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Battery Pack Supes Up Your Hybrid and Boosts Your Miles

You may presume, what with the technology being so new, that there isn't much opportunity to supe up your green tech hybrid car. California company 3Prong has a different idea--and a new system to mod your Prius. Note that by "mod" ...READ»

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The Other Hybrid: Toyota's Auris HSD Revealed

Toyota's Auris HSD concept car, set to be unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show, will be the first mainstream European vehicle to feature full hybrid technology--the ability to run on, gas, electric, or a combination. READ»

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United They Evangelize

In one corner, we have "latte-sipping, Prius-driving, endive-munching, New York Times-reading snobs." And in the other corner, "Hummer-driving, Bible-thumping, fire-breathing, snake-handling fundamentalists." Just another skirmish ...READ»

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Watch Out Prius: Honda's Going Hybrid (while Chevy Wheezes) at the Detroit Auto Show

Amid whispers of a depression, the timing of last week's CES gadget-show was awk-warrrrrd. But this week, it gets weirder, with the year's biggest auto show, which opened yesterday in the Big Three's backyard. The 2009 North ...READ»

Ivan Glickman

Free and Clean for All: Corporate Global Responsibility Issues of Water:

It’s our responsibility to take a stronger position with water that’s not just about water pollution (that position should be table stakes to any corporation in business in the world today), but more about ready and available sources. It’s about a desire to reduce our TAKE from the total supply; our responsibility to not draw water from sources which cannot be replenished or taken from communities who have no other source of clean available water and turn around and sell it back to them. READ»

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Toyota Prius is Still Consumer Reports' Top Green Car

The market is flooded with gas/electric hybrid vehicles--the Ford Escape, Nissan Altima, Chevrolet Silverado--but the good ol' Toyota Prius still takes the top spot, according to the Consumer Reports Annual Auto Issue. This ...READ»

Massachusetts Toyota Dealer Tops in Prius Sales

Acton Toyota of Littleton achieves #1 sales rank for Prius cars in the Boston region. The Massachusetts dealer is extending Prius incentive programs through April.READ»

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The Hype of Hybrids

With rising gas prices and more concern for a greener environment, the number of consumers putting hybrid vehicles on the road has increased to roughly half a million. READ»

Ivan Glickman

Fuel Economy?

Recently, I was filling up my Beetle and the guy at the next pump commented that I must get great gas mileage. "It gets high 20s on the highway if I'm lucky." I said, rather unenthused.   But he was impressed. ...READ»

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Honda Insight Takes on the Toyota Prius in Miami

 By Jason Kavanagh, Engineering Editor Email | Blog Psychologists have said that consumers have a three-week memory of fuel prices. If prices stay constant for more than three weeks, the buying public's decision-making ability ...READ»

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What Will the 2010 Plug-in Prius Look Like?

We won't get all the juicy details about the 2010 plug-in Prius hybrid until next week's Frankfurt Motor Show, but in the meantime Toyota has released a few choice highlights about the car, which will be leased at the end of this ...READ»

Living Green: Tapping into the Hierarchy of Needs

This weekend I had the opportunity to peek into the Green Festival here in San Francisco. Years ago this public tradeshow was primarily full of folks wearing tie-die. Today the crowd is as mainstream as a crowd can look in ...READ»

Sustainability: People Who Pick Green-Colored Cars are Geniuses…

…but what about green cars? A recent column on Wheels.casuggests hybrid vehicles may be a passing fad. Sales (or lack thereof) of certain models seem to indicate just that, as does a survey published in a New York Times article ...READ»

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A Closer Look at Toyota's Public Art Campaign for the 2010 Prius

Toyota rolls out a massive multi-city campaign for the new Prius that features solar wifi stations, ventilated bus shelters, and billboards made from flowers. Does it get the message across?READ»

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Rumor: Toyota Planning Prius Wagon and SUV

Toyota's Prius has remained the best-selling hybrid of all time even as competitors like Ford and GM step up the competition. But the Prius can't do it all--for anyone with a large family, it's just not big enough. Perhaps that's ...READ»

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The Sai: Toyota's Second Hybrid

Toyota knows a good thing when it sees it. The car company is well on its way to spinning off its best-selling Prius hybrid, first with the recently announced 2010 Auris HSD, and now with the Sai, a hybrid luxury sedan that will be ...READ»

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2010 Toyota Prius to Achieve 50 MPG

The 2010 Toyota Prius is set to achieve a combined city/highway EPA estimated fuel efficiency rating of 50 miles-per-gallon, the highest ever for a consumer retail vehicle. The original Prius came in at 41 MPG, and the current ...READ»

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Best of TreeHugger: Rent-a-Goat, Freezing Dying Coral for the Future, and the Promising New Zinc-Air Battery

Construction companies and environmentally conscious individuals are turning to a strange source for lawn care and brush clearing: rent-a-goat businesses. Also, scientists hatch a plan to preserve coral reefs that are endangered by rising temperatures, and a new zinc-air battery is unveiled that's 3 times as powerful as lithium ion. READ»

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Green Car of the Year: 5 Finalists Revealed

Green Car Journal (GCJ) has revealed its finalists for the fourth annual Green Car of the Year. The winner will be announced at this December's LA Auto Show. The contenders are the Audi A3 TDI, the Honda Insight, the Mercury Milan ...READ»

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Toyota's Third-Generation Prius Hybrid Has Solar Panels, Remote Control Air Conditioning

Car companies can't make hybrid vehicles fast enough, but the world's first mass-produced hybrid vehicle still reigns supreme. Toyota unveiled the third-generation Prius today in Tokyo, Japan, with a slew of new features to ...READ»

Toyota of Lewisville in the Greater Dallas Area is Taking Pre-Orders on the all-new Prius Hybrid

The All-New Prius will be on Sale at Toyota of Lewisville in late May. Call 469-671-5500 for pre-orders.READ»

The 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid: Competing at your nearest Miami Dealership

The year 2008 proved to be the year of the Civic Hybrid. With no competition around to drive the Civic Hybrid, it garnered much success. There was yet any talk of the 2010 Honda Insight and other manufacturers fell short of producing ...READ»

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The Latest Planetary Quandry: Hybrid Cars Minimize Gas Usage, but Guzzle Rare Earth Metals

By most measures, hybrid cars are great--they save everyone's favorite non-renewable resource (gasoline) and they're quiet, too. But while these cars are oil-sippers, they guzzle rare earth metals--a class of 15 elements on the ...READ»

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Taking a (Taxi Cab) Stand

RevoT is a Boston-area business that's working to offer alternatives to the traditional taxi and train service to Logan Airport. Currently operating only two vehicles -- Toyota Prius hybrids -- the company aims to not only offer ...READ»