When you think about places where the vehicles of the future are being innovated, the first location that comes to mind probably isn’t Spokane, Washington. But that’s exactly where the EnergyRushTV video journalism crew went this summer. We’d been hearing about the “Tango” and its unique size, shape and power. Then we heard George Clooney had purchased one, so we just had to check it out.
The EnergyRushTV team had been hearing for some time about various incarnations of electric speedsters making some amazing times at drag races around the country. This is the kind of thing we like to see for ourselves, so this summer several members of the EnergyRush crew journeyed to the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon to witness the raw power that can come from the combination of electricity and speed.
Over the course of 2007, our team has had several meetings and interviews with a fascinating young entrepreneur named Atul Deshmane, president of Whole Energy, an up-and-coming biodiesel and alternative fuels company with operations in the U.S. and Canada. We’ve learned a lot from Atul and have done stories about him that have appeared on this site. But we decided to go meet some of the more unique end users of Whole Energy’s fuels, so off we went on a one-day tour of northwestern Washington state.
The date: November 8, 2007. The event: Cleantech Investing in the Northwest. The place: Seattle, Washington. Our goal: Talk to and interview as many players as possible.
Members of the EnergyRushTV team descended upon the Emerald City from several different places on the west coast. Project leader Paul Steinbroner came over from Wenatchee, Washington; producer/photographer David Okimoto flew up from San Francisco; and producer/cameraman Mark DuMond motored in from Renton, Washington.
Many of the trips taken by the EnergyRushTV team put us smack in the middle of big cities. After all, that’s where much of the innovation in alternative vehicles and cleantech development is taking place. But we went on a daytrip recently that placed us far from the metropolitan areas.
