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Plug-In Cars That Power Your Home

April 9, 2007

Soon, in California, you may be able to power your home with your car during a blackout, or even have the utility company pay you for the power that your car produces. San Jose Mercury News reports that PG&E, a Californian utility company will showcase a converted Toyota Prius in Sunnyvale, CA. (Update: See a [...]

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VentureOne: Three-Wheel Plug-In Hybrid Gets 100MPG

February 2, 2007

The VentureOne is another three-wheeling electric vehicle that has been given a green light to go into production. The vehicle seats two and is capable of 100 miles per hour while maintaining its 100 miles per gallon fuel efficiency going from 0 – 60 in a respectable 6 seconds. It can also tilt almost 45º [...]

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Carfree Cities: Where Are They?

August 3, 2006

Interested in knowing where you can find places free of cars? There’s an extensive list of carfree places around the world, available now on the Wikipedia. There’s also a book about Carfree Citites available. Here’s our review:
Imagine life in a city free from the noise, stench, and danger of cars, trucks, and buses. [...]

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Saab Unveils World’s First Biofuel Hybrid

July 20, 2006

Saab has unveiled its automotive vision for a greener future at the British International Motor Show. The Swedish subsidiary of the embattled American automotive giant General Motors has already made a name as a leading maker of biofuel cars, which can run on any mixture between ordinary gas and E85, a fuel blend that contains [...]

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2006 Honda Civic Hybrid Update

October 25, 2005

Honda has increased the efficiency of their new Hybrid Civic for 2006, which went on sale recently with a price tag of $21,850.
Honda has improved the fuel economy by about five percent, to get 50 mpg on both EPA city and highway ratings. It looks like the Civic Hybrid and the Prius will get [...]

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HybridCenter: A Buyer’s Guide

October 14, 2005

HybridCenter is a good site to get the latest information on hybrid cars. The site features a Buyer’s Guide where you can compare cars based on your driving needs and price of gas in your state. They also have a Comparison Chart, where you can see how each car will perform, based on your driving [...]

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Real-World Hybrid Mileage Reports

October 12, 2005

GreenHybrid.Com has a database of real-world mileage reports from hybrid car drivers. It now has statistics from over 1000 different cars in the database. The site also has an active discussion forum and a learning section where you can read about the basics of hybrid car technology.

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Review: Low Rolling Resistance Tires

September 17, 2005

Green Seal has released another of their well-researched reports, this time covering “Low Rolling Resistance Tires“.
The reports presents previously unpublished data on leading tires that
have low rolling resistance. But what is rolling resistance exactly? It’s a measurement of how easily the tire rolls down the road —
minimizing the energy wasted as heat between the [...]

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HybridCars.Com

April 22, 2005

HybridCars.Com is a web site with a lot of up-to-date information on (you guessed it) hybrid cars, trucks and vans. The editor is Bradley Berman who has written a book entitled “An Insider’s Look at Hybrid Cars: How They Work and Why They Matter”.
The web site has an overview of what vehicles are available now [...]

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ZAP! Smart Cars

October 9, 2004

ZAP, an electric vehicle company, is offering a 60 mpg gasoline powered SMART Car. The company says the SMART City Coupe has an impressive handling and a stylish, roomy interior for two passengers. The SMART Car is popular in Europe, so ZAP is bringing the Americanized version that is a U.S. compliant direct import automobile.
Pricing [...]

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Honda Insight CVT (Hybrid Engine)

July 28, 2004

Configuration: 1.0L 3, auto CVT
Miles per Gallon City:
66.9
Price: around $21,000
Homepage: Honda

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Toyota Prius (Hybrid Engine)

July 28, 2004

Configuration: 1.5L 4, auto CVT
Miles per Gallon City:
48.4
Price: around $21,000
Homepage: Toyota

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Honda Civic GX (CNG – Compressed Natural Gas)

July 28, 2004

Configuration: 1.7L 4, auto CVT
Miles per Gallon City: 30
Miles per Gallon Highway: 34
Price: around $20,000 (plus $1000-2000 for refueling device)

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Honda Civic Hybrid

July 28, 2004

Configuration: 1.3L 4, auto
Miles per Gallon: 46.9
Price: around $20,000
Homepage: Honda

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