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EV Rental Cars [in 12 US cities]
EV World Online
Alternate Fuel Vehicle Group
U.S. E.P.A. Green Vehicle Guide
Michelin Challenge Bibendum [est. 1998]
Electrifying Times Magazine
Better World Club - eco-friendly roadside services [est. 1996]
Freedom From Oil pages at Jump Start Ford website

U.S. Dept. of Energy Transportation pages
Alternative Fuels Data Center
FreedomCAR & Vehicle Technologies Program
EnviroCar chauffered hybrid transportation of Phoenix, AZ

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New & Different Technologies

Gibbs Aquada Car-Boat

flying boats from Seair Technologies, Inc. [est. 1997] of Seattle, WA

Toyota PM ['personal mobility' concept vehicle]

Mercedes-Benz 3-wheel F300 'Life Jet' [1997 concept vehicle]

CB's energy conspiracy page

Willie Nelson's Farm Fresh BioDiesel

Escargot Motors: importers of Citroën 2CV cars to U.S.A.

Smart® City-Coupé by DaimlerChrysler Smart® City-Coupé in USA [available in 2005] US distributor Zap! of Santa Rosa, CA Sixti [low-cost car rental in Europe - offers Smart® vehicles from €5/day]

Segway® Human Transporter website Segway Store at Amazon {no longer sold at Amazon} Segway Los Angeles - rentals & sales in Santa Monica, CA Segway New Mexico in Albuquerque & Santa Fe - rentals & sales Segway® 'Centaur' concept vehicle

"Code Name Ginger: The Story Behind Segway & Dean Kamen's Quest to Invent a New World" [2003] by Steve Kemper Harvard Business School 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2003] for $11.18

Human-Powered Vehicles

California Bicycle Coalition
Nevada Bicycle Advisory Board

KickBike U.S.A.
SideWalker U.S.A.
Seven Cycles [custom-made] [est 1997]
Schwinn Cycling & Fitness, Inc. [est. 1895]
Restore Classic Bicycles info site
Maple Island Sales - retro bicycle parts [est. 1991]
Menotomy Vintage Bicycles (and parts) [est. 1996]
Burley® bicycle products including bicycle trailers
Sun Bicycles EZ-3 recumbent trike
Catrike® Road recumbent tricyle: website • available at Amazon for $1,995
Greenspeed recumbent trikes of Australia & Illinois

Trikke® 3-wheel exercise scooter (for adults & kids)
Trikke 8-2 model [8-inch wheels] for $199.00
Trikke 6-2 model [6-inch wheels] for $179.00
Trikke 5-2 model for kids [5-inch wheels] for $139.00
photo of Trikke 8  • •   official website [Flash/movies]

Intl. Human-Powered Vehicle Assn.
Interbike Expo [Oct] & Winterbike [Feb]
Old Schwinn {online} Bicycle Museum [est. 1999]
Bicycle Museum of America in New Bremen, OH
League of American Bicyclists [est. 1880]
Community Bike Recycling Program of Albuquerque, NM

"Bicycle: The History" [2004] by David V. Herlihy Yale Univ Press 10¼x7.4 hardcover [11/2004] for $23.10

Mass Transit

California 'MagLev' High-Speed Rail Project
Advanced Vehicle Transport {car-train} proposal
American Public Transit Assn.
High-Speed Ground Transportation Assn.
California High-Speed Rail Authority
Indiana High-Speed Rail Assn.
Florida High-Speed Rail
Virginians for High-Speed rail
Midwest High-Speed Rail Coalition
Northeast Corridor High-Speed Rail Program
Southeast High-Speed Rail Corridor
Railway Technology's list of current projects
Metropolitan Transportation Authority of Southern California
Angelino Heights Trolley Line in Downtown Los Angeles, CA
K.L.I.A. Ekspres in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [est. April 2002]
'Rail Runner' Commuter Train in New Mexico [launched in 2006]
AMTRAK in the U.S.A.
Amtrak's High-Speed Rail Program
Freight Train Riders Assn.
National Assn. of Railroad Passengers
Train Riders Assn. of California
Rail Passenger Alliance of California
Arizona Rail Passenger Assn.
New Mexico Rail Passenger Alliance
Rail Europe
United Rail Passenger Alliance [of U.S.A.]
Light Rail Central info site
Californians for High-Speed Trains Coalition

