Filed under: News | Cars & Vehicles
Feb 25 2007, 10:00am CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
This year many celebrities will arrive at the Oscars in ECO-Friendly cars. Tune in early today into the Oscar coverage to see the real stars of this year's Academy Award night.
The utra-cool Tesla Roadster electric sports car, a plug-in Prius that gets up to 100 mpg, the all electric Phoenix Roadster SUV, Compressed Natural Gas vehicles and the electric Zap Car will be starring tonight.
The awareness of climate change never was so high. The Academy Awards are a great venue to market innovative new cars that enable people to make a difference.
It would be nice if Tesla Cars would be made by Ford or GM and sell for $20,000 in numbers and not for $92,000.
Global Green is organizing Eco-friendly vehicle arrival at the Oscar's for the 5th Year. This year they want to highlight the increased choice of alternative energy cars.
More details on the Global Green site. Via Hybrid Owners of America. See also the Oscar's site. Possibly E! Online's Red Carpet coverage will have footage from the celebrities arriving in hybrid and electric cars.
Hybrid and Electric Car maker sites:
Tesla Motors
Toyota Prius
Phoenix Roadster
Zap Cars
Source: DCist
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Luigi Lugmayr
Luigi Lugmayr (Google) is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years
experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting
world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into
vibrant technology magazine.
Luigi can be contacted directly at ml@i4u.com.
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