Posted in Auto News on Jul 15th, 2010
The Electrification Coalition ad’s message: Gasoline is dangerous and should be jettisoned in favor of cleaner, more efficient options.
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Posted in Auto News on Jun 11th, 2010
The EPA has named the top 10 fuel-efficient cars built since 1984 — and No. 1 is the decade-old 2000 Honda Insight.
In fact, six of the EPA’s top 10-ranked fuel sippers were built before 2000.
Four of the top 10 — including the 2010 Toyota Prius, 2010 Honda Insight (pictured) and the 2006-2010 Honda Civic Hybrid [...]
Posted in Auto News on May 20th, 2010
When it comes to electric and hybrid automobiles, silence isn’t necessarily golden. It’s actually a hazard.
The AAM, along with the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, the American Council for the Blind and the National Federation for the Blind have agreed on a plan to address a potential problem caused by electric and hybrid cars — [...]
Posted in Auto News on Apr 28th, 2010
For their third annual green car-friendly cities list, Kicking Tires used data from a nationwide audience. Using info from cars.com, cities were ranked according to the number of potential buyers in the area who searched for hybrid cars, trucks or SUVs while looking for new vehicles within the past year.
Many Southern cities fell to the [...]
Posted in Auto News on Apr 1st, 2010
Two southern California residents are going off the grid, but staying on the road.
To meet their electrical energy needs, Peder and Julie Nordby, installed solar panels on the rooftop of their home. They also got a BMW Mini E.
Their home’s rooftop solar panels generate 12,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year — enough to power their [...]
Posted in Auto News on Mar 9th, 2010
Volkswagen’s new hybrid Touareg’s cool feature is that it can shut down its V-6 engine while going as fast as 99 mph. VW spokespeople call this “sailing”
Shutting the engine down like this increases the engine-off operation of the Touareg into a range other hybrids have yet to achieve.
Take your foot off the gas pedal while [...]