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Automotive Technology

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Sobriety Stop Tonight in Buena Park, Saturday in Garden Grove; Costa Mesa Eyes Motorcycles

    There's mucho police enforcement going on along Orange County streets, starting tonight with a DUI/drivers license checkpoint in the 8000 block of La Palma Avenue in Buena Park from 7 p.m. through 2 a.m. Saturday. The Garden Grove Police Department holds its own on an undisclosed stretch of that cit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    [UPDATED with Stats:] Costa Mesa Sobriety Checkpoint Saturday; Garden Grove Reveals Stop Stats and Plans

    UPDATE, APRIL 27, 11:58 A.M.: If you believe sobriety checkpoints cost cities too much for the inconvenience and scant arrests they generate, the Costa Mesa Police Department counters with this: you're wrong.Funded by grants from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Mitsubishi i-MiEV SE is an Electrifying Ride

    One in an occasional series reviewing consumer vehicles that are powered by water, natural gas, electricity, hybrid motors, high-efficiency gasoline engines or some other alternative source.My first item in the "Ride Me" category was an obituary for Seal Beach's Doug Korthof, an environmentalist and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Peppy Kia Rio Ex Kicks Off Greener Car Reviews

    Today we begin here at Navelgazing's "Ride Me" lot one in an occasional--and someday, perhaps, weekly--series on consumer vehicles powered by water, natural gas, electricity, hybrid motors, high-efficiency gasoline engines, my tears or other alternative sources.Kicking things off is the peppy litt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    [UPDATED with Plug-In Memorial:] Doug Korthof, Enviro and Electric-Car Activist, Loses Battle with Lung Cancer

    ​UPDATE, FEB. 14, 2:31 P.M.: What a wonderful way to mark Valentine's Day: Adopt a Charger ("Accelerating the adoption of plug-in vehicles via fee-free electric car chargers") has established the Doug Korthof Memorial Charger Fund. Money raised will be used to install and maintain a charging stati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Prius Driver Self Important and Self Loving

    ​Police received a call at 10:38 a.m. Friday that a man was masturbating while driving a Toyota Prius at Irvine Boulevard and Browning Avenue in Tustin.Gentlemen (and Danica Patrick), start your en-jokes . . .

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Orange County Logs 836 DUI Arrests and No Fatalities Over Winter Holiday Crackdown

    ​The final numbers are in from "Avoid the 38"--as in avoid the 38 Orange County law enforcement agencies that coordinate strategies to take you off the road if you're driving drunk. Over the Winter Holiday DUI Mobilization crackdown that ran Dec. 16-Jan. 1, 836 people were popped for driving under ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Drunken Driving Deaths Way Down in California

    ​It will either bolster the argument that sobriety checkpoints are working or prop up the side that claims such enforcement operations are unnecessary, but in either event drunken-driving fatalities are down dramatically in California, according to state data. A record low 791 people were killed i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    [UPDATED with Correction:] Revenge of the Electric Car ALREADY ROLLED Into Long Beach

    ​CORRECTION, DEC. 12, 9:50 A.M.: No, it was not a bank of dead batteries that prevented filmmaker Chris Paine and his new documentary Revenge of the Electric Car from showing up as advertised (by . . . gulp . . . me) at the Art Theatre in Long Beach Sunday. As it turns out, that event was Dec. 4. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Roving DUI Patrols Hit Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel and Laguna Woods Tonight

    ​The Orange County Sheriff's Department holds DUI roving patrols tonight in Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel and Laguna Woods.Deputies will target areas that have a high incidence of DUI-related arrests and collisions, according to a department release.

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    The French Are Using Duck Fat for Biodiesel

    Flickr user Brothers Le​Reuters had a tantalizing story about how the French, particularly those who live in Dordogne, are converting duck fat into biofuel. If the headline piqued your interest, it's probably because you associate duck fat as the luxury item it is here. Even Reuters played up that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    DUI Patrols Cover Stanton and Villa Park Tonight

    ​If you're getting your drink on in Stanton and/or Villa Park tonight, be advised to have a designated driver along.The Orange County Sheriff's Department this morning announced roving DUI patrols in those contract cities.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Hybrid Cars Lose Special Carpool Lane Privileges

    dmv.ca.govCalifornians who drive hybrid cars will face a rude awakening tomorrow when they lose their special carpool lane privileges.​Since 2005, thousands of hybrid vehicles have been granted access to the carpool lane, even if there was only one person inside. Lawmakers OK'd the move as an ince ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2011

