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Justen Ladda’s Green Machine: 1969 Camaro

Artist Justen Ladda is a stickler for detail. His painstaking execution of detail and meticulous application of unusual material make for gorgeous sculpture, paintings and installations. His subjects are part of the natural environment, but that provoke contemplation from a unique perspective. A giant nose, a Swarovski bodice, a humanistic giraffe. Ladda's work is aesthetically rewarding and intellectually compelling.Ladda has parted ways with a prized creation that is part art car and part personal heirloom - his 1969 green Camaro.

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Hydrogen Road Tour Takes Manhattan

If you happen to be in the New York streets Wednesday morning, you may notice seven hydrogen-powered cars rolling by Central Park. It's part of a 12-day 4000 mile tour, headed for the next stop at Liberty Science Tour, and then onto Washington, D.C..

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Ford’s Green Machines: A Three Step Process

Today I sat in on a discussion of how Ford Motor Company overall plans to change it's operating structure to be greener. Using a conglomeration of technologies, Ford, like most OEMs, is relying on more than one way to reduce emissions.

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Size 36: Mini Measures the Car Fun Footprint

I knew it was going to rough, but Yikes! Number 186 out of 197. My old Dodge Dakota didn’t bode well on the Mini Carfun Foot Print calculator. The Car Fun Factor weighs Fun to Drive with Green points. The 2001 Dodge Dakota that gets 13 city/16 highway mpg never had a chance. I don’t drive [...]

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Heartbreak Highway: Establishing a Healthy Relationship with Your Car

Back in the day, the first car we drove meant something -- a symbol of freedom and independence, or perhaps a candid memory that reminds us of a grandfather and what he drove. In the 20th century, cars first began to pull at our heart strings, in the same way old timers probably adored the family horse. We have yet to see what this century has in store for our emotional receptors.

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Helmet Head: The Safe Choice

In the Danish capital Copenhagen where 36 % of the citizens take the bicycle to their place of work or study, bicycles are an excellent opportunity to check out the blondes.

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Chewing on the Gas Crunch

This Volkswagen R32 is a randy race car, but probably not the best choice when it comes to driving with a gas-minded conscious. R32 might be a little guy, but it’s one with considerable pep shifting in .2 second. R32 nabs 18 mpg in the city and 23 mpg on the highway — better than a Toureg, but not quite a Prius. That’s the slippery down-slide of the quintessential Euro hatchback pocket rocket. But there are ways to cut corners even in this young buck.

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My Favorite Color is Blue-Green: the 2009 Mercedes-Benz RL 320 and ML 320

Reporting live from the Mercedes lounge at the Albany International Airport. I’ve been scooting around in ML and RL 320s since yesterday afternoon, reflecting on diesel, hybrids, and the quagmire facing the automotive industry.

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Go Green

So what is green? Let's start with the basic associations. Green is color. Life and Renewal. Nature.Growth.

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