GM says Chevy Cruze Eco with an automatic will hit 36 mpg highway

Filed under: MPG , Chevrolet , GM , Green Daily 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco - Click above for high-res image gallery General Motors recently slapped a price tag on the ultra-efficient 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco. Starting at $18,895, the compact Cruze Eco isn’t the cheapest vehicle in its class , but it will be one of the most efficient compact sedans available whether you opt for the manual or automatic transmission.

Report: Epic fail? Mitsubishi i-MiEV gets it charge from diesel generator during cross-Canada tour

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Mitsubishi , Green Daily Cruising down the Trans Canada Highway, a sharp-eyed Reddit user (nupogodi) noticed an unusual sight: a Mitsubishi i-MiEV pulled off to the side of the road. This particular vehicle was engaged in the Clean Across Canada tour, a cross-country trip designed to showcase the i-MiEVs abilities .

Has hybrid demand peaked? Probably not and here’s why

Filed under: Hybrid 2010 Mercury Milan hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery For a time back in 2008, it looked like hybrid vehicles were going to break through and start grabbing some serious market share.

Why the sub-30 MPG claim for Chevrolet Volt is misleading [w/video]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , MPG Translogic Episode 5.4 - Click above to watch video after the jump One of the last big technical questions about the 2011 Chevrolet Volt is how much gasoline it will consume when the engine starts up to sustain the charge of the battery. Since the beginning of the development program back in 2007, General Motors has remained extremely reluctant to discuss details about the Volt’s fuel efficiency, but a few days ago, the world got its first hint from an outsider

Tesla Motors pays huge fine for lacking emissions Certificate of Conformity

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Tesla Motors , Legislation and Policy , USA Sometimes, technology moves faster than rules and regulations. For instance, in some parts of Kansas, shops must provide water troughs for horses

Honda CR-Z returns rather disappointing 35.3 mpg during 125-mile test drive

Filed under: Hybrid , Honda , Green Daily 2011 Honda CR-Z - Click above for high-res image gallery Our seat time behind the wheel of the Honda CR-Z was summed up quite succinctly by our man Mr. Lavrinc, who noted that Honda’s two-seat hybrid is “a capable fuel miser that can muster some sport when summoned

Video: Translogic tests Chevy Volt, reveals Mountain Mode and 0-60 time

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Chevrolet , Green Daily Translogic Episode 5.4 - Click above to watch video after the jump Our brothers from another mother over at Translogic just released their latest episode yesterday, episode 5.4 for whoever’s counting. Host Bradley Hasemeyer spent a day with General Motors at the automaker’s Milford Proving Ground driving the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and came away with some heretofore unknown tidbits of information about the plug-in series hybrid

ePower introduces the XT320E, a $47,000 3.5 ton truck with swappable batteries and 120-mile range

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Green Daily , UK ePower Trucks , a UK-based company, just introduced its XT320E 3.5t, a battery-powered light commercial vehicle that undercuts the price of most of its electric competition by a substantial margin. At £30,000 ($47,000 U.S. at the current exchange rate), the XT320E costs around half as much as competitive, 3.5 ton, battery-powered vehicles on the market.

Renault Fluence Z.E. field tests begin in Israel

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Renault , Better Place Renault Fluence Z.E. - Click above for high-res image gallery Sometime in 2011, Israel and Denmark will be the first markets where drivers of electric vehicles will be able to stop by a quick-change station for a freshly charged energy unit.

Solar parking lot with electric car charging stations opens in Tennessee

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Solar Outpost Solar Electric Car Charging Station - Click above for high-res image gallery With Nissan all set to bring the Leaf electric vehicle (EV) to life near Nashville (technically, Smyrna) in the coming years , it makes sense for people in Tennessee to start laying a plug-in groundwork. That’s just what happened in Pulaski, TN, where a solar parking lot - that is, parking spaces with an electric vehicle charger that is powered by solar energy - opened earlier this month.

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