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One Man's Car Shows Why Aid to the Automakers Must Include a Commitment to Fuel Efficiency

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Co2 Emissions, Middle East Oil, Biofuels, Chrysler, Fuel Efficiency, President Obama, Chrysler Bailout, Drill Baby Drill, Mercedes, Auto Bailout, General Motors, Hybrid Cars, Toyota Prius, Vegetable Oil, Global Warming, Fuel-Efficiency-Standard, General Motors Bailout, Honda Insight, Green News

By forcing General Motors and Chrysler to shift focus to a future of fuel-efficient vehicles, all of the concerns can be addressed. The automakers can be saved.

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Hybrid Wars: Toyota To Sell Two Prius Models

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 04.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Honda Insight, Toyota Prius, Cars, Green Business, Hybrid Cars, Green Cars, Green Technology, Green News

TOKYO — Toyota will continue to sell the current Prius when the revamped version goes on sale in May in an unusual move likely to help the top-s...

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New Honda Insight Takes On Prius

New York Times | HIROKO TABUCHI | Posted 04.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Hybrids, Hybrid Cars, Honda, Toyota Prius, Honda Insight, Green News

The road is about to get a little more crowded for the Toyota Prius. Starting Tuesday, the Honda Motor Company will offer American consumers what it b...

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Hybrid Car Sales Hit A Roadblock

LA Times | Ken Bensinger | Posted 04.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Hybrids, Hybrid Sales Slow, Prius, Green Energy, Hybrid Sales, Toyota Prius, Green News

The Ford and Honda hybrids due out this month are among dozens planned for the coming years as automakers try to meet new fuel-efficiency standards an...

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Your Diet has More Climate Change Impact than your Car

Penny Herscher | Posted 04.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Pescatarianism, Climate Change, Reasons to Be a Vegetarian, Meat Industry, Vegetarianism, Toyota Prius, Impact of Eating Meat, Meat, Green News

The meat industry produces more carbon emissions than the auto industry.

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2009 Prius Offers Best New Car Value, Says Consumer Reports

AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 03.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Toyota Prius, Cars, 2009 Prius, Green Living, Hybrid Cars, Saving Money, Green Cars, Green Technology, Detroit-Michigan, Green News

DETROIT — The 2009 Toyota Prius Touring edition offers the best new car value, says Consumer Reports magazine. The magazine, known for its annu...

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So You Want to Save the Planet? Drive Stick

Matthew DeBord | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Manual, Prius, Toyota Yaris, Toyota Prius, Stickshift, Climate Change, Sustainability, F1, Global Warming, Manual Transmission, Sustainable Mobility, Energy, Stick Shift, Cars, Hybrid Cars, Transportation, Environment, Yaris, Green News

You can still achieve some sustainable progress by buying a car that runs on gas, but that manages relatively high mileage. And you can max out your mileage by going for a stick shift.

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The Most Fuel-Efficient Cars Of 2009

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Pontiac Solstice, Most Efficient Cars, Cars, Green Cars, Toyota Prius, Green News

Most Efficient Two-Seaters 1. 2009 Smart Fortwo Convertible and Smart Fortwo Coupe These cars get 33mpg city and 41 mpg highway. They use...

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Automakers, Fearing for Their Lives, Are Going Green Fast

Hank Green | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Automakers, Automaker Bailout, Chevy Volt, Big Three Automakers, Naias, Economy, Toyota Prius, Cars, Green Living, Cadillac Converj, Green Cars, Green Technology, Green News

The more Ford, GM and Chrysler talk about their electric vehicles, the more they appear to be actually innovating, instead of stagnating.

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2010 Prius To Get 50 MPG, Solar Roof

EcoGeek | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Naias, Solar Roof, Toyota Prius, Electric Cars, Cars, 2010 Prius Mileage, 2010 Prius, Green Cars, Green Technology, Solar Power, Green News

Toyota just unveiled the third generation Toyota Prius, a car that has absolutely revolutionized the industry and what it means to be environmentally ...

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This Sucks, but I'm Rooting Against the Auto Bailout...

