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The San Francisco-based startup is using social media to connect drivers with commuters and road trippers needing rides – saving money, helping the environment and sometimes helping customers make new friends.
by Marc Gunther
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The CEOs of two of America's largest companies are betting big on electric cars -- a technology they believe will help the U.S. address its oil dependence.
by Marc Gunther
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The market for electric cars is so distorted by government subsidies that it's all but impossible to determine the true cost of an electric car.
by Marc Gunther
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Sustainability gives Best Buy the vehicle by which it can engage its 180,000-strong workforce and stay competitive, according to CEO Brian Dunn.
by Marc Gunther
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Although Chevy has sold only 600 of its highly anticipated hybrid-electric vehicles so far this year -- compared to 70,000 Silverado pickups, for example -- Mike Robinson says the Volt's future is bright.
by Marc Gunther
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When was the last time a US-based startup broke into the automobile industry? The smart money is betting on privately held CODA to succeed with its all-electric cars and battery systems.
by Marc Gunther
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The future of alternative energy is arriving faster than you might think. Advanced biofuels, solar thermal power and solar photovoltaics are all on a path to being cost-competitive with fossil fuels. Wind is already there.
by Marc Gunther
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The arrival of the Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt in just a few months could become a watershed moment for the auto industry, as well as for the environmental movement. Unlike the Prius, the Leaf and Volt are not aimed at the early-adopter, eco-conscious, well-to-do niche buyers. They are being built for the mass market.
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by Marc Gunther
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The billionaire's new NGO, Carbon War Room, puts the global shipping industry's massive carbon footprint under the spotlight, and spread the word about simple ways to shrink its impact.
by Marc Gunther
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When Chris McKenna, who manages a fleet of trucks for Poland Spring, learned that the company’s drivers were racking up as much as 1,400 hours a month of idle time, he saw an opportunity to make a difference.
by Marc Gunther
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The year 2009 was a terrible year for Detroit, the worst in three decades. Americans bought 10.4 million cars -- 21 percent fewer than in 2008 and a whopping 40 percent fewer than the 17 million or so cars and light trucks sold, on average, in the early 2000s.
by Marc Gunther
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The other day, I took a spin around your nation’s capital in what is being touted as the first affordable electric car that will find its way onto America’s roads: It’s the Coda.
by Marc Gunther
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When you need to ship a package, how do you choose between FedEx and UPS? Their services are similar, if not identical. Could the companies' sustainability practices come into play?
by Marc Gunther
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With their neck-and-neck scores in Newsweek's new green rankings, the two shipping companies' ongoing rivalry continues to heat up.
by Marc Gunther
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So much environmental progress unfolds behind the scenes that it’s easy to miss. An example: Environmental Defense Fund’s work with FedEx, Eaton and others to <a href='http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2009/01/12/environmental-defense-fund-launches-innovation-exchange'>develop a hybrid electric truck industry</a>.
by Marc Gunther
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Crazy but true: A California-based electric car company that wants to make inflatable cars, using pressure membrane technology developed by the aerospace industry, is indignant because the government won’t give it money to do so.
by Marc Gunther
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(Episode 93): The CEO of Eaton Corporation talks with Marc Gunther about how demand for hybrid electric big-rigs is on the rise as commercial fleet owners stop testing the waters and dive into alternative fuel fleets in a big way.
by Marc Gunther
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Crawling, stop-and-go traffic is an annoyance to most drivers. But to Eaton Corp., a $15-billion a year FORTUNE 500 company based in Cleveland, it's a business opportunity.
by Marc Gunther
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In the search for a clean, planet-friendly fuel, the startup Qteros has discovered and refined a microbe it calls the Q Microbe that turns biomass -- switchgrass, wood chips, grass, corn stover or even municipal liquid waste -- into ethanol.
by Marc Gunther
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GreenBiz.com Senior Writer Marc Gunther provides an inside look at Fortune's Brainstorm Green Conference, which is he co-chairing, and comments by Paul Hawken on his work with Wal-Mart and Ford, Better Place's Shai Agassi and more.
by Marc Gunther
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If you think the American auto industry is in trouble now, just wait until the Chinese learn how to make great cars, says Marc Gunther.
by Marc Gunther
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Think about the aerodynamics of jet plane, a sailboat and a minivan. When we build things to fly through the air or propel us through the water, we design efficient vehicles. Not so with cars. Aptera, an auto company startup, aims to change that.
by Marc Gunther
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The Obama administration has unveiled a $2.4 billion grant program to promote plug-in hybrid cars, which will travel 40 miles on a single electricity charge and 100 miles on a gallon of gas. You’ll rarely have to fill the tank if you don’t drive much. The only drawback, energy secretary Steven Chu indicated, is that if you don’t run the engine much, the battery gets weak, as he learned first hand some years ago.
by Marc Gunther