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Teams battle it out in Eco-marathon

Green Cars News

This event wasn’t about rewarding the fastest car - instead it was about rewarding the most fuel efficient with more than 200 teams from 29 countries competing to win the €1,000 top prize in this annual green car rally. Tags: Green cars Latest news Shell Eco-marathon University of Central Lancashire.

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Toyota Prius named WhatGreenCar of the Year

Green Cars News

The title of WhatGreenCar Car of the Year 2009 has been awarded to the ‘next generation’ Toyota Prius, due to be launched in the UK on 1 st August 2009. The new Prius was chosen from a short-list of 10 green car finalists which were test-driven at Imperial College, London, by six of the UK’s leading green transport and environmental experts.

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Vauxhall Astra 5-Door Hatch 1.7 ecoFLEX Design road test

Green Cars News

Astras have been part of the UK’s furniture now since 1980, with this fifth-generation model launched in 2004. Vauxhall Astra 5-Door Hatch consumer car reviews Vauxhall Astra 5-Door Hatch lease prices Vauxhall Astra 5-Door Hatch new and nearly new. Find a low-mileage used example for a knock-down price and you won’t go far wrong.

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The next-generation Toyota Prius

Green Cars News

The new, third-generation Prius will arguably become the world’s most technically advanced mainstream car, and will also help demonstrate the real world benefits of Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive. Prius easily exceeds the Euro 5 emissions standards, producing 89g/km of CO2. Hybrid Synergy Drive System Components.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ).

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