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University offers green car parking discounts

Green Cars News

According to the university’s parking operations manager Doug Porter, an employee who owns two vehicles, such as a Prius and a Hummer, can buy the permit with the Prius registration, get the discount and then move the permit from one car to the other.

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Greenest and least green cars in the UK revealed

Green Cars News

Hang your head in shame Dodge SRT-10 - for you are the most polluting car on Britain’s roads. At the other end of the scale, the Toyota Prius lost its crown as the country’s most environmentally friendly car to the Honda Insight which was named as the Green Car of the Year 2009. IMA ES (101g/km).

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

But theyve needed definitive proof that PHEVs wont increase pollution. CA, NY, MA and other states have had Zero-Emission Vehicle programs since the early 1990s because battery electric vehicles in those states, taking into account power plants, are far cleaner than gasoline cars in reducing urban air pollution and smog.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

vehicles splattered all over YouTube videos  most of which are retrofitted Toyota Prius cars  this baby is actually what we in the auto industry like to call a light truck, a category that includes big pickups, vans and SUVs. Americas big gas guzzlers and polluters are not the cars that about half the country drives around.

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The California Carpool Sticker: How An Electric Car Buys You Life In The Fast Lane

EV Life

The California Air Resources Board publishes a complete list of vehicles eligible for the California Carpool Sticker. These special stickers are important because low income communities are the most adversely affected by vehicle air pollution and also driving longer distances to work because of California’s affordable housing crisis.