Green Cars News

MAY 30, 2009

With the green car world focusing on a renewed push for electric cars and new hybrid car concepts such as the latest Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, fuel cells are in danger of becoming the forgotten figures of the environmental world. The vehicles received rave reviews.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

To compete with established models such as the Ford Focus, Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, a vehicle better have a lot to offer – and that’s a billing that General Motors is hoping the Chevrolet Cruze can live up to. The 2011 version of the car will make its North American debut at the LA Auto Show tomorrow and features a new Ecotec 1.4l

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Honda, which began leasing hydrogen fuel cell FCX Claritysedans in Los Angeles last year, still sees hydrogen as the bestlong-term alternative to gasoline as a fuel that can cut carbonexhaust tied to global warming, President Takeo Fukui said in aninterview. “We Toyota Motor Corp. While GM, Toyota and Hyundai Motor Co.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Consumer Reports rates the Buick Enclave higher than vehicles from Toyota, Volvo, Infiniti, Audi, BMW and Mercedes Benz in the Luxury- Full Size SUV category. Currently, they have a fleet of 116 vehicles spread throughout the world: Los Angeles, NYC, Washington, Berlin, Shanghai and Seoul. Click to enlarge.

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Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 8, 2007

-based minivan in Tokyo, followed by a plug-in hybrid sedan at Los Angeles. concept unveiled in Frankfurt is to give VW a low-cost, rear engine, affordable vehicle, both the minivan and plug-in hybrid should carry a meager price tag if they come to production. Tags: manufacturers. Since the goal of the Up ! Join Us today.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 15, 2009

In the 15 months that have passed since I wrote the following, ALL the climate change news has gone from bad, to worse, to much worse than that. For the past three months I’ve been working night and day as the Chairman of the South Bay Los Angeles 350 Climate Action Group. That’s how you break news like that.&#.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", See our frequent comments at our news archive. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). NREL, June 2006 Toyota Prius by EnergyCS Golden, CO Terry_Penney@.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

The good news is that positive things ARE happening and our efforts are starting to make a difference. To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 25, 2008

The biggest obstacle for those who would prefer an alternative has been lack of purchasable plug-in electric vehicles since 2003 when auto manufacturers ceased production of plug-in EVs like the GM EV1, Honda EV Plus, and Toyota RAV4-EV. The MINI E will give its world premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 19 and 20, 2008.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 2, 2009

He drives an electric car and has for seven years, a Toyota RAV4 EV. He’s dealing with the Port of Long Beach which along with its neighbor the Port of Los Angeles are the largest stationary source of air pollution in Southern California. He’s the former President of SCE.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. “Any new technology like the Chevy Volt takes time to become profitable,&# said Jay Friedland, the legislative director for Plug-In America , an electric-car advocacy group. Got a hot tip on breaking green news, or a suggestion for areas of coverage?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Cd of the 2010 Toyota Prius. Thats good news. Home | News | Columns | Road Tests Future Vehicles | Feature Articles | Auto Shows Photos & Video | Forums | Browse All Models Directory | Help | Contact Us | About Edmunds is hiring! Cd of a 2010 Toyota Prius. coefficient of aerodynamic drag, which compares to the 0.25

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Although Think has been plagued by bad financial news recently, the company’s North American C.E.O., Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. Email us directly at greeninc@nytimes.com.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. It is simply the cost of doing business. you see that?

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