Mr. Green Car

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer My wife, Ruth, and I recently spent a couple days in New York City. The

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer In any review or brochure of hybrid vehicles you will hear mention of “regenerative brakes.”

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer This is the fourth in a four-part series on common drivetrains. In fact, it was

Editor’s note: The following is part three in a series. Part one, “What’s driving you?”, appeared in the Feb. 6-12

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer In the previous Mr. Green Car (Feb. 6-12 issue), I wrote that I have personal

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer I’ve noticed that there are a great many more cars on the road lately with

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer The Mazda CX-5 is one of the cars named by Green Car Journal in its

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer Before I get into the Top 5 for 2013, I had a couple of green

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer Assuming the Mayans were wrong about the end of the world coming Dec. 21, 2012

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer Once again, Mr. Green Car has found his way to a small-town car dealership for

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer As we move ever closer to going mainstream with electric vehicles (EV), there are already

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer This column may be a bit dry. It is about hidden technology lurking in the

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer In my last “Mr. Green Car” column (Oct. 3-9 issue), I test drove a new