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Hybridfest Media Contact Information:

 

Contact Person: Bill Robbins, Secretary, Hybridfest, Inc.

Telephone: 608-837-6920

Fax: 608-252-7867

Email: info@hybridfest.com

If you are a member of the press and plan on covering Hybridfest 2008 in-person, please contact us via email so that we may prepare your media credentials. Please include name, media outlet, address, phone, email, and any other pertinent information, including additional support people that may be accompanying you.


News Coverage:

Readers Digest April 2008: Ease on Down the Road: Fuel-Efficient Drivers

TheAutoChannel.com video story on Hybridfest:

Amanda Congdon on ABCNews.com 7/23/07: Welcome to HybridFest. It's Electric!

Kurt Mann of AmericanGreen.tv filed these video reports from Hybridfest 2007:

  • MPG Challenge:

 

  • Feeling Fuelish & Plug-In Prius:

 

  • GM's Flexfuel and Toyota's Highway to the Future:

 

Shane Addie of AutoBlogGreen.com filed these reports from Hybridfest 2007:

  • Interview with Ryan Fulcher about his 100MPG+ Manzanita Micro plug-in Prius at Hybridfest:

 

  • Interview with hypermiler Randall Burkhalter at Hybridfest:

  • Interview with MIMA Inventor Mike Dabrowski at Hybridfest:
     

 

 

 

Matt Kelly of PodTech.net filed these reports from Hybridfest 2007:

  • Sherry Boschert, author of “Plug-in Hybrids, The Cars That Will Re-Charge America“, gave a talk at Hybridfest entitled, “Drive with the Wind, Run with the Sun.”

  • Dr. David Travis speaking at Hybridfest on "“Climate Change: Indications of Global Warming & Threats from Aviation.”

 

  • Hypermiler and Hybridfest MPG Challenge winner Bill Kinney:

  • University of Wisconsin's Challenge X Team at Hybridfest:

  • Great Lakes BioFuels at Hybridfest:

 

  • Madison's Community Car program at Hybridfest:

  • Ted Bohn of Argonne National Laboratory on advanced hybrid technology:

 

  • Continental's Mobile Safety Exhibit at Hybridfest:

  • Jeffrey Radtke of Neodymics shows the Cyclemotor bike at Hybridfest:

 

  • Francis Vogel from Clean Cities WI at Hybridfest:

  • GM's Hybrid Bus at Hybridfest:

  • Jonathan Foley at Hybridfest: News From a Warming Planet:

  • ScanGuage Report:

  • The Kurrent, a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle from American Electric at Hybridfest:
  • Dr. Chris Damm gave a talk on "Well-to-Wheel Emissions from Motor Vehicles":
  • Full Spectrum Solar at Hybridfest:
  • Hypermiling:

ABC News: Nightline 11/8/07 Hyper-Milers 'Gliding' Toward Fuel Conservation

 

Madison Magazine 9/1/07: Baby You Can Drive My Vespa

 

ForbesAutos.com August '07: The Pursuit of Hypermileage

 

Chicago Tribune 8/1/07: Fuelish Lessons

 

ABC News - Good Morning America 7/23/07: Hypermilers: Drivers Go to Extremes for Gas Mileage

 

St. Louis Post Dispatch 7/23/07: Mileage mania: Saving fuel is goal of 'hypermilers'

 

Capital Times 7/23/07: Hybrid 'hypermilers' go the distance

 

Milwaukee Journal 7/21/07: The MVPs of MPG

 

Chicago Sun Times 7/20/07: Hypermilers vie -- slowly -- for victory

 

Capital Times 7/20/07: Hybridfest At Alliant Center

 

Madison WMTV Channel 15 News: More Than 100 MPG?

