Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

While the small yet mighty Alto may seem quite dull when surrounded by solar powered cars, electric sports car and alcohol fuelled motorbikes, there is nothing that can take away the staggering miles to the gallon figure the little Alto clocked up. litres per 100km) attained in City traffic – the lowest recorded of any entered vehicle.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Vauxhall expects to sell more green cars than any other brand in the UK next year, the carmaker has announced. With the revision of its Corsa range, the Vauxhall hopes the supermini will sell more sub-125g CO2 cars than any other model range in the UK. The Corsa’s 85PS 1.2-litre

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Here we offer our pick of the top 10 green cars at the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show: Ford Focus EcoNetic – With its start/stop engine technology, the Ford Focus EcoNetic promises to break the 100g/km carbon dioxide (CO2) threshold with emissions of just 99g/km. It is set to debut in 2013.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Citroen’s restyled C3 will arrive in the UK this summer, with emissions as low as 87g/km CO2. The updated version of the supermini will show a new, more assertive look with a restyled front end and new tail lights. There will be the option of two new PureTech 3 cylinder petrol engines that deliver 15 [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

The average fuel economy of new light duty vehicles bought in the USA leapt from October 2007 to April 2009 from 20.2mpg to 21.3mpg. According to Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute, both the unemployment rate and the cost of petrol influenced buyers’ decisions with regards to the fuel economy of their vehicles.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Notably among them is the new concept from Volkswagen - the L1 – a diesel-electric hybrid vehicle constructed from aluminium and carbon fibre weighing just 380 kg and capable of returning a staggering 189 mpg on the combined cycle while emitting just 39 g/km of CO2. The result is a remarkable co-efficient of drag figure of just 0.195.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 19, 2009

TFSI petrol and 1.6 With the system’s help, economy is boosted and CO2 is reduced by approximately 5g/km, but if required it can be deactivated at the touch of a button. With the system’s help, economy is boosted and CO2 is reduced by approximately 5g/km, but if required it can be deactivated at the touch of a button.

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