or disregard for pedestrians… 🙁 So what can you do to make your walks safer? Be somewhat selective about when

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Vintage Bicycles Could be the Truly Sustainable Bike Option

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Environmentalists and active folks love bicycles, because they’re not only efficient and a fun way to stay fit, but they’re also probably the most sustainable method of transportation we have. But is buying a brand new bicycle really that environmentally friendly? After all, new bikes require an entire global supply chain to produce and distribute,

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Hamburg Will Extend Bike, Ped Routes & Remove Cars From City Core

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Move over, Copenhagen. Hamburg is following you into the 21st century by deemphasizing the role of the car. Almost half of Germany’s second-largest city already consists of green areas, parks, gardens, squares, cemeteries, and sports facilities (see map). Hamburg plans to link two large green areas in the north and south with bicycle routes and pedestrian

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Wonderful Video Of Wonderful Bike Art Installation In Toronto

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This is pretty: Here’s the description on the YouTube page: Ai Weiwei’s “Forever Bicycles” transforms Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square from October 6 – 27, 2013. For more info, visit: http://www.snbto.ca/extended Shot and edited by: Ryan Emond http://www.reemond.com/ Check out more cool bike stories and videos: Bike-Sharing Programs Improve Street Life Beautiful Copenhagen’s New Bike-Sharing Program Gonna Be

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What Makes A Town An "EV Town" — Normal & Others Show Leadership

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How come Normal, Illinois–about 150 miles south of Chicago–has ten times as many electric vehicles per capita than the U.S. average? (You’re right; it’s not just coincidence.) A coalition of business, industry, nonprofits, all levels of government, and farsighted individuals has converged to transform Normal into an EV town. And it’s not an exclusive community.

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Bike-Sharing Programs Improve Street Life

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We know that bike-sharing programs get people to switch from driving to bicycling. We know that good bike-sharing programs increase bicycle commute rates dramatically. We know that bike-sharing programs keep the air cleaner and citizens healthier. But new research has also found that bike-sharing programs improve street life. “Bike share stations are ideal triangulators,” David M.

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Electric Cars & Plug-in Hybrids Seeing Strong Sales Growth & Investment… Much More To Come

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The Union of Concerned Scientists’ Clean Vehicles program recently released an updated version of its rather comprehensive “backgrounder” on electric vehicles — “how much the technology is growing in the country, the opportunities it presents for consumers and automakers, and the challenges facing its adoption,” to be specific. Also included in the updated backgrounder is

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Solar Car For Zimbabwe Pregnant Women Designed By Australian High Schooler

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Originally published on Solar Love. Some places clearly don’t have the health or transportation facilities that most of us are accustomed to. Cleantech is increasingly being used to help provide that. In the latest such story, a high school student from Adelaide, Australia, has helped design a solar-powered car to transport pregnant women in Zimbabwe

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Online Shopping In Australia — It's More Eco-friendly

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When we think of “green” or “eco-friendly,” we probably think of things like bikes, solar panels, electric cars, intelligent thermostats, organic food, pinwheels (oh wait, not pinwheels, unfortunately), and so on. But how often do you think about the internet as being eco-friendly. Indeed, despite some quite popular misinformation, the internet is very green, especially

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London Cycle Scheme — Barclays Cycle Hire — Gets New Commercial (VIDEO)

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Bike-sharing has taken off around the world. I remember when it was just budding several years ago. I thought right off the bat that it was the hottest idea in the world of transportation planning. Seems it was. Still, advertising is key to gaining users. Look at how much car companies advertise! London’s bike-sharing program

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Recycle Your Waste

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In this day and age, it is important to recycle as much as you can. With the entire environment being affected by mass pollution, we need to do all that we can to save our planet. Plastic has not been around very long. But it’s already causing huge problems in our oceans and on land.

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Electric Car Charging Leaps Forward, As Volvo Unveils New Portable Solar Charging Station

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One of the most unique electric car charging designs from a major manufacturer was unveiled this week by Volvo. The major car company revealed a new portable electric car charging pavilion that fits in the car’s trunk. The unit consists of a flexible mesh structure held in place by bendable fiber rods.  It functions as an

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Papillionaire Bicycles Are Cool, Cute, Relaxed, & Maybe Even Revolutionary

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Editor’s Note: Reposted from Bikocity, here’s an interesting article about some cool bikes that have flipped the switch on urban transportation as well as how to sell bikes. Even though I am a lifelong biker, I don’t care about the latest in the “best” head gear, and even though I am naturally quite athletic, I

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