 

Hybridfest featured on WLUP Chicago's Johathon Brandmeier show 7/20/07:

 

Hypermiling: Getting More Bang for Your Gas Buck-  WTMJ Radio Milwaukee 7/20/07:

 

 

Wisconsin State Journal front page 7/19/07: Hypermilers compete to see who can get best mileage

 

 

Wisconsin State Journal 7/19/07: Hybridfest 2007 To Feature Plug-ins

 

Hybridfest organizer Bill Robbins on WIBA AM 1310 7/19/07:

 

Hybridfest organizer Bradlee Fons on The Mic 92.1FM 7/19/07:

 

The Larry Meiller Show on state-wide Wisconsin Public Radio, in-depth interview on Hybridfest 7/18/07:

 

A Public Affair on WORT Radio, in-depth interview on Hybridfest 7/17/07:

 

Hybridfest's Eric Powers on WIXK radio in New Richmond,WI  7/15 /07:

 

Hybridfest featured on Business Week's Cruise Control Radio 7/14/07:

 

The Rick Murphy Show on WIBA Radio in-depth interview on Hybridfest 7/14/07:

 

Hybridfest organizer Bill Robbins discusses hybrids and Hybridfest on WIBA Radio 7/3/07:

 

About.com 7/2/07: Hightail it To Hybridfest

 

Capital Times 6/28/07: A fuel savers' dream: Hybridfest plugged in with county fair

 

WKAR (Michigan Public Radio), June 20, 2007: Hypermilers Strive For Maximum MPG

 

Wisconsin State Journal, June 7, 2007: Hybrid Cars Selling Big in Madison Area

 

Medill Reports Chicago, May 29, 2007: Gas-Sipping Hypermilers Show How to Cut Gas Consumption

 

Edmunds.com, May '07: Hypermiling: Quest for Ultimate Fuel Economy

 

"Newsmakers" WRJN Radio Racine, WI May '07: Featuring Hybridfest President Eric Powers

 

Burt Constable, Daily Herald Feb. '07: Felt good about my Prius until I met man with 181 mpg

 

Mother Jones January '07: This Guy Can Get 59 MPG in a Plain Old Accord.  Beat That, Punk.

 

Hour Detroit Magazine January '07: Mile Pincher$

 

Hybridfest organizer Eric Powers discusses hybrids and Hybridfest on Drivers Talk Radio 9/20/06:

 

Gloucester Daily Times: Hybrid huggers: Loyal drivers stay fiercely true to their 'green' cars

 

Consumer Guide Automotive: What's Outdoors, Quiet, and Green All Over? Hybridfest 2006

 

Medialink Video: Madison Wisconsin Hybrid Festival

 

WorldChanging.com: Hybridfest Article

 

About.com: Hybridfest MPG Challenge Results

 

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Owners Pumped Up Over Fuel Savings

 

Wisconsin State Journal: Hundreds at Hybridfest

 

WMTV Channel 15 News: Hybridfest 2006 Powers Up In Madison

 

Radio interview on "The Mic" 92.1FM Madison on 7/21/06:

 

Radio interview: WIBA AM 1310 on 7/21/06:

 

The Sun Prairie Star 7/20/06: Local Resident Has Hand in Hybridfest

 

The Capital Times 7/20/06: Beyond Oil: Festival Touts Alternative Fuel Vehicles

 

Wisconsin Public Radio News 7/20/06: Hybrid Users Bond Over Fuel Economy

Wisconsin State Journal 7/19/06: Show to Feature Every Hybrid Model

Radio interview: Glen Bower on "The Mic" 92.1FM Madison on 7/19/06:

 

Radio interview: 105.5 FM "Triple M" Madison on 7/19/06:

Radio Interview on Wisconsin Public Radio 7/12/06: The Larry Meiller Show

Radio Interview on the Wisconsin Radio Network 5/30/06:

 

Radio interview on "The Mic" 92.1FM Madison on 5/5/06:

 

The Capital Times front page 4/14/06: First Hybrid Car Fest To Be Held Here


2007 Press Releases:


2006 Press Releases


Hybridfest Ad in June 2006 issue of Sustainable Times

2006 Hybridfest Poster



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