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Nissan Leaf tops the Chevy Volt with 367 MPG

Tuesday, 08. 18. 2009  –  Category: Driving, Technology

The Nissan Leaf is a zero emssion, plug-in electric card.  It tops the Chevy Volt stagger fuel efficiency with whopping 367 MPG. Business week reports that the Leaf [will] run a 100 miles on a single charge [and] will cost no more to buy and run than a traditional gasoline-powered car. Charging time is [...]

230 MPG!!

Saturday, 08. 15. 2009  –  Category: Driving, Technology

If the new Chevy Volt actually hits the market next year, there will finally be a car that addresses  the majority of driving styles, if not the majority of pocketbooks. With their announcement that the Volt will travel about 40 miles on a charge, many drivers will not have to buy gasoline for months at [...]

Does the Toyota Highlander really get 431 MPG?

Tuesday, 08. 11. 2009  –  Category: Driving, Technology

Toyota has been working on the Highlander FCV, and they claim that the latest version of the hydrogen-powered SUV (the FCV-adv) traveled for 431 miles on just one tank of compressed hydrogen.
Impressive indeed. But as Christopher DeMorro points out in an article on Gas2.org, the claim is rather misleading. Toyota merely drove 331.5 miles from [...]

Mapping the streets of Paris by bike

Friday, 08. 7. 2009  –  Category: Driving, Technology

Its been a while since any reports of the google streetview team visiting portland, but they are cetainly making their way around the world.  The google team has ditched their car for a more ecco friendly tricylce and are now visiting France.  

"The riders, wearing Google tee-shirts and white helmets, are visiting well-known sites such as [...]

Cash for Clunkers: Is it a lemon?

Thursday, 08. 6. 2009  –  Category: Driving

Not even the most optimistic greens could have predicted that the federal government's cash-for-clunkers program would work this well — at last count more than 240,000 Americans have traded in their clunkers for more fuel efficient cars, and the program has already burned through its first $1 billion of funding.
Have you traded in a clunker?  [...]

UPS Delivers Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks

Wednesday, 01. 14. 2009  –  Category: Driving, Train

UPS is about to field-test "hydraulic hybrid" delivery trucks, developed with the help of the EPA.  They estimate that "savings on fuel and maintenance over the life of the truck could be as much as $50,000, while reduction in carbon dioxide emissions would be 30% or more."
High Hopes for a New Type of Hybrid Vehicle

Toyota’s Budget electric car – Drives 80Km with no fuel

Monday, 01. 12. 2009  –  Category: Driving, Technology

Toyota FT-EV unveiled a electric car for under $20,000 that can be driven up to 80km without using a drop of petrol

Ford Fusion best-in-Class 4-Cylinder with 34 MPG

Friday, 01. 9. 2009  –  Category: Driving

Ford Fusion Tops Toyota Camry, Honda Accord Again With Best-in-Class 34 MPG 4-Cylinder Model
http://sev.prnewswire.com/auto/20090109/CLF05009012009-1.html
 

Hawaii Endorses Plan for Electric Cars

Wednesday, 12. 3. 2008  –  Category: Driving, Technology

"The Hawaiian Electric Company on Tuesday endorsed an effort to build an alternative transportation system based on electric vehicles with swappable batteries and an “intelligent” battery recharging network."
Hawaii endorces plan for electric vehicles

Speech, a new kind of engine for Ford automobiles

Monday, 12. 1. 2008  –  Category: Driving, Technology

Ford Motor Company's Sync system is a microchip located in the dash of 21 new cars, trucks, and crossovers that delivers a fully integrated, voice-activated in-car communications and entertainment system. Sync can read incoming text messages, and accurately translate emoticons and messaging expressions such as "LOL."

Read the entire article, Ford introduces speech engine