Environmentally-Friendly Transportation

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Biofuel, Hybrids, Buying Green, Electric Vehicles/EVs
Greening The Car You Have, Car Pools, Solar Racing, AFVs...

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GENERAL/MIXED/MISC.

Alternative Transportation Tips - RedJellyfish.com

Are You Auto$mart?: How To Buy, Drive & Maintain Your Car And Save Money, Energy & The Environment - Office Of Energy Efficiency, Canada

The Beginner's Guide to the Car Sharing Business - AutoShare

Jory Squibb's Moonbeam (gasoline powered microcar gets 105mpg, goes 53mph & costs $2500 to build. See all pages for tips.)

Preventing Pollution (Scroll down for preventing pollution in auto collision repair, car maintenance & vehicle salvage operations.) - MoDNR

Save Money On Gas & Help The Environment (greening your car, buying a hybrid or electric vehicle, car sharing...) - Knowledge Hound

BIOFUEL

Fueling & Filtering - Grease Car

How To Make Your Own Fuel From Waste Fat - Bio-Power

Make Your Own Biodiesel - Journey To Forever

Production of Biodiesel for Diesel Fuel - HKU Biodiesel Final Year Project 2000

Veggiepower (click on 'Biodiesel' at top left)

WVO (converting a diesel Mercedes to use waste vegetable oil)

BUYING A GREENER CAR

Buying Alternative Fuel Vehicles (incentives, cost analysis, conversion...) - US Department Of Energy

How To Buy An Alternative Fuel Vehicle - TechTV

How to Buy Green (for cars of all types) - GreenerCars.com

How To Choose Green - Green Car Club

Tax Incentives For Electric And Clean-Fuel Vehicles (and how to claim them. Includes hybrid cars.) - FuelEconomy.gov

CARPOOLS
(See our carpool/rideshare directory!)

10 Tips For Successful Carpooling - CommuterPage.com

Carpool Information (includes many general tips) - HSU

Carpooling Made Easy - UCLA

Carpooling Tips - People Mover

EVs (ELECTRIC VEHICLES)
Free conversion tips via email here.

Build An EV - Electric Vehicle Association of Greater Washington, DC

Building An EV (Selecting A Vehicle & Safety First) - Electric Vehicles Of America

EVSuperSite (conversion how-to using a 1996 Saturn SL1, plus others)

My Citicar (tips) - Design Pacifica

So You Want to Build an Electric Car - MAEAA

GREENING THE VEHICLE YOU ALREADY HAVE

147 Million Gallons of Wasted Gas? It's a Drop in the Bucket - Be Car Care Aware

Drive Green (scroll down to 'What You Can do to Decrease Energy Consumption, Harmful Emissions and Wastes') - Environment Canada

Drive Yourself Green - Earth Share

Environmental Car Care Tips - Auto Education.com

Gas Mileage Tips - FuelEconomy.gov

Get The Most From Your Gas - Jonko.com Online Auto Repair

How to Recycle the Family Car (includes eco-maintenance tips for functional cars) - Recycling World

Tips To Increase Your Gas Mileage - Suite101.com

Tips To Save Gas & Improve Mileage (PDF document) - EPA

HYBRID VEHICLES

Graham's Toyota Prius Topic Area (adding a battery current reader, building a mini-scanner, Q&A...)

Honda Insight Oil Leak (instructions to fix it) - Paul of Art's Automotive

How I Installed An Armrest On Our Insight - Port Washington Electric Vehicle Association

How I Installed Cruise Control On Our Insight - Port Washington Electric Vehicle Association

Hybrid Vehicles: Emergency Procedures (for first responders to an accident. Also see Part 3.) - Firehouse.com

InsightCentral.net (projects, modifications, driving efficiency tips...)

Kenwood Speaker Upgrade In My Insight - Dennis Judd

Part 1: Toyota Prius: Hybrid Technology & Collision Repair (for professionals) - AutoInc. Magazine

Part 2: Hybrid Safety... Important Tips That Could Save Your Life (for professionals: includes Toyota Prius, Honda Insight & Honda Civic Hybrid tips) - AutoInc. Magazine

Prius Hacking (power windows without starting engine, GPS mount, tire pressure warning system, friction brake pressure monitor...) - Hobbit

Radio & Speakers & Other Accessories (adding extra tweeters to a Toyota Prius) - Dr. Ernst Schmidbauer

SOLAR VEHICLES

Constructing A Solar Car - Penn Solar Racing Team

How To - Sungroper

How To Make GaAsoline's Battery Module - KSU Solar Car Racing Team

Make Your Own Circuit Boards - The Arizona Solar Racing Team

Solar Car Informational Site - Winston Solar Challenge