Jay's Dodge Coronet weighs 3400 pounds, about the same as the ZR1 Corvette with all its carbon fiber. The original owner bought it to tow a boat. It’s got a radio, a clock and a heater. Back then, that was really all you needed. (Published in the September 2008 issue)

Jay’s goal: Transfer the soul of a race car into a powerful sports car that runs on a fuel other than gasoline. The result: a 600-hp flex-fuel C6RS Vette. (Published in the May 2008 issue)

While most automakers are experimenting with potential solutions that would drastically change the landscape, BMW is pursuing a simpler solution: Use hydrogen to power a good old internal-combustion engine. (Published in the January 2008 issue)

Jay has been making his own power for almost six months thanks to a PacWind Delta II vertical-axis wind turbine mounted on the side of the Green Garage’s rooftop. But one turbine, albeit a very large one, isn’t nearly enough to keep the lights, air conditioners and numerous shop tools humming along ...

The staff here is always looking for ways to be more efficient, even if they’re relatively small. So Jay Leno invited the folks from A.O. Smith Water Heaters recently to bring their new high efficiency Vertex water heater to the Green Garage.