Archive for January, 2010
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Ford and Toyota have both been in the news a lot as of late due to the recall situation that Toyota is facing. Recently, we reported on Ford's move to capitalize on Toyota's situation by offering incentives. The news today comes from a consumer poll conducted by Edmunds.com and the ...
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
With the start of the new year, we're back to our end-of-month rundowns on the top five most popular green car posts of the last 30 days. For January, the top two came from our comprehensive coverage of the 2010 Detroit Auto Show. We have just one carryover this month ...
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
General Motors has found itself caught smack-dab in the middle of the latest Toyota sticking accelerator recall and controversy. Due to a partnership with Toyota through the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., or NUMMI, the Pontiac Vibe was basically a re-skinned Toyota Matrix. This cooperative manufacturing agreement has now done a ...
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
The Tesla Roadster will undoubtedly go down in history has the first all-electric production sports car. Now that the Tesla is in its second production year, which can only be taken as a good sign considering the $109,000 price tag that comes along with the roadster. In fact, Tesla has ...
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
The Volkswagen hatchback has been popular for decades; some might even say that the Golf and Rabbit models inspired American car companies to build similar types of vehicles (the GLH and GLHS come to mind). Over the years as the hatchback's popularity has come and gone, VW has continued to ...
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
This is the way Europe drives: Compact, maneuverable, roomy enough for the average family. They drive diesels. More than half of all new cars sold in Europe are diesels. The reason is because of the excellent fuel mileage and great performance that comes from these engines. The negative perception is ...
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Suzuki has long been left out of the conversation when it comes to mid-size sedans, and it's trying to change that with its all-new 2010 Kizashi sedan. Green-car fans will note that the Kizashi has been estimated by Suzuki to make anywhere between 29 and 31 mpg on the highway, ...
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
It's highly unlikely that anyone could have ever guessed that Ferrari would launch a hybrid product, but believe it or not the time is coming. The company will officially show off its first hybrid product at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show in March. Ferrari and hybrid are two unlikely words ...
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
The Nissan Leaf has generated a lot of interesting press, especially with the partnership between Nissan and ECOtality's eTec (more here). In case you missed our earlier reports, eTec has signed a $100 Million Transportation Electrification Project with the Department of Energy. The project is said to be the largest deployment ...
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
() So, we have all been bombarded with the reports of Toyota's gas pedal recall and subsequent media debacle. The questions always come up, who is to blame, and who can sue who. Well, that last question was more for the lawyers who are smelling class action blood in the ...
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