Archive for 'Cars'

ZENN Zero Emissions No Noise -  great name for an electric car — and it hails from Toronto, Canada.

With 250 of these babies on the road since its debut in 2006, ZENN’s top speed is 25 mph - great for driver ed classes, campus cruising, geezers or making the neighborhood rounds. With an electric re-charge [...]

Last night we attended the Chevy VOLT press event here in NYC,
and laid our hands and eyes on GM’s $1.2 million dollar prototype,
(”Please don’t slam the doors…”).

The vehicle looks sharp and rather sporty.  Not as dorky or funky as the Prius, but distinctive — in an intentionally more mainstream way.  Fact is, Chevy wants to [...]

Here’s a device from Sabertec designed to reduce your car’s toxic emissions while simultaneously increasing your gas mileage. The Blade is a filter that when retro-fitted onto your exhaust pipe can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 12%, increase your gas mileage by as much as 6 mpg and significantly reduce the carcinogenic particulate material [...]

The transport sector is the one of the leading contributors of carbon dioxide emissions, second only to energy consumption.  As eco-conscious consumers, we try and do our part in keeping our carbon footprints low.  We opt for hybrids over SUV’s, we form carpools, and, if you’re like me, are frequent riders of public transportation.

Fuel efficiency [...]

Most parents can’t even keep their teenagers from cranking the latest Fall Out Boy single at window breaking levels in their bedroom - never mind while unsupervised in the family car. Ford thinks it has the answer, its MyKey feature — which debuts next year on the 2010 Ford Focus and may quickly become standard [...]

When choosing a new car, is the high cost of hybrid cars keeping consumers from going green? Consumer Reports has just come out with an article that says that six of the twelve hybrids they analyzed can pay off their price premium in just one year. 
They also found that considering the current high cost [...]

I just saw John McCain ridiculing Barack Obama’s reference to adjusting tire pressure as a small part of the  fight to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.  Funny guy.

The fact is that changing the way we drive and maintain our vehicles can significantly reduce our carbon footprint and gas consumption.  A new website, EcoDriving USA, [...]

I just happened upon the website of the new electric car manufacturing company, BG Automotive.  A quick scan of their web page (yes it’s a single page) revealed that they’re introducing a new, a zero emissions, all-electric sedan in October 08, with a range of 80 to 150 miles.  The car comes in a wide [...]

Prompted by a couple of friends’ invitation to visit them in Hawaii, I began to explore some travel options to this island paradise.  These days I’m traveling only vicariously to destinations far and wide, but I figured what the heck, no harm in looking. Having visited Maui a dozen years ago, visions of a spectacular [...]

Kelley Blue Book’s new green section, KBB Green, allows car shoppers to get green info on hybrids, diesel, ethanol and alternative fuel cars.  They are launching the site with a good article listing their Top 10 Green Cars of 2008.

Finnish automaker, Valmet Automotive is going to contract to produce Fisker Automotive’s, Fisker Karma, a stylish answer to the Tesla’s Whitestar sedan (see Tesla sues designer Henrik Fisker).  The sleek looking sports car will reportedly make its debut in the North American market sometime in late 2009 with European delivery in 2010.  Valmet Automotive manufactures [...]

File this under “Every Little Bit Helps.”  Just saw a news story on this car tire product that may increase you gas mileage by inflating your tires with nitrogen instead of air.  The manufacturer claims nitrogen filled tires can maintain proper pressure up to 60% longer than air which will lead to a smoother safer [...]