Hybrid Gas-Electric Vehicles

Hybrid Cars [dot] com

Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid

Ford Escape Hybrid HEV/SUV [available August 2004]

G.M. / Allison / New Flyer full-size hybrid electric bus
GMC/Jeep® Commander SUV [2003 concept vehicle]
GMC Sierra Hybrid

Honda Insight Hybrid [cancelled 5/2006]
Honda Civic Hybrid
Honda Accord Hybrid [2004-2007]

Mazda Tribute SUV Hybrid [due in 2007]
Mercedes-Benz F500 'Mind' diesel electric [2003 concept car]
2006 Mercury Mariner SUV Hybrid [due late 2005]
Nissan's Altima Hybrid vehicle [due in USA in 2005]
Saturn VUE Hybrid [due in 2006]
Suburu B9 'Scrambler' hybrid electric vehicle [2003 concept car]

Toyota Prius [Japan 1997, USA 2000]
Toyota CS&S hybrid sportscar [concept vehicle]
Toyota/Lexus RX400h Hybrid luxury SUV with Synergy Drive [due 2004]
Toyota Highlander Hybrid SUV [available mid-2005]

	"21st Century Complete Guide to Electric   Cars and Hybrid Vehicles: Department of Energy and EPA Comparisons - Toyota Honda Chevy Ford GMC - How Hybrids Work, EPA Ratings, Energy Savings, Performance, Buying Guide, Government Ratings" [2005] Progressive Mgt DVD-ROM [5/2005] for $25.00
	"Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Design Fundamentals" [2003] by Iqbal Husain C.R.C. Press 9¾x6¼ hardcover [3/2003] for $62.97

Hybrid Hydrogen-Electric Vehicles

Ford Model U concept vehicle: US D.O.E. • Ford
Opel hydrogen-powered Zafira

"The Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the Worldwide Energy Web & the Redistribution of Power On Earth" [2002] by Jeremy Rifkin "Recommended." – Time Magazine Green Century Special Issue Tarcher Putnam 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2002] for $17.47

Fuel-Cell Vehicles

Having just seen the "Who Killed The Electric Car?" documentary, I am clear that hydrogen energy
and hydrogen vehicles will not work. The clincher is that the Bush administration helped kill
the electric car in California in order to help the big businesses involved in the bogus hydrogen programs.

GM's Hy-Wire [release Sept 2002]
Toyota FCHV [leasing from Dec 2002]
Toyota's Fine-S hydrogen fuel-cell sports car concept vehicle
Ford Focus FCV
DaimlerChrysler F-Cell subcompact
Honda FCX [US-certified July 2002]
Hyundai Tucson SUV
GM's gas-fueled fuel cell pickup truck [demo May 2002]
GMC/Opel-Vauxhall HydroGen 3 minivan
Opel Fuel-Cell Marathon: German-language site • English-language site
Suzuki 'Mobile Terrace' hydro fuel cell
AllH2 hydrogen hybrid conversions in Phoenix, AZ

Electric Automobiles

Electric Drive Transportation Assn. {formerly Electric Vehicle Assn. of the Americas}
Electric Auto Assn. [est. 1967]
ElectriCab Taxi Company of Sacramento, CA
E.E.R.E. Neighborhood Electric Vehicle Buyer's Guide
National Electric Auto Assn. Plug In America - ask automakers to build plug-in vehicles

Toyota RAV4-EV [ discontinued Spring 2003 !! ]
General Motors EV1 [ all destroyed March 2005 ]
Nissan HyperMini Electric Vehicle [demo 1999]
Nissan Altra EV [future]
Subaru R1e [2003 concept car]
ProEV: Professional Electric Vehicles Racing Team
Lido Motors of California
Th!nk 2-seater [Ford sold to a company in Norway 2/2003]
Gorilla Vehicles: e-ATVs for work or play

