Current news on eco friendly cars. Information and upcoming ideas for environmentally friendly cars, and other eco friendly vehicles.
The Decline of Interest In SUVs For a few decades, a car dealer relied on healthy commissions from sales of SUVs. In the prosperity of the 80′s and 90′s, few car buyers worried about the cost of owning an SUV. As noticed by Rockville auto body shops, trends come and go. With the increased cost [...]
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Toyota Motors and Daihatsu Motor Co. entered an agreement in September 2010 to collaborate on a series of new models for Japanese consumers. This collaboration has focused largely on producing eco friendly cars; vehicles that are affordable, miserly with gas, and low on emissions. Toyota announced the release of the Pixis Epoch during a presentation last [...]
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If you had to pick the 2012 Green Car of Year, what would your choice be? Naturally the Chevy Volt, Toyota Prius, and the Nissan Leaf come to mind – maybe even the exotic Fisker Karma. What if I told you Green Car Journal selected the Honda Civic as their 2012 Green Car of the [...]
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The annual Wörthersee Tour in southern Austria attracts observers interested in the latest from Audi, VW and other regional manufacturers. Audi used the 2012 Wörthersee Tour to highlight a prototype electric bike aimed toward urban riders as well as outdoor lovers. This all-electric bicycle features a 530Wh lithium-ion battery and 2.3kW electric motor, which vaults [...]
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Ferrari. The name alone inspires excitement, awe and envy in car enthusiasts everywhere. Their vibrant colors and bold designs don’t just turn heads. They create questions that other manufacturers stumble to answer. They’ve built a reputation on taking up trends that last, and with their new hybrid model, Ferrari is giving the greenlight to green [...]
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Toyota became synonymous with efficient cars in the last decade due to the Prius. This ubiquitous hybrid sedan broke through the crowd of gas-guzzling models to attract crowds beyond the usual early adopters. The future of Toyota could be defined by the RAV4 EV presented at the EVS26. The RAV4 EV borrows styling and handling [...]
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With our towns, cities and motorways congested with traffic, there has to be another way to get from A to B without wasting time and money in the process. There is public transport of course but the cost is getting more and more expensive and sometimes it costs more to use public transport than it [...]
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The United States Army has publicized efforts in the past five years to develop hybrid replacements for existing equipment. The Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) in Warren, Michigan presented the FED Alpha in 2011. The Fuel Efficient Demonstrator (FED) was cast as a replacement for the gas-guzzling Humvee that has been [...]
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Primetime viewers throughout the United States experienced Ford’s sly efforts to promote the upcoming Focus Electric. Ford has run ads across major networks as well as the NBA playoffs that tout the benefits of the Focus Electric. These ads are clever because they are largely unbranded aside from a small disclaimer about the Focus Energi’s [...]
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Today many people are interested in having a car that is ‘green’ and therefore better for the environment as well as their pockets. As the cost of petrol is rising it makes sense that people are looking to switch to cars which don’t run on petrol. With this in mind we have come up with [...]
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