Mark Nickolas | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Auto Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Car Company Bailout, Toyota Prius, Hybrid Cars, Big Three, Detroit, Cars, Unions, Politics News

I really hate it when I find myself siding with the Republican Party on policy but I think this auto industry bailout is a piss-poor idea and I find myself rooting for the GOP to kill it.

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Too Much Green in Being Green

Brian Ross | Posted 12.26.2008 | Green

I would love to drive a Mini, or a Prius or a Smart Car, but I have a big family. Unless Ringling Bros. teaches me how to pile them all in and out of a four passenger car, it is not an option.

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2009 Fuel Economy Guide: Prius Takes #1, Again

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Fuel Economy, Green Cars, Auto Emissions, Prius, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Fuel Efficiency, Toyota Prius, Epa, Green, Cars, Volkswagen, Auto Industry, Smart ForTwo, Clean Diesel, Fuel Economy Standards, Green News

The EPA has just published... The 2009 Fuel Economy Guide. Hybrids swept the top four spots this time, with the 2009 Toyota Prius ranking as the most fuel efficient car.

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EPA's 2009 Top Ten; Dodge's Hemi Hybrids Tout mpg; New Corvette "on Indefinite Hold"

Steve Parker | Posted 11.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas-Electric Hybrid Technology, 24 Hours of LeMans, Hemi Hybrids, 12 Hours of Sebring, Epa, Dodge Viper, Cars, Nurburgring, Gas/Electric Hybrid, CAFE Standards, Supercharger, Dodge Durango Hybrid, Ford Escape Hybrid, General Motors, Toyota Yaris, Toyota Prius, Hybrid SUVs, Nissan Altima Hybrid, Chrysler Aspen Hybrid, Chevrolet, Honda Civic Hybrid, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Gm, Detroit Three, Lamborghini Estoque Hyrbid, Mazda Tribute Hybrid, Green Car of the Year, Smart ForTwo, Chrysler Suv, Bmw, Jetta SportWagen Diesel, Chevrolet Corvette, Mercury Mariner Hybrid, Volkswagen Jetta Diesel, Kumon, Murcielago, Green News

How serious are the problems facing the Detroit Three? This serious: General Motors' Chevrolet Division has put the next-generation Corvette, the C7, on indefinite hold.

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Hybrid, alt-fuel, clean-diesel taxis in NYC? Maybe not ...

Steve Parker | Posted 11.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Toyota, Propane Fuel, Gm, Detroit Three, Honda, Chevy Malibu, Highlander, Cars, Ford, Escape Hybrid, New York City, Altima Hybrid, Malibu Hybrid, Life Magazine, Nyc, General Motors, Toyota Prius, Mount Fuji, Japan, Tokyo, Lpg, Green News

Cleaning-up the air is always in everyone's best interest, and one big way to make an impact on air quality is for a community or city (or nation) to ...

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Lamborghini hybrids, Citroen diesel/electrics, Honda's Prius-fighter, budget Ferraris and more from the Paris Car Show

Steve Parker | Posted 11.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Lithium-Ion Battery, Russia, Automotive News, Lamborghini Hybrid, Nissan Nuvu EV Concept, Cars, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Ferrari California, Stop-Start System, Paris, Nubira, St. Petersburg, Lamborghini Estoque Hybrid Photos, VW Group, A1 Sportback, Dual-Clutch Transmission, Lamborghini Estoque, Paris Car Show, Automatic Hardtop, Toyota Prius, Chevy Cobalt, Silicon Valley CEOs, Nissan, Porte De Versailles, Tokyo, Honda Insight, Renault, Nashville, Diesel/Electric Hybrid, Citroen Hypnos, Carlos Ghosn, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Prius-Fighter, Daewoo, Renault Nissan Electric Cars, Los Angeles, Hybrid Honda Insight, Toyota Europe, Formula One, Chevrolet Cruze, Smart Car, Renault Megane, Lamborghini Gallardo, South Korea, Turbodiesel, Audi, Europe, Citroen C3 Picasso Minivan, Lordstown, Green News

Opening in the shadow of the worst auto sales in the US in over 15 years, the biennial Paris Car Show begins welcoming the public this Saturday and ru...

