Last September at the Geneva Motor Show, Fiat unveiled the Panda Aria concept car, a little dual fuel city commuter that can burn a petrol/methane blend. The Panda Aria's seats are made from things like coconut fiber and the body panels are from an eco-resin.The concept and more of Fiat's vision of greener driving will be on display a Fiat's Marylebone flagship store in London starting tomo
According to the mileage book in my glovebox, I averaged about 21 miles per gallon in May. So far in June, I'm at 26.New, more fuel-efficient, car?Nope, I'm commuting in the same old Volvo S60 that has seen better days. Same dent in the right rear door. Same old Cheerios wedged under the child safety seat in back. (Yeah, I know. I'll get to it, Honey).So how did I do it? I'm trying to learn to dri
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Record prices for gasoline are driving people in need of transportation to look at all kinds of alternatives. Used small cars from the early '90s are attracting record high prices (ahem), and more people are investigating scooters, mopeds and motorcycles. One company that has seen a huge spike in sales is Segway. The self-balancing electric scooter has become something of a joke in the years since its introdu
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Even before its first production vehicle ships with a lithium ion battery, Toyota is already making plans for the next wave of energy storage technology. We expect to see Toyota and Lexus products with lithium ion packs sometime around 2010, and Toyota is said to believe that the technology will last about twenty years. Therefore, a replacement will be needed around 2030. For this reason, Toyota has set up a new team of fifty people this month to begin working on the next-next generation of elec
Dealers for car companies have tried various carbon neutral offerings. A Land Rover shop in Oregon, for example, gave away carbon offsets for the first 50,000 miles of each new vehicle sold last year. But what did it take to make the new Volvo Trucks dealer in Verona, Italy totally carbon neutral? Solar cells on the roof.
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