    Tree Hugger's Ball

    Santiago Event Center

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Symposium Plugs in to Hybrid Automobile Future

    ​Hot on the tire tracks of announcements that Volvo is road testing its V60 Plug-in Hybrid, Volkswagen will soon have plug-in Golf and Jetta hybrids and Toyota will offer plug-in options for all Priuses by 2014 comes an all-day symposium in Irvine today dedicated to the hottest automobile market.C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Avoid Pink Elephants and Roving DUI Patrols Tonight

    ​Take a cab, plan an alternate route, or get your drink on somewhere else: roving sobriety patrols will be out tonight in Lake Forest, Mission Viejo and Rancho Santa Margarita."These multi-city DUI teams will target areas that have a high incidence of DUI-related arrests and collisions," reads an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Toyota Denies Report It Secretly Bought Back Cars That Accelerated Unintentionally

    ​Toyota has issued a statement denying the automaker was able to duplicate customer complaints about sudden acceleration and that it secretly repurchased problem vehicles from owners without notifying the government.Torrance-based Toyota USA blames attorneys for people suing Toyota for spreading t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    "TextKills Tour" That Began in OC Ends in D.C.

    ​The CEO and founder of Iconosys, a Laguna Hills company that developed a cell phone safety app aimed at combating texting while driving, rolled into Washington, D.C., in a 36-foot motor home today to end his cross-country "TextKills Tour." The University of Denver, Iowa State University, the U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2010

    Chantal Caban Becomes Latest OC Wife Accused of Driving Her SUV Into Her Husband

    Escape!​For (at least) the second time in eight days, an Orange County woman has been arrested for driving her SUV into her husband.In the most recent case, the make and model of the wifey weapon of choice was a Ford Escape--giving new meaning to the word escape, at least for the hubby who managed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    6 Great Non-Hockey Quotes From Retired Anaheim Ducks Captain Scott Niedermayer

    ​You really can't blame Anaheim Ducks captain Scott Niedermayer for hanging up his skates. What is there left to accomplish in hockey? He led Canada to the gold medal in the last Olympics and alongside his brother Rob helped Anaheim win its first Stanley Cup in 2006-07 (the franchise's first so fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Toyota Prius Critic Turns a New LEAF

    An electrifying ride​Electric-car advocate/Toyota Prius critic Doug Korthof of Seal Beach is bullish on the hybrid Nissan LEAF.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    DUI Patrols Out in Force Tonight

    ​Is it news that the Orange County Sheriff's Department will be looking extra hard for drunks behind the wheel tonight, or would it be news if they were not?Either way, the force announced "saturation patrols" will be out there as part of the "Avoid the 38" DUI Task Force, which is funded by the C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    [UPDATED:] DA Sues Toyota

    UPDATE: The Orange County District Attorney's Office this morning stepped up pressure on Toyota, unveiling a consumer complaint hotline, an online complaint form and access to its first civil complaint against the automaker (details after the jump) . . . Courtesy of Elizabeth JamesThis is where Eliz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Deputies Hunt for Drunken Drivers in South County Tonight

    ​Anaheim is not the only Orange County town launching DUI saturation patrols tonight.

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Remember Our Cover Story About Toyota Prius?

    UPDATE: The U.S. Transportation Department has opened an investigation into brake problems in 2010 Toyota Prius, according to the Washinton Post. Photo by Daniel KramerAs the Weekly reported last year, Bobette Riner had her Prius a couple months before it took off and died, leaving her stranded on t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Police Will Haunt Drunk Drivers on Halloween

    Penningtron / Flickr / Creative Commons​If you're driving on Friday or Saturday, skip the candy corn martinis and stick to the virgin blood punch: The OC Sheriff's Department says it'll be cracking down on drunk driving this weekend. The statewide "Avoid the 12" program will be in effect. That mea ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2009

    OC Auto Show

    Anaheim Convention Center

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Easy Writer: The Newbie Motorcyclist's Journey Begins

    ​Home for the summer with way too much free time on my hands after a long and miserable year at Chico State in Northern California, I quickly discovered that pretty much everyone I knew in Orange County had either moved away or moved on. I needed a hobby I could do by myself in my free time that i ... More >>

