John O'Dell

John O'Dell

I’m John O’Dell – the green car guy – and for more than 25 years I’ve been an automotive writer, editor and analyst specializing in alternative vehicles and fuels.

Meet MX-30, the First Mazda EV

Mazda EV

Mazda is finally entering the EV market with the MX-30, a five-seat crossover-styled hatchback that launches next year in Japan and Europe with a U.S. variant to follow. The sporty EV debuted at the Tokyo auto show this week. Mazda…

EPA vs Calif; Welcome to Pollution Limbo

Gas car ban

COMMENTARY Well, the Trump Administration has gone and undone it – revoked California’s right to set its own tougher-than-federal rules limiting vehicular pollution. I say the state’s “right” because it was, in fact, a right granted by an act of…