This week Danny and Russell are joined by a full panel of Tony Schaefer, Linda Weidemann and Jason Holder. This week the group takes on the Inifiniti M35 hybrid, the Toyota Etios and it's potentially interesting future, Honda launches the Jazz/Fit hybrid (but only in Japan), SB535 and the new EPA rating system.

Nissan just announced the "drive electric tour" that is taking the Nissan LEAF EV across the country beginning October 1st in Santa Monica, CA and going through the end of March, 2011 (ending in Nissan's US-hometown of Nashville, TN). You can only register for a limited number of cities right now since it looks like venues have not been chosen for the other cities, but take a look at the list and plan ahead.

You can look for me at the Charlotte event in March.

In the face of an onslaught of advanced-tech vehicles coming out over the next year, the EPA has finally revealed the first versions of their revised fuel economy window labels. And they're looking for your feedback before the final labels are created.

As Autoblog Green reports,

Green Drive Expo is making it's way to the West Coast this fall as it hits the San Francisco Bay Area for a one-day event on October 9th. The event that has made a name for itself out of Madision, Wisconsin is taking over the Craneway Pavillion, a beautiful factility that was once the site for production of Ford Model Ts and war-time tanks.

Danny Cooper takes a week off and we welcome new guest panelist, Jason Holder to talk about his experience with the Honda Civic Hybrid (2nd generation) and the Honda CR-Z. Jason speaks in depth about the firmware update, Honda performance and his driving impressions of the CR-Z. Regular panelists Linda Weidemann and Tony Schaefer join in to discuss news of the week including Volt MPG, Leaf production number rumors, dead flowers, reveal the mysteries behind plasmacluster and much more.

Host: Russell Frost (Danny will be back next week)

It looks like Nissan is about to blast the public with over 200 Million media impressions by the end of 2010, with a good percentage of those impressions being devoted to the Nissan LEAF. The screenshot above was sent to me by Nissan and is a sneak peek into a TV spot called "Polar Bear" that will debut on September 9th.

It doesn't take much searching in the PriusChat forums to get an idea of how Prius owners feel about taking their silent "stealth" mode and turning it into a hybrid ice cream truck

This week Danny and Russell are joined by Linda Weidemann and Tony Schaefer to discuss the Prius tenth anniversary Prius celebrations, Syracuse gets 6 Prius PHVs, Prius making an appearance in Gran Turismo 5, Chevy dealers charging over list on the Volt, the Honda Civic hybrid firmware scandal and much more. B-roll again has a moment of language, so heads-up.

Hosts: Russell Frost and Danny Cooper

Panelists: Linda Weidemann, Tony Schaefer

Episode #: 29

Time: 1:13:51

Hey, what is that dusting the Prius on GT 5 track? A Nissan Versa?

Check out below for another screenshot from Gran Turismo 5 and below that for a YouTube video of the 2nd Gen Prius in Gran Turismo 4.

This week Danny, Russell, Linda and Tony take on a number of issues including, some bad comparisons between the Leaf and the Volt (which are not the same), a possible Buick hybrid, Honda recalling half a million bad ignition switches and hybrid car sales in July (with lots of comparisons to previous year's sales). Just a heads-up that the B-Roll this week is slightly colorful, so fast forward a couple of minutes if you want to skip it.

Hosts: Russell Frost and Danny Cooper

Panelists: Linda Schaefer, Tony Schaefer

Episode #: 28

Time: 1:12:03