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The message on the lips of every major auto executive at the LA Auto Show this year essentially seemed to boil down to: “Trust us, we’re green.” And, truth be told, most companies did make some effort to stress their green credentials by featuring an interesting array of upcoming/concept clean vehicles. Too bad their efforts - for the most part - fell flat on their faces.

As many commentators have noted, there seems to be somewhat of a disconnect when companies that are out trumpeting their green message to consumers are also furiously lobbying the governm…

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The MAGIC Team did. MAGIC stands for Mid Atlantic Grid Interactive Car, and they just resurrected the EV in a hot “wired” incarnation, with V2G technology on board.

“For a new technology to be truly effective it must have the appearance of magic.” Remember that line from Mosquito Coast? It’s still true.

MAGIC revived the electric car, in vehicle to grid (V2G) incarnation, by applying a jolt of AC and adding In…

At this week’s Clean Vehicles and Fuels conference in Stockholm, city officials released an updated survey showing that 50 percent of city residents would consider shopping for a “miljöbil” when they buy their next car. That’s a huge increase from 2004, the last time the survey was done, when just 20 percent of respondents said they’d consider buying a green, or environmentally friendlier car.

One reason for the mental shift has to be Stockholm’s congestion tax, newly implemented this year after a 2006 trial. Registered green cars are exempt from the automated tax, and thus are becoming highly sought after - a total of m…