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Google Hangout: Driving Transformational Change
This Google Hangout—coming up on Tuesday, December 11—will give a window into how RMI focuses its efforts for maximum impact, and how our supporters play a key role in making that impact possible.
Light Makes Right: Inside RMI’s Autocomposites Workshop
“Might makes right.” The popular aphorism has been around for centuries, and the perspective it offers for millennia.
Have Car, Will Travel: Thanksgiving’s Energy Impact
We’re one day away from Thanksgiving, one of the busiest travel periods of the year. Whether by plane, train, or—for most Americans—automobile, tens of millions of people are about to crisscross the country destined for turkey, stuffing, and a long holiday weekend of quality time spent with loved ones.
RMI Alumnus Drives Change (Using Advanced Vehicles)
This is the third in a series of blogs about RMI alumni. Many Rocky Mountain Institute interns come here through their love and concern for the environment. David Anderson isn’t your typical greenie, though. He’s more engineer than environmentalist and was attracted to RMI because of his interest in energy, which stems from his love of racing cars.
Open Innovation in the Electric Vehicle Marketplace
Last week, GM announced that it would break its monthly sales record for the Chevy Volt, with August sales expected to be “well over” 2,500 vehicles. Sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PHEVs) are doing better in their second year than the Toyota Prius hybrid after it hit the market in 2000.