Report: Hawaii could have 10,000 electric vehicles in five years

Filed under: EV/Plug-in There are four big reasons why Hawai’i is an ideal electric vehicle market : no real range anxiety, a lot of eco-minded citizens, current high energy costs, lots of solar potential.

It’s Friday: Cleaner emissions? Maybe, maybe not

Filed under: Diesel , Etc. , Hybrid , Transportation Alternatives Cleaner emissions

Customize your Smart with stickers and Brabus accessories

Filed under: Etc. , MPG , SMART Smart fortwo - Click above for high-res image gallery If you are looking to take your Smart fortwo to the next level of personalization, then some snazzy new exterior stickers are just for you. Combine the stickers with newly released Brabus interior and exterior accessories and your Smart car is sure to stand out

DTE Energy testing Ford Transit Connect to improve sustainability

Filed under: MPG , Ford Ford Transit Connect - Click above for high-res image gallery Following yesterday’s announcement that Canada Post would acquire 1,175 Ford Transit Connects for its fleet, DTE Energy has acquired 19 of the vans as part of its sustainability efforts.

Solar Roadways completes prototype, becomes ACE award finalist

Filed under: Emerging Technologies , USA The day when the roads we drive on are as smooth as glass and replace our coal-fueled power plants is officially twelve feet closer. Solar Roadways has made good use of the cash they were awarded by the Department of Energy (DOE) and completed the first prototype of a panel they would like to see supporting the nation’s traffic and electrical grid. The mockup module, which doesn’t include the use of custom hardened glass with embedded heating element, solar panels or capacitors, is profiled in a series of photos on their new and improved website , and features micro-circuit controlled LEDs to “paint” situation-appropriate lines and messages

Natural gas-powered VW Caddy on 15,534-mile Ecofuel Transamerica journey

Filed under: Volkswagen , Natural Gas Rainer Zietlow’s German company Challenge4 GmbH has spent the last few years driving immense distances in a Volkswagen Caddy EcoFuel powered by compressed natural gas (CNG). In 2006 and 2007, the vehicle went

GM to build new small sedan for emerging markets

Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants , MPG , Chevrolet , GM 2010 Chevrolet Spark - Click above for high-res image gallery General Motors has given the green light to produce a new small sedan at its Uzbekistan YoAJ joint-venture facility.

If you’re green, are you more likely to be mean? A new study suggests you are…

Filed under: Green Daily 2010 Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery If you’re like us, you’ve probably heard the Toyota Prius referred to as the “Pious.” The joke, we think, is that Prius owners feel holier than thou because they drive a hybrid. But it’s just a joke made by people who wish they could achieve 50 miles per gallon around town, right

Once lowly four-cylinder gains market dominance over bigger engines

Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants , MPG Mini Cooper four-cylinder engine - Click above for high-res image Back in 2008, skyrocketing gasoline prices sent car buyers in search of efficient four-cylinder vehicles. As the numbers show, sales of V6 and V8 engines dropped from 63.9 percent to 57.1 percent during the gas price hike

Feds suggest driver error may have caused runaway Prius in NY

Filed under: Hybrid , Toyota Last week, we told you about an incident in New York involving unintended acceleration in a 2005 Toyota Prius . This accident occurred just after the high-profile case involving Jim Sikes and his Prius in San Diego , but, unlike that incident, where the car eventually came to a complete stop, the Prius in New York crashed into a stone wall with the driver suffering minor, non-life threatening injuries

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• Report: Hawaii could have 10,000 electric vehicles in five years
• It’s Friday: Cleaner emissions? Maybe, maybe not
• Customize your Smart with stickers and Brabus accessories
• DTE Energy testing Ford Transit Connect to improve sustainability
• Solar Roadways completes prototype, becomes ACE award finalist
• Natural gas-powered VW Caddy on 15,534-mile Ecofuel Transamerica journey
• GM to build new small sedan for emerging markets
• If you’re green, are you more likely to be mean? A new study suggests you are…
• Once lowly four-cylinder gains market dominance over bigger engines
• Feds suggest driver error may have caused runaway Prius in NY
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