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Imagine a special sticker that let you use those high-occupancy vehicle lanes, zipping past stop-and-go rush hour traffic, blissfully alone in your car. If you live in California and were one of 85,000 lucky hybrid owners, you know exactly what I'm talking about. In 2005, California decided to open HOV lanes to a limited number of exceptionally low-emission vehicles, as an incentive to buyers to trade in their old cars for a Toyota Prius (any year), Honda Civic Hybrid (any year), or old Honda Insight (1999-2006). California set the number of stickers at 75,000, and the stickers were all...
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GM Mild Hybrid System To Return In 2011, On Steroids
As Mark Twain is supposed to have said, "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." (Although, sadly, he actually didn't say it.) In this case, the "my" is the General Motors mild-hybrid powertrain, sometimes known as the Belt-Alternator-Starter or BAS system. And it will return for 2011...
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Racing Goes Green As Diesels Romp At Le Mans
We were once told by an auto writer that "real car people" didn't want green cars. They wanted noise, and roaring engines, and squealing tires. Well, the triumph of diesel-powered race cars at the famed 24 Heures du Mans shows you can have both. The French carmaker Peugeot placed first and second...
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Hybrid Ferrari To Launch At LA Auto Show In December?
It's obviously green supercar day here at GreenCarReports. No sooner had we written about Lamborghini's green vehicle plans than more info popped up on our previous story about the plans for Ferrari hybrids as well. Editor Eddie Alterman from Car and Driver writes that a concept could debut at the...
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2009 Toyota Yaris: 41 MPG Without a Hybrid or Hypermiling!
Small, simple, inexpensive cars can return mileage almost as good as a hybrid--and may cost you less overall
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One-Millionth SYNC Vehicle: CEO Alan Mulally Delivers Steve Ballmer’s Milestone Ford Fusion Hybrid
SYNC and the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Cross a Milestone
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The first dedicated hybrid from Lexus is a very different mix of mileage and luxury than the Prius it's related to. And, boy, is it heavy.
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Analysis: 3 Points To Note in Obama's New Mileage and Emissions Regulations
We analyze the president's new mileage and emissions regulations and highlight the 3 most important factors in the announcement
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Finally, Obama To Announce 42-MPG-By-2016 Requirement As Single US Standard
Fulfilling a campaign promise, the Obama Administration will harmonize national mileage rules with California's limits on greenhouse gas emissions
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Prius Sudden Acceleration: Much Ado About Nothing?
Complaints about so-called sudden accleration in the 2004-2008 Toyota Prius occur at roughly the expected rate
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Covering Your Car In Sharkskin Dimples Does Nothing For Fuel Economy
Another miracle mileage enhancer bites the dust: Fastskinz does nothing to improve mileage. Ah well.
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2010 Honda Insight Is Country's Best-Selling Car...In Japan
Score one for the new Honda Insight; it outsold every other car in its home country last month
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Want a Hemi with that Hybrid? Look for one of the very rare discontinued 2009 Dodge Durango Hybrids or 2009 Chrysler Aspen Hybrids
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2009 Volkswagen Touareg TDI: VW Takes Its Diesels Upmarket
VW adds a third engine and its first diesel to its Touareg sport-utility, giving gobs of torque and EPA mileage of 17 mpg city / 25 mpg highway
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BREAKING: House Agrees on Cash-For-Clunkers Bill
Cars to be turned in must get 18 mpg or less, and their replacements 22 mpg or better, under compromise legislation agreed to by the House
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Ford's Omnivorous Flex-Fuel Mondeo Runs On Whatever It Has In Its Tanks
The European Ford Mondeo Tri-Fuel can run interchangeably on gasoline, E85 ethanol, or liquified petroleum gas (LPG)
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