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Neil Young's Fork In The Road: The Green Car Concept Album

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:00:00 EST

The culmination of folk singer Neil Young's love for green technology was, until recently, his awesome LincVolt. But now, Fork In The Road, his upcoming green car-themed album, both beats that and scares us.

This video is apparently Young singing (or mouthing) the title track from Fork In The Road which is basically a condemnation of the choices people who own gas guzzlers make. It's pretty awful. If the whole album is this literal and angry it'll be completely un-listenable.

For those keeping score at home: An electric 1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV Convertible is cool. An entire record about environmentally-friendly cars? Not so much. We'd much rather listen to Stainless Style, the John DeLorean concept album.

[Pitchfork]

Neil Young's Lincvolt: An All-Electric 1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV Convertible

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:20:00 EST

Neil Young has decided to make himself an example of how hybrid electric cars can be produced with existing technology and without the loss of style with his Lincvolt, an all-electric version of the awesome 1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV Convertible. He's been working with noted alternative energy nerd Johnathan Goodwin and his company, H-Line Conversions, to develop the car, in current form an electric with an on-board compressed natural gas generator. Young wants the 5,000 pound, 19.5 foot long convertible to be an example to everyone that you can convert any car to run cleaner.

The Lincvolt will be entered into the Progressive Automotive X-Prize competition and make an attempt at 100 MPG equivalent fuel economy - a far, far cry from the original mileage. You can learn more about the car and see it's live unveil over at the project website: Lincvolt.com. [Telegraph.co.uk]

Neil Young to Convert Classic Lincoln to Bio-Diesel Hybrid

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:00:00 EST

Somewhere on a desert highway, she rides a ~~Harley Davidson~~ 1959 Lincoln Continental Bio-Diesel-Eletric Hybrid. Neil Young is taking a look at his life and realizing that his classic Lincoln is just burning too much fuel, so he's taken it to H-Line Conversions to get it converted to a hybrid that he claims will get 100 MPG. With a length near 20 feet, the only bigger hybrid on the road is likely to be an articulated bus. Press release about the car and his appearance on CNN below the jump:

BURBANK, CA—(Marketwire - November 17, 2007) - Neil Young will be interviewed on CNN's "American Morning" on Monday, November 19th. Young, in the middle of a North American tour, went to Wichita, Kansas to meet with John Goodwin, who is converting Young's 1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV convertible to run on biodiesel and electricity. Young and Goodwin describe the new fuel-efficient life of the car and how it holds exciting possibilities for the future.

Neil Young is directing a movie about the experience, including the drive from Northern California to Kansas to deliver the vehicle. Titled "Linc-Volt," the film is scheduled for a 2008 release. Once the conversion is complete, Young will drive the Lincoln from Wichita to Detroit for meetings with the auto industry, and then return to Kansas to retrace the route back to Northern California, raising awareness of the feasibility of hybrid-powered cars within the mainstream consciousness. He describes the Lincoln's new form and function as the embodiment of "classic Americana from then, meeting the Americana from now." The Linc-Volt is expected to achieve up to 100 miles per gallon on the highway.

"American Morning" airs on the CNN television network 6-9 a.m. EST. Neil Young's interview will also be featured on www.cnn.com.[MarketWire h/t Tina Chow]