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Laura K. Cowan

 

Laura K. Cowan is a writer and editor from Ann Arbor, Michigan. She received her bachelors in English and Russian language and literature from the University of Michigan and has ten years of experience in automotive media, book publishing, and blogging on sustainable living topics. Convinced there was a sweet spot where green parenting met frugality, she founded 29Diapers.com, a blog that teaches parents how to raise a green baby on a budget, and published EcoFrugal Baby: How To Save 70% Off Baby's First Year. She contributes to Inhabitat on the subject of sustainable transportation and is the only mom blogger in existence who can explain variable valve timing and parallel hybrid drivetrains.

Laura K. Cowan
Smart to Reveal ‘For-US’ Ultra Compact Electric Pickup Truck at the Detroit Auto Show

Smart to Reveal ‘For-US’ Ultra Compact Electric Pickup Truck at the Detroit Auto Show

Mercedes-Benz-owned Smart has announced plans to unveil an ultra-compact plug-in electric pickup truck called the For-US at the Detroit auto show next week. The vehicle will use the same

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Volkswagen to Unveil Beetle-Inspired Electric Concept Car at the Detroit Auto Show

Volkswagen to Unveil Beetle-Inspired Electric Concept Car at the Detroit Auto Show

The Detroit auto show kicks off next week, and Volkswagen already has the newswires buzzing with plans to unveil an all-electric concept car inspired by the Beetle. The company says the car will

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Wireless Car Charging Could Be Here As Soon as 2013 from Companies Including Evatran, WiTricity, and HaloIPT

Wireless Car Charging Could Be Here As Soon as 2013 from Companies Including Evatran, WiTricity, and HaloIPT

Wireless electric car charging, the technology many said was too inefficient or impractical to be a success, now appears to be a top priority for many automakers and electronics suppliers. We

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New Holland Unveils NH2 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tractor for Greening Farm Work

New Holland Unveils NH2 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tractor for Greening Farm Work

New Holland Agriculture‘s NH2 tractor is a new zero emissions hydrogen fuel cell vehicle made specifically for farm work. Located at La Bellotta, an energy independent farm in

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Oscar Vinals’ XLDron Zero Gravity Rocket Plane Concept Launches Tourists Into Space

Oscar Vinals’ XLDron Zero Gravity Rocket Plane Concept Launches Tourists Into Space

Just as Virgin Galactic started taking reservations for the first mass tourist trips into space, designer Oscar Vinals has envisioned a way to make space tourism possible for the day tripper,

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$20,000 EnviroTech Lightning Electric Hot Rod Hits 60 MPH in 5 Seconds

$20,000 EnviroTech Lightning Electric Hot Rod Hits 60 MPH in 5 Seconds

If you’re buying an electric car for fun or just running around town, how about a little hot rod like this Lightning Electric Car? It’s lighter, which means more power, and has

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Rinspeed’s New Dock + Go Mobility Concept Turns Your City Car Into a Road-Tripping Truck

Rinspeed’s New Dock + Go Mobility Concept Turns Your City Car Into a Road-Tripping Truck

One of the reasons Americans are still buying huge vehicles is that they occasionally need to haul large loads across town or on a road trip, and small cars just don’t do the job. Rinspeed

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Honda Recreates Its “Motor Compo” Folding Electric Motorcycle at the Tokyo Motor Show

Honda Recreates Its “Motor Compo” Folding Electric Motorcycle at the Tokyo Motor Show

Back in the 80s, Honda created a unique folding electric motorcycle called the Motocompo. Now the automaker is updating the unique scooter with its modernized “Motor Compo” version,

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