Takara® single-passenger Q-Car [onsale Nov 2002] & U-Car [onsale Sept 2003]
Q-Net homepage | article

	"Who Killed the Electric Car?" documentary [Sony Classics June 2006] Written & directed by Chris Paine Sony color DVD [11/2006] for $14.99 full credits at IMDb Sony official moviesite {requires Flash 7}
	"The Electric Car: Development & Future of Battery, Hybrid & Fuel-Cell Cars" [2001] by Michael H. Westbrook Institution Electrical Engineers 9¾x6¼ hardcover [12/2001] for $40.48
	"Forward Drive: The Race To Build Clean Cars For The Future" [2000] by Jim Motavalli, Foreward by Ed Begley Jr. Sierra Club Books 8x5¼ pb [6/2001] for $11.20 Earthscan Publns hardcover [11/2001] for $43.05 Sierra Club Books 8½x5¾ hardcover [2/2000] out of print/used

Electric Bicycles, Scooters, etc.

Palmer Industries 'neighborhood transportation products'
Independence Model 24 | two-seater Carryall | two-seater Model 24

Bigha Bicycles of Corvallis, OR

Zap® & Zappy®: electric scooters • electric ATVs • electric bikes

Natural Gas Vehicles

California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition
Canadian Natural Gas vehicles Alliance
Intl. Assn. for Natural Gas Vehicles
Natural Gas Vehicles in Japan
Australasian NGV Council { site down? 6/2006 }
French NGV Assn.
Subaru B4 CNG vehicle
Opel Zafira erdgas/CNG vehicle [German-language]

Clever - Compact Low Emission VEhicle for uRban transport - prototype

Light-Than-Air Craft

Airship & Blimp Resources [est. 1995]
Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen, Germany [English or German]
Zeppelin Museum near Frankfurt, Germany [German-language only]
Airship Management Services of Greenwich CT
Goodyear® blimps official website
MetLife® blimps [est. 1987] official website
Outback Steakhouse Restaurants blimp Bloomin' Onion I [traveling USA in 2007]

The Lightship Group - USA airship operators
Bell Canada blimp campaigns [2005 & 2006]
Budweiser® Bud One Airship [1991?-2001]
Ginn Resorts Skysign blimp [Feb-Aug 2007]
G.M.-Holden Lightsign blimp [launched 2007] in Australia
H.P. Hood Lightship [active 2007]
Horizon-Blue Cross-Blue Shield Lightship [launched 1997]
Mazda of Germany blimp campaign [1999-2001]
MetLife® blimps Snoopy 1 & Snoopy 2 [launched 2002] plus new third airship [launched 2007]
Monster.com airships Trump & Skeeter [2000-2001]
Sanyo Lightship blimp [launched 1997; retiring 2007]
Saturn Lightship blimp [launched 2001; retired 2004]
T-Mobile blimp campaign [2004]

	"The White Diamond" [documentary feature Nov 2004] Directed by Werner Herzog Herzog films the eccentric airship engineer Dr. Graham Dorrington's quest to fly a miniature helium airship over the jungles of Guyana, twelve years after his friend nature filmmaker Dieter Plage fell to his death on a similar expedition. Fox Lorber widescreen color DVD [10/2005] for $18.99 full credits
	"U.S.S. Los Angeles: The Navy's Venerable Airship & Aviation Technology" [2002] by William F. Althoff Brassey's 11x8.6 hardcover [12/2003] for $45.00 Brassey's pb [8/2002] out of print/used
	"The Golden Age of the Great Passenger Airships: Graf Zeppelin & Hindenburg" [1986] by Harold G. Dick, with Douglas H. Robinson Smithsonian 10x8 pb [11/92] for $23.77 Smithsonian hardcover [1/86] for $0.00

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