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In Praise of Prius

Peter Clothier | Posted 10.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Environment, Toyota Hybrids, Road Trips, Toyota Prius, Living News

We just got back home from a 3,200 mile journey in our Toyota Prius. My wife Ellie, myself, and George the dog. We all fit in the car in perfect com...

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Toyota Raising Price On Hybrids In Japan

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 09.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Toyota, Toyota Japan, Toyota Hybrids, Toyota Prius, Toyota Harrier, Business News

TOKYO — Toyota is raising its prices for the Prius and Harrier hybrids in Japan in response to the soaring cost of steel and other raw materials...

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Detroit Three's Plan Greener Future -- Too Little, Too Late?

Steve Parker | Posted 09.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Chevy Volt, Cars, Highlander, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Grand Cherokees, Ford, F-Series Truck, Clean Diesel, Dodge Ram, Woodward Avenue, Chevy Silverado, General Motors, Chevy Tahoe, Toyota Prius, Crossfire, Nissan, Chrysler PT Cruiser, Dodge, GMC Sierra, Toyota, Renault SA, Gmc Yukon Hybrid, Gm, Alan Mulally, Imperial, Carlos Ghosn, Chevy Malibu, Texas, Detroit Automakers, XFE Engines, Chevrolet Corvette, Nissan Maxima, Gs-F, Altima, Caliber, Compass, Expedition, Flex, Ka, Green News

GM is promoting the non-existent Chevrolet Volt, telling Olympics viewers it will be manufactured in 2010, but that's not definite. They say its gasoline powers a "generator" which keeps on-board batteries juiced-up.

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Will Your Company Predict the Future Like GM or Like Toyota?

Andrew Winston | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Car Sales, Big Three Automakers, Gm, Rick Wagoner, Toyota Prius, Ford, Toyota, Honda, Business News

Toyota did look forward years ago, asked what an environmental version of its product should look like, and made it a reality.

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Can GM Survive?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Buick, Rick Wagoner, Detroit Auto Show, Home Depot, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Robert Nardelli, Toyota Prius, Pontiac GTO, Plug-in Hybrids, Paris Auto Show, Energy, John McCain, Gm, Alan Mulally, Chevrolet, Beat, Volt, Duke University, Harvard Business School, Detroit Automakers, Corvette, Chrysler, Chevrolet Volt, Bmw, Ford of Europe, Holden Commodore, Cadillac, Cruze, Pontiac, Camaro, Daewoo, Oldsmobile, Cobalt, Business News

John McCain visited a GM factory and said if cars like the Volt, a plug-in gas/electric hybrid GM is developing, really do make it to market (still a question mark), "hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created." He's wrong.

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Next Toyota Prius to Be Built in US, But "Karoshi," or Death By Overwork," Tempers the Company' s Announcement

Steve Parker | Posted 07.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Energy, Toyota Camry, Karoshi, United Nations, Kentucky, San Antonio, Toyota, Honda, Blue Spring, Japan, Toyota Prius, Solar Panels, Environment, Death by Work, Mississippi, Health, Kyocera, Nagoya, Tupelo, Detroit Auto Show, Business News

Trying to make death by overwork acceptable to any society, because survivors are able to get some monetary benefit is ridiculous, repulsive and outrageous.

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Prius To Be Manufactured In United States

New York Times | NICK BUNKLEY | Posted 07.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Toyota, Prius, Prius Manufactured in America, Manufacture Prius in America, Toyota Prius, Toyota America, Hybrid Cars, Business News

Toyota Motor of Japan said Thursday that it would build its popular gas-electric hybrid sedan, the Prius, in the United States for the first time as i...

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Energy Savers: Better Gas Mileage From 2008's Most Fuel Efficient Cars

TheDailyGreen.com | Dan Shapley | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Solutions for High Gas Prices, Gas Prices, Hybrid Cars, Toyota Prius, Better Gas Mileage, Most Fuel Efficient Cars, Energy Savers, Cars, Green News

The Environmental Protection Agency's new fuel economy sticker can be found on all new vehicles for sale, giving customers a quick way to compare mode...

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