from the produce aisle to the front straight

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Fellow Gas 2.0 writer Joanna Schroeder scooped me on this choco-powered, turbocharged F3 car over the weekend.

Schroeder reports that several top-tier racing personalities have given the concept their seal of approval, including such notables as Lewis Hamilton and Ross Brawn. The car will make its racing debut in the Formula 3 Championship final 17 October.

Click through to Gas 2.0 for more.

moonbeam madness

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Steve Guzman is another one of my longtime web-buddies. He runs the Scooter Scoop blog, which is also featured as a "you should read these" link on this very blog (look on the right).

While I've never actually met Steve, I've been a fan of the 'scoop for many years, and we've often toyed with the idea of doing some work together, so it is with supreme confidence that I tell you this: when Steve found the Moonbeam (above) he TOTALLY lost his gourd!

Video, below.

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For more on this novel little deathtrap microcar, CLICK HERE.

secret bentley ethanol-tech revealed

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Several weeks ago, I filled you in on Bentley’s upcoming ethanol supercar, promised to be the fastest, most powerful Bentley ever offered.

In the days since, Bentley has kept the world’s journalists hungry for more details, releasing only this “Project Victoria” teaser video, a March reveal date, and precious little else … but has one of Volkswagen’s lesser-known suppliers inadvertently given away Project Victoria’s horsepower secrets?

You bet! CLICK HERE for all the details on Gas 2.0.

greenoptions | no. 2

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I've been posting like a fiend over at Gas 2.0, and this post - my fifth article, covering Barack Obama's new Cadillac One executive limo - is easily my favorite so far, featuring some great artwork and even a Transformers reference to geek out on.

CLICK HERE for the original post ... and feel free to Digg it!