Green Fleet Magazine
APRIL 29, 2024
Only the Subaru Forester (out of 10 small SUVs evaluated) earned a good rating in the higher-speed vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention test by IIHS, which evaluated performance with a motorcycle and semitrailer as well as a passenger car.
Green Car Congress
JULY 19, 2011
A new study by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) found that Volvo XC60 midsize SUVs outfitted with a standard collision-avoidance feature called City Safety are far less likely to be involved in low-speed crashes than comparable vehicles without the system. Volvo’s City Safety.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. Furia explained, "The SUVs that we just completed that were outfitted with the XHT drive train could have been any SUV made by anyone. The largest category: 39% want PHEVs.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
Best take on all this has been that SouthPark episode with "It" You want something efficient that uses little resources and doesnt impact traffic and parking, then buy a motorcycle. Want to do better in a short distance, then get a bicycle. We have those…they are readily available in our own domestic fleet.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
↓ ↑ report 10 Pixls 11:45PM (4/09/2009) well i think, in a perfect world there would be some level of uniformity to the batteries per car of course not all cars would have the same pack, that would be impossible, but perhaps, an SUV pack, a sport pack, minivan pack, and like regular car or something.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Blending the MPG of SUVs and small cars understates the real consumption and rewards automakers for building gas hogs and unsafe micro cars which makes people want to buy "safe" gas hogs. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 The first example saves 20 gallons per 1000 miles and the second only saves 19.
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