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Eco Friendly Driver

Archive for the ‘commuter cars’ Category

May 8th, 2008

The Environmentally-friendly & Affordable: Hyundai Accent @ $12,000

Fuel-efficiency is best (27 mpg city/32 mpg highway) with a stick, but automatic (24 mpg city/ 33 mpg highway) for roughly $1000 more per model.

By Hilary -- 3 comments

April 15th, 2008

Fiat shoots for gas and diesel hybrids by 2011

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne plans to use them toward his ultimate goal of producing cars with the lowest emissions in Europe by 2012

By Hilary -- 0 comments

January 23rd, 2008

Electric to go 45 mph & 120 miles per charge

Looking for a low-speed electric that goes up to 120 miles on a single charge? Electrovaya, the company which developed the SuperPolymer® lithium ion battery technology used in other plug-in hybrids and zero emissions vehicles, said today they will produce their own EV.

By Hilary -- 0 comments

January 10th, 2008

Introducing the Cadillac Provoq

Introducing the luxury compact hydrogen fuel cell plug-in solar-powered hybrid … by GM.

By Hilary -- 0 comments

December 5th, 2007

Aptera taking deposits for their Electric Car (California only)

Well, bummer. With production of the Aptera coming by year’s end, the company has announced they are taking deposits … but only if you live in California.
It’ll be $500 to reserve your car. They come in one color - white - which two variations: an all-electric model that gets roughly 120 miles per charge ($26,900), […]

By Hilary -- 3 comments

December 4th, 2007

Electric car, G-Wiz, improves safety standards

[Note: The facts in this post are currently under review. Look for future posts to decide if the testing done was on the up and up, or if this was a smokescreen used to draw popularity away from electric cars. See comments for more info.]
There’s a misconception about hybrid and electric cars being less […]

By Hilary -- 2 comments

November 28th, 2007

Best Fuel Efficiency 2007 & 2008

If you’re in the market for a new 2007 or 2008 model, these are the most fuel efficient cars currently for sale:

By Hilary -- 0 comments

November 28th, 2007

Best Compact/Subcompacts for 2007 & 2008: Civic Hybrid, Yaris, Fit, Versa, Corolla

Top Five Subcompact/Compact Cars for 2007 & 2008

By Hilary -- 0 comments

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