Electric lawnmowers, Solar supercar, Waterless washing machine, Smart ForTwo $99, Sacramento smart power grid

Trade-in Your Gas Guzzler for an Electric Mower in Southern California The South Coast Air Quality Management District is sponsoring a program called “Mow Down Air Pollution” which offers LA, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino county residents an opportunity to trade in their gas-burning lawn mowers for a non-polluting battery powered model at a deep discount. If you live in those counties, PLEASE take advantage of this offer. Gas-powered mowers produce as much air pollution as 43 new cars each being driven 12,000 miles!

Koenigsegg’s Quant Solar Supercar May Hit the Streets Soon. Using their newly acquired Saab plant, Koenigsegg plans on building their solar powered Quant supercar, which is a fully-electric four-person solar powered vehicle with a top speed of 170 mph, and a 0 to 60 speed of around 5.2 seconds. The entire body is covered in a photovoltaic thin-film solar coating designed by NLV that powers the vehicle.

‘Waterless’ washing machine cleans using nylon beads. A washing machine that cuts water usage by 90% is due to hit the U.S. next year. It cleans clothes using reusable nylon polymer beads with an inherent polarity that attracts stains. Not sure about this one, we will have to wait and see!

Get a 2009 Smart ForTwo For Just $99/Month. OK, so you also have to take advantage of the Cash for Clunkers program, but still – a new Smart ForTwo for only $99 a month? I might have to figure out a way to make this happen for me.

Sacramento Signs Smart Power Grid Deal. The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has chosen Silver Spring Networks to build a smart grid for about 600,000 homes and businesses in Sacramento County. The smart grid will let customers monitor their energy use, connect to newer “smart” appliances, and let users monitor energy use from a remote laptop or smartphone as well. Cool, heh?