Pee-wee Herman Makes Leno Show His Playhouse, Green Car Challenge His Big Adventure
Tonight, Jay Leno will welcome the second celebrity driver to try the Green Car Challenge on The Jay Leno Show: Paul Reubens, better known as Pee-wee Herman. Last Friday, it was Drew Barrymore, and on Thursday, the electric Ford Focus will accommodate Rush Limbaugh.
The unusual list of celebrity drivers may be Leno’s way of spreading the interest in the EV to the largest possible demographic. Pee-wee Herman was once the star of …Â Details
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It sounds too bizaare to be true but Alfa Romeos are about to become Dodges, igniting a controversy that’s outraged car fans worldwide. The car above is Alfa Romeo’s MiTo. It was named for the two cities associated with Alfa Romeo: Milan and Torino. Now that it will be a Dodge (from Detroit), will it be renamed the Dodge DeMiTo?
Fiat chairman Marchionne told Autocar “Dodge is the American muscle car, while Alfa Romeo is the European muscle car. How we dovetail these two brands is very important. The level of competition between these two brands is tremendous because they are both going after the same customer.†He continued. So he’s implying not only that  … Details
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When the Silicon Valley chapter of the Electric Auto Association held its first electric vehicle rally 37 years ago, the cars were a curiosity. These days, with all-electric automaker Tesla setting up a powertrain plant in Palo Alto and President Barack Obama calling for a million electric vehicles on the nation’s roads by 2015, they’re on the verge of becoming big business.
Today, dozens of electric cars from past and present will roll — quietly — onto the Palo Alto High School campus for this year’s rally. Visitors shouldn’t expect a preview of the coming wave of mass-produced electric cars, said Jerry Pohorsky, president of the chapter. Instead, the event will present a snapshot of a diverse and still largely grassroots industry on the eve of its coming of age… Details