Archive for January, 2010

Up-Selling Hybrid Cars: Hold the Leather, Please - EV World

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Up-Selling Hybrid Cars: Hold the Leather, PleaseEV WorldThe scorecard, which UCS claims is the only comprehensive ranking of hybrid cars in the US, ranks hybrids based on three attributes: Environmental Score, …Are hybrid cars being loaded up to boost their prices?USA Today'Forced Features' Drive Up Hybrid PricesWired NewsCarmakers 'inflating' hybrid prices with 'unnecessary' featuresTheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk […]

A hybrid that has 10 wheels and flies: New York introduces green garbage trucks - Seattle Times (blog)

A hybrid that has 10 wheels and flies: New York introduces green garbage trucksSeattle Times (blog)Gas mileage is, of course, what made hybrid cars and utility vehicles popular with drivers, who get the greatest benefit from their operation in city travel …

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Green Car for Green Man - Sudbury Star

Green Car for Green ManSudbury StarThe so-called hybrid cars use energy source so they much dependent on gasoline. Instead, they are run by rechargeable batteries, LPG, solar energy, …and more »

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Hybrid vehicle classes at Cuyahoga Community College are humming right along - Sun Star Courier (blog)

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Hybrid vehicle classes at Cuyahoga Community College are humming right alongSun Star Courier (blog)In response to the growth in hybrids, CCC has begun offering two new classes in hybrid cars and alternative fuels. In one class, “Greasecar and Biodiesal …

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Hybrids dominate safest cars of 2009 list - TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk (blog)

Hybrids dominate safest cars of 2009 listTheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk (blog)Two hybrid cars came top of the Euro NCAP safety ratings for 2009, it has been revealed. Beaten into submission only by another green car, the Volkswagen …Euro NCAP's top-five safest cars in 2009ASEAN Automotive NewsRated: The world's top five safest carsTasmania Examinerall 25 news articles »

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This Week in Car World - ZDNet (blog)

This Week in Car WorldZDNet (blog)There was plenty of action on electric and hybrid cars this week. A new study concludes, “Powering a car on electricity would result in 93 percent less …and more »

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39 green South Park clips: 11-20 - Mother Nature Network

39 green South Park clips: 11-20Mother Nature NetworkSouth Park is threatened by a menacing cloud of smug after many of the town's citizens buy hybrid cars and adopt self-righteous attitudes …and more »

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Ventura District Rolls Out Plug-In Hybrid School Bus - Noozhawk

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Ventura District Rolls Out Plug-In Hybrid School BusNoozhawk“While school buses are first to the market, consumer plug-in hybrid cars will soon be available from many manufacturers,” said Michael Chiacos, …and more »

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‘Forced Features’ Drive Up Hybrid Prices - Wired News

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'Forced Features' Drive Up Hybrid PricesWired NewsWired should be informing people of the hypocrisy that is hybrid cars not saying they should be cheaper. America needs to wake up and realise that a …20 hot technologies to watch in 2010: Hybrid-carsPC Authorityall 12 news articles »

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Are hybrid cars being loaded up to boost their prices? - USA Today

Are hybrid cars being loaded up to boost their prices?USA TodayMany automakers are padding prices of gas-electric hybrid cars by throwing in a lot of unnecessary goodies such as DVD players and leather interiors, …and more »

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