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Petrol Alto beats diesel rivals in Green Car Challenge

Green Cars News

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. per cent and 12.2 per cent respectively.

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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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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If no one wants your car (because people think it sucks), then no one will buy it, regardless of how good the fuel economy may or may not be. If you take that car and mix it with current technology, the EV-1 should be able to get over 600 miles in a single charge, and not take long to charge, only 3 hours.

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