Bernie blows $40,000 on green Bernie Hobbs in 2010: Best known as a judge on the ABC's New Inventors, she is among the first in the country to ditch her internal combustion-powered car for an all-electric car. Hobbs is the proud owner of a Blade Electron, a vehicle that starts life as a Hyundai Getz â¦ "I've been rabbiting on about the environment for 10 years," she says. When my old car started getting the shakes I thought, âI don't want to commit to buying petrol for another 10 years. So I've put my money where my mouth is.