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• Green Car Rally: The Rookie Chevy Volt Versus the Veteran Toyota Prius

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 664
  General Motors has been inundated in recent years with nothing but bad news. After filing for bankruptcy and receiving a controversial government bailout, the ailing car maker is trying to revolutionize the auto industry and breathe life back into its deflated sails with the introduction of the Chevy Volt. Considered ...
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• Porsche Shows Lithium-ion Car Battery

  
  Gadget News and Reviews — Authority: 165
  Weight is obviously one of the many enemies of fuel economy, and while folks who can afford Porsches generally shouldn’t have to anguish about fuel economy, it’s still interesting to see Porsche come out with a lithium-ion replacement main battery which weighs just 13 pounds, compared to the traditional 35 pound ...
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• Chryslers Number One

  
  NEXT100 — Authority: 127
  By: Jonathan Marshall Its a dubious honor, but Chrysler can now boast of being number one--in average CO2 emissions per vehicle. Based on preliminary data, the EPA reports that the average Chrysler vehicle for model year 2009 pumped out 476 grams of this greenhouse pollutant for every mile traveled, topping ...
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• GM Suggests Life of Volt Battery Might Be Shorter Than Expected in Hot Areas

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 460
  With less than a year to go before the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle is scheduled to enter production, General Motors suggested in its FastLane Blog that the battery that supplies the juice that propels the car might have a significantly shorter-than-expected life in hot environments. “The biggest ...
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• Lithium Smithium! Porsche Offering $219-a-Pound Li-Ion Battery as Weight Saver

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 460
  Option Saves 22 Pounds, But Cant Be Used
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• Hyundai Says Its First GDI Engine Achieves 35 MPG Highway in 2011 Sonata

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 460
  The 2011 Hyundai Sonata thatll appear in U.S. showrooms starting early next year will feature the South Korean automakers first gasoline direct-injection engine, a totally revamped 2.4-liter Theta engine that achieves 35 miles per gallon on the highway, Hyundai reported Monday. Company officials said the engine, a ...
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• Nissan Agrees to Consider Building Electric-Vehicle Plant in Guangzhou, China

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 460
  Nissan Motor Co. said it will weigh plans to make all-electric cars in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, as the Japanese automaker steps up its electric-vehicle activity in Chinas fast-growing car market. ———- Nissan says it will offer Leaf EV, right. ———- A senior Nissan executive disclosed the possible ...
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• Mitsubishi May Bring Fuel Efficient Gas Version of i-MiEV to U.S.

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 163
  The all-electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV isn’t set to hit U.S. shores for another 18 months, but already the company is considering selling a gas version of the car alongside its battery-powered sibling in the U.S. to compete in the same segment as the Smart Car . Read more of this story »
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• Mitsubishi May Bring Fuel Efficient Gas Version of i-MiEV to U.S.

  
  Gas 2.0 — Authority: 622
  The all-electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV isn’t set to hit U.S. shores for another 18 months, but already the company is considering selling a gas version of the car alongside its battery-powered sibling in the U.S. to compete in the same segment as the Smart Car . Read more of this story »
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• New EPA Fuel Economy Numbers: Ford and GM Show the Most Gains

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 163
  New projected 2009 US fuel economy figures out from the EPA show that we have now reversed a long-term trend of gradually worsening fuel efficiency since 1987—that bottomed out in 2004 at 19.3 mpg. While our international readers may find an industry average of 21.1 mpg and 422 grams CO2 per mile a laughable ...
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• New EPA Fuel Economy Numbers: Ford and GM Show the Most Gains

  
  Gas 2.0 — Authority: 622
  New projected 2009 US fuel economy figures out from the EPA show that we have now reversed a long-term trend of gradually worsening fuel efficiency since 1987—that bottomed out in 2004 at 19.3 mpg. While our international readers may find an industry average of 21.1 mpg and 422 grams CO2 per mile a laughable ...
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• Asian automakers dominate fleet fuel economy

  
  Hybrid Cars — Authority: 431
  Wheres an American competitor? Perhaps youve seen the recent Chevy commercial where Howie Long wonders why Asian automakers have a fuel efficient reputation when GM sells some similar vehicles with better highway fuel economy? Why? Well, because they have better fleet fuel economy. This year Honda came in first at ...
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• Honda tops 2009 corporate fuel economy charts, Chrysler trails

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 712
  Filed under: Honda , Legislation and Policy 2010 Honda Insight - Click above for high-res image gallery The Environmental Protection Agency is currently in the process of compiling the the fleet average fuel economy numbers for model year 2009, which recently concluded, and it looks like Honda will be on ...
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• Vehicle fuel economy rises for fifth consecutive year

  
  Green cars: latest news — Authority: 483
  Efforts to increase fuel economy and lower emissions show no signs of losing pace as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report revealing a fifth consecutive increase in new vehicle fuel efficiency with a corresponding decrease in average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The annual report, entitled ...
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• The 2010 Toyota Prius – Still On Top!

  
  sherrill brown recommends — Authority: 138
  The bar has been set with the new Toyota Prius. The Prius continually gets the best gas mileage of all hybrids today.The Prius gets a 1.the displacement is up 0.3 liters.5L.Due to the increase of torque, the larger engine in the new Prius has better fuel economy.The 2010 Prius gets a nice bump in power over the last ...
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• Electrification Roadmap Bypasses Important Role for Vehicle-to-Grid

  
  Features — Authority: 126
  By Steven Letendre On November 17, EVWorlds Bill Moore provided an excellent overview of an exciting new plan proposed by the Electrification Coalition, a group of top executives from 13 companies including smart grid solutions provider GridPoint Incorporated and one of the nations largest investor owned utilities ...
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• Hyundai announces new engine to power its drive toward fuel economy leadership

  
  AutoBeat — Authority: 144
  Theta II 2.4-liter I-4 engine with Gasoline Direct Injection goes into production – Built in Alabama, starting this week – First Application in 2011 Sonata – 10 percent better fuel economy and improved durability – 200 horsepower and 186 lb-ft of torque A new four-cylinder engine will help power Hyundai’s ...
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• Soon, “green” tires that boost mileage and cut CO2 emissions

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Washington, November 22 (ANI): A new generation of “green” automobile tires that can boost fuel efficiency without sacrificing safety and durability, and in the process, cutting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, is rolling their way through the research pipeline.The new tires could help add an extra mile or two per ...
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• Hyundai Develops Its First Gasoline Direct Injection Engine

  
  GotBroken.Com — Authority: 137
  To help meet its goals of environmental leadership, Hyundai Motor Company today unveiled the 2.4 Theta II GDI, its first Gasoline Direct Injection engine before an audience of engineers attending the Ninth Annual Hyundai-Kia International Powertrain Conference.Representing the biggest advancement in fuel injection, an ...
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• 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport Gives Driver More Torque for His Environmental Causes

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 460
  By Scott Doggett, Contributor Ask a Tesla Roadster owner why he drives one and invariably youll be told its for the environment. Mother Nature, you think. Climate change. Polar bears. And thats half true. Maybe even three-quarters true. But drive a Tesla Roadster – especially the 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport – and ...
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