Car of the future : engineering for the environment / a Nova production by New Wrinkle, Inc. ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; written and directed by Joseph Seamans ; produced by Joseph Seamans [and] Janet Driscoll Smith.

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"Tom Magliozzi and brother Ray take a light-hearted but shrewd look at America's four-wheeled future. As "Click and Clack" they explore everything from a glitzy Detroit auto show to the earnest homebuilders of Boston's AltWheels Festival, from a hydrogen-powered bus fleet in Iceland to a green think...

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Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors:	New Wrinkle, Inc WGBH Educational Foundation WGBH Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Seamans, Joe Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi, Ray Lithgow, John, 1945- Smith, Janet Driscoll
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired ; described video.
Published:	[Boston] : WGBH Boston Video, [2008]
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	Alternative fuel vehicles > Design and construction. Automobiles > Technological innovations. Educational television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Genre:	Educational television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Engineering for the evironment. Becoming green : growing environmental awareness.
Other Uniform Title:	Nova (Television program)
Format:	Video DVD

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Summary:	"Tom Magliozzi and brother Ray take a light-hearted but shrewd look at America's four-wheeled future. As "Click and Clack" they explore everything from a glitzy Detroit auto show to the earnest homebuilders of Boston's AltWheels Festival, from a hydrogen-powered bus fleet in Iceland to a green think tank in Colorado. They check out hybrids that plug into a household outlet and an electronic sports car that goes 0-to-60 in 4 seconds. Tom and Ray meet experts in biofuels and lithium batteries, mixing sharp observation, slapstick, and probing interviews. With soaring prices at the pump and worries about the global greenhouse, it's no laughing matter. But the car guys turn an expert, comic eye on the promise and pitfalls of tomorrow's auto tech."--Container.
Note:	Originally broadcast on the television program Nova. Videorecording.
Call Number:	CR4 D0093229 VideoDVD
ISBN:	9781593758189 1593758189
Credits:	Director of photography, Mark Knobil ; editor, David Cohen ; music, Andreas Bjørk.
System Details:	DVD-video; NTSC: region 1; 16:9 anamorphic; Dolby digital.
Participant or Performer:	Hosted by Tom and Ray Magliozzi of NPR's Car Talk ; narrator, John Lithgow.