#41 Spill Baby Spill

 
Go Hypermiling Podcast

Type: Audio
Hosts: Wayne Gerdes, Kacey Green and Manuel Santos
Recorded: May 3, 2010
Music: Kaffe by Bobby Blitzkrieg & You Made Me Like It by 1990s 
Runtime: 40 min : 52 sec
Moderating: Kacey Green
Main Topics: Oil from spill is reported to have reached the coast, New Hyundai Elantra revealed and Ford Fusion Hybrid earns cost back fastest?
Sponsors: CleanMPG, Hybrid Canada, & Midlands Hybrid | Enginer PHEV kits, Midlands Honda, & CleanMPG Scangauges

Our Technique: Driving the Prius properly

First, there is the FCD… Then its Glide Baby Glide, Pulses and of course SHM…

 Oil From Spill Is Reported to Have Reached the Coast 

A disaster in the making and it may possibly be federalized.

A New Orleans’ resident and CleanMPG member can actually smell the spill in his neighborhood!

 New Hyundai Elantra revealed 

Like the stunning 11 Sonata, the 11 Elantra will surely turn heads as well!

Ford Fusion Hybrid earns cost back the fastest

Out of the Hybrid universes, a  report states that the Fusion Hybird has the quickest payback… We delve into the facts on this one.

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Wayne Gerdes
Go Hypermiling! 
“Hypermiling in today’s world”

#41 Spill Baby Spill - Go Hypermiling!

#38 Hang on to your wallets!

 
Go Hypermiling Podcast

Type: Audio
Hosts: Wayne Gerdes, Kacey Green and Mike Sirach
Recorded: April 19, 2010
Music: Fenway by Mike Falzone
Runtime: 50 min : 42 sec
Moderating: Kacey Green
Technique: Hills and Mountains
Main Topics: 2011 Prius PHEV-13 Impressions, From SUV to hybrid sedan, US military warns oil output may dip causing massive shortages by 2015
Sponsors: CleanMPG, Hybrid Canada, & Midlands Hybrid | Enginer PHEV kits, Midlands Honda, & CleanMPG Scangauges

 Our Technique covers how to Hypermile up hills and mountains.

We cover both basics and some competition grade techniques. 

2011 Prius PHEV-13 Impressions

“25 brand new, just off the boat Prius PHEV’s destined for the U.S. Fleet trial (previously announced any number of times at CleanMPG) were available for Journalists to drive not only under Plug-in power but in charge sustaining mode as well. And like a child at Christmas, some were more excited to try out the latest wares more than others…

From SUV to hybrid sedan 

“During the Second thousand mile tank is in progress review, we achieved the following which is really what moved Sean and his wife Jillian to consider the Fusion Hybrid.
 
50 mph cruise control  – average: 55 mpg
60 mph cruise control  – average: 52.3 mpg
 
“Is it on?” With these words Jilean began her hybrid journey, preparing to pull out of the dealership on a test drive with me in the passenger seat and our daughter in the back seat. She had driven Jud Engel’s Prius a few times two summers ago so this wasn’t her first time behind the wheel of a hybrid, but this Ford Family Girl wasn’t about to consider a Toyota for her next vehicle!…

US military warns oil output may dip causing massive shortages by 2015 

“The US military has warned that surplus oil production capacity could disappear within two years and there could be serious shortages by 2015 with a significant economic and political impact.
 
The energy crisis outlined in a Joint Operating Environment report from the US Joint Forces Command, comes as the price of petrol in Britain reaches record levels and the cost of crude is predicted to soon top $100 a barrel…

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Kacey Green
Go Hypermiling! 
“Hypermiling in today’s world”

#38 Hang on to your wallets! - Go Hypermiling!

Go Hypermiling #3.5 – HybridFest 2009 - FFH Presentation

Go Hypermiling PodcastType: Video
Hosts: Wayne Gerdes
Moderating: Ford
Technique: Rabbit Timing
Main Topics: 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid (FFH)
                      Q&A Session
Sponsor: Wayne Gerdes    
Size Warning!:455 MB 391 MB 1 hr 16 min for both presentation and Q&A session

Our second video podcast continues with a Keynote presentation by Ford and our own Wayne Gerdes at HybridFest 2009, followed by a Question and Answer session.

Kacey Green
Go Hypermiling!
“Hypermiling in today’s world”

Go Hypermiling #3.5 – HybridFest 2009 - FFH Presentation

Update on Aug 5, 2009 at 16:30 by Kacey Green

File updated to work in iTunes & with iPod.

Go Hypermiling #3.1 – HybridFest 2009 - 2010 FFH

Go Hypermiling Podcast

Type: Video

Hosts: Kacey Green, Mike Sefton, Wayne Gerdes
Moderating: N/A
Technique: None
Main Topics: 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid (FFH)
Why is Ford at HybridFest 2009?
Intro to 2010 FFH
First impressions of a multi-Prius Owner
More… In 3.5

Sponsor: Midlands Hybrid

Our second video podcast has an intro by Kacey and Wayne, then it turns to David Finnegan, Ford’s Marketing Manager for Hybrids.

Next we jump to Mike Sefton and David on an intro to the FFH and a test drive w/Kacey playing backseat driver, where we are introduced to SmartGauge with Eco Guide.

Right before we jump off to part two of this podcast we hear from a friend of ours who is a Toyota Fan on his first drive of the FFH, we weren’t expecting this reaction… We then move to part two posting later in the day.

Special thanks again to everyone involved in this special video podcast series.

Subscribe in your favorite Netcasting / Podcasting software such as iTunes and Zune, our feed address is:http://feeds.feedburner.com/GoHypermiling-Podcasts, you don’t need a portable MP3 Player to use our netcasts, though we try to make it a good listen for your commute. We recommend not viewing our videos while driving.

Kacey Green
Go Hypermiling!
“Hypermiling in today’s world”

Go Hypermiling #3.1 – HybridFest 2009 - 2010 FFH

Update on Aug 5, 2009 at 9:00 by Kacey Green

File updated to work in iTunes & with iPod, one more to go then its back to our regularly scheduled show

Go Hypermiling #2 – HybridFest 2009

Go Hypermiling Podcast

Type: Video

Hosts: Kacey Green, Mike Sefton, Wayne Gerdes
Moderating: N/A
Technique: None
Main Topics: Mike Sefton owner of the hour interview
Review of day one of Green Drive Expo: HybridFest Including:
Plug-in Hybrids
Veggie Oil Conversions
2009 Honda Civic Hybrid
48 Contiguous State World Record Run
Clean Busses
Electric Race Cars
Diesel Electric conversion
Ford @ HybridFest 2009
 Toyota @ HybridFest 2009
 Ford Fusion Hybrid (Mercury Milan Hybrid)
 Badge Engineering
 More… 

 Sponsor: CleanMPG

This is our first video podcast, we hope you enjoy it, please leave us feedback so we may improve this podcast as we move forward. We plan video podcasts as occasional treats for our audience.

We enjoyed making this netcast / podcast for you and we hope you enjoy it too, we learned much to apply to our next video series.

Subscribe in your favorite Netcasting / Podcasting software such as iTunes and Zune, our feed address is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GoHypermiling-Podcasts, you don’t need a portable MP3 Player to use our netcasts, though we try to make it a good listen for your commute.  We recommend not viewing our videos while driving.

Kacey Green
Go Hypermiling!
“Hypermiling in today’s world”

Go Hypermiling #2 – HybridFest 2009

Update on Aug 5, 2009 at 7:32 by Kacey Green

File updated to work in iTunes & with iPod