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Colorado Dealers Target State's Worst-Polluting Cars For Buybacks

Colorado Dealers Target State's Worst-Polluting Cars For Buybacks

Last year, we reported on a scheme aimed at helping Colorado car owners get their dirtiest vehicles off the road. The Clear the Air Foundation and ReForest Colorado aimed to plant a tree for every polluting old vehicle donated--cleaning up the air in more ways than one. The scheme is now doing...

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Solar Panels by Flickr user Chandra Marsono

Will Solar Panels Destroy Electric Utilities' Business Model? Yes, They Say

Technology can be a real drag. CDs killed cassettes. MP3s killed CDs. Video killed the radio star. Bummer. Now, a new threat looms in the dark pit we call progress: solar... May 31, 2013 by  63


 
Green Car Reports on Instagram: 2014 Subaru Forester XT in South Africa

Follow Green Car Reports On Instagram: Photos From The Road

The mobile phone has quietly become a remarkable device, fully integrated into social media and content sharing among millions of people. If you haven't already heard of the... May 31, 2013 by 


 
2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid - production model

2013 Toyota Prius Plug-in Challenge Raises Funds For Philanthropy

When it comes to social media marketing, Ford showed the auto world how it's done back in 2010. The company's Fiesta Movement recruited perky, camera-ready cool kids to talk... May 30, 2013 by  2


 
Cars parked diagonally along parking meters, Omaha, Nebraska, 1938 (via Wikimedia)

Parking Apps Proliferate, But Can They Solve The Problem Of Traffic Congestion?

Yesterday, we received a press release from a company called Pango, which makes an app that allows motorists to pay for on-street parking. (The company's demo video is... May 29, 2013 by 


 
2014 Ford Fiesta: EcoBoost (European version)

Sharing Savvy: Smart & Ford Discuss Fuel-Efficient Three-Cylinder Engines

In spy movies, information is used as a form of currency; it's traded for hostages, treasure, and occasionally, more information. But the practice isn't just limited to... May 24, 2013 by  5


 
Carpool ad, 1940s: U.S. Office for Emergency Management, War Production Board

CA: Electric Cars Get Carpool-Lane Access Til 2020, Plug-In Hybrids Til 2018

Owners of electric cars and plug-in hybrids enjoy plenty of benefits: tax breaks, lower fuel costs, and the satisfaction that comes from driving a low- or zero-emission... May 23, 2013 by  10


 
Southern California traffic - by flickr user David R. Blume

Auto Exhaust Contributes To Clogged Arteries, Study Finds

You learn something new every day: Cholesterol, a little like bacteria, comes in body "good" and "bad" forms. All those low-cholesterol spread adverts have been lying to us!... May 23, 2013 by  5


 
VL-Automotive Destino

Bob Lutz's VL Automotive Bidding For Ailing Fisker: Report

Previously unknown brand VL Automotive surprised Detroit Auto Show goers earlier this year by unveiling the Destino--a V-8-powered luxury sedan based heavily on the Fisker... May 22, 2013 by  6


 
2013 Nissan Leaf (Japanese trim)

Home Depot To Refund Taxes To Electric-Car Charging Station Buyers

Many states offer discounts, rebates, and other incentives for the purchase of infrastructure improvements that encourage electric-car ownership. Washington is one such... May 20, 2013 by  4


 
Gumball 3000 supercar rally

Gumball Supercar Rally Now Carbon Neutral, But Hardly Green

If you've not heard of the Gumball 3000 before, it's fairly simple to explain. Blend hundreds of well-heeled supercar and sports car owners, a few thousand miles of roads... May 17, 2013 by  2


 
2014 Subaru Forester

2014 Subaru Forester Aces New IIHS Crash Test; Other Crossovers, Not So Much

Last year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety introduced a new crash test -- and a new rating to accompany it. A total of 13 compact SUVs recently took that test, and... May 16, 2013 by  1


 
2013 Nissan Leaf

Nissan Leaf Wants Apps, Needs Your Data To Make Them Work

Humanity is in an awkward phase -- the gangly, emotional phase between life as we've known it for thousands of years and a life lived largely online. The transition has made... May 15, 2013 by  2


 
OX low-cost flat-pack truck for developing countries

Low-Cost Truck For Developing Countries To Come In Flat Package

The dispersal of automobiles is quite an uneven one. For every three or four-car household in the developed world, there are huge swathes of land in developing countries... May 14, 2013 by  5


 
2014 Acura ILX

2014 Acura ILX Sport Sedan: More Features, Hybrid Later

For its second model year, Acura has added new features to the ILX compact sedan, which serves as its entry-level vehicle. The 2014 Acura ILX will go on sale tomorrow at... May 13, 2013 by 


 
Elio Motors 84 mpg 3-wheeler [Image: Elio Motors]

3-Wheeled, 84 MPG Elio Moves A Step Closer To Reality

Remember Elio Motors? If you're one of their 17,000 or so Facebook fans it'll be hard to forget, as the company's little green three-wheeled vehicle will be a regular fixture... May 13, 2013 by  10


 
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