  • Columns

    May 7, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    ​Home for the summer with way too much free time on my hands after a long and miserable year at Chico State in Northern California, I quickly discovered that pretty much everyone I knew in Orange County had either moved away or moved on. I needed a hobby I could do by myself in my free time that i ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2009

    Prius Drivers Have Discovered the Hybrid Car Can Take Them On an Unexpected Adventure

    ​Home for the summer with way too much free time on my hands after a long and miserable year at Chico State in Northern California, I quickly discovered that pretty much everyone I knew in Orange County had either moved away or moved on. I needed a hobby I could do by myself in my free time that i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Orange, Citrusy-Smelling Burning Rubber Comes to Raceways

    Fullerton-based Yokohama Tire Corp., the North American manufacturing and marketing arm of Tokyo-based Yokohama Rubber Co., wants you to know it is "making history" today at Sebring International Raceway in Florida, where each Porsche 911 race car competing in the Patrón GT3 Challenge series event ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    Will an Alternative Fuel Revolution Begin in Santa Ana?

    Santa Ana may find itself at the center of this country's clean-burning alternative fuel future beginning next month, when IMPCO Technologies begins manufacturing "innovative alternative fuel solutions for the North American transportation market," according to a release from IMPCO's holding company ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 28, 2008

    Earth Tones

    Green Threads Fashion Show

  • Film

    March 27, 2008

    [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' and More

    Green Threads Fashion Show

  • Columns

    January 17, 2008

    ¡Ask a Mexican!®

    Alcoholism among Mexicans: A blight as terrible as Carlos Mencia

  • Film

    September 6, 2007

    Special Screenings

    Movie of the week: The Killers

  • News

    July 5, 2007

    Corn Power

    How to Make and Use Biodiesel

  • News

    August 10, 2006

    Handymanity

    One guys barehanded attempt to save the worldand pay just 60 cents for gas

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2006

    Not to Beat a Dead Battery, But...

    We swear this will be our final electric-car post, at least until the next one, but there was one other tidbit we learned from Chris Paine, the writer-director of the excellent Who Killed the Electric Car?, which is now playing at Edwards University in Irvine. Paine, Seal Beach activist Doug Kortho ... More >>

  • Film

    June 29, 2006

    All Charged Up

    Who Killed the Electric Car? filmmaker Chris Paine turned anger to action

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2006

    Popcorn and Greenhouse Gases (non Al Gore edition)

    Hot on the heels of last night's Orange County Film Society's premier of Chris Paine's Who Killed the Electric Car?– a documentary that makes the "compelling case: that oil companies, automakers, lawmakers, consumers and the media killed a workable solution to air pollution, global warming, so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2006

    Rock on to Electric Car Avenue

    In yesterday's thrilling Clockwork, we shared the weirdness that ensued after we interviewed Who Killed the Electric Car? writer-director Chris Paine, when we discovered during the entire chat our Los Angeles Times was open, unbeknownst to lil' ol' us, to an Associated Press story with the headline: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2006

    Weirdest Thing EVER!

    We're flipping through this morning's Los Angeles Times, waiting for Who Killed the Electric Car? director Chris Paine to call. He does, and we have a nice chat, as he's still flying high from a well-received Los Angeles Film Festival screening two nights previous. After hanging up, we go to the Wee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2006

    Electric Cars Zapped to Life?

    We began our review of Who Killed the Electric Car? by describing the funeral that opens the new documentary. In his Newsweek column, Brad Stone does the same thing--before going on to say the funeral may have been premature.

  • Film

    June 22, 2006

    Funeral March

    Who Killed the Electric Car?

  • Web

    May 18, 2006

    Baby, You Can Still Drive My Electric Car

    As gas prices soar and Americans lose their taste for foreign oil, OC's biggest EV booster sounds like a prophet

  • Columns

    March 4, 2004

    No Blood for Wesson Oil!

    The futures so fried youve gotta drive green

  • Features

    May 15, 2003

    Dude, Wheres My Electric Car!?!

    Can one activist fight off Detroit, Japan, Big Oil and the Bush administration to keep EVs alive?

  • Columns

    January 24, 2002

    Mr. Physics

    Can one activist fight off Detroit, Japan, Big Oil and the Bush administration to keep EVs alive?

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