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Honda plans to settle Civic Hybrid mileage suit out of court. Is it a fair deal?

If you buy a hybrid, you'll be rewarded with excellent fuel economy, right? Well, that's the idea, but sometimes things don't turn out exactly as we had hoped. Such is apparently the case with a number of Honda Civic Hybrid owners who claim that their vehicles don't even come close to achieving the mileage figures estimated by the EPA, leading to a class action lawsuit against Honda. Back in the summer of 2007, we conducted a telephone interview with John True, one of the two men who started the suit. At the time, True claimed he only ... Read more →

It's worse than we thought: GM commissions Chevy Volt dance to go with song Jeremy Korzeniewski

"E for electricity, V for Chevy Volt and me..." Catchy little diddy, we admit. That said, we were mostly willing to let the Chevy Volt song make the deep, dark trek into obscurity with nary ...

Planet Positive looks for your 2020 Visions of a low carbon world Sebastian Blanco

The strategies that Nissan and GM have announced to introduce their plug-in vehicles next year – the Leaf and the Volt – are huge in the green car world but quite tiny in the overall ...

Plug In America calls on CARB to put H₂ funds into plug-in vehicles Sebastian Blanco

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is working on revising its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Program for 2015 and beyond. During a meeting last Thursday, members of advocacy group Plug In America ...

Reality Bites: limos, CO₂ emissions and private jets at Hopenhagen Sebastian Blanco

Sure, there might be a fleet of advanced technology vehicles cruising the streets of Copenhagen this week and next for the COP 15 Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, but that ...

Renault and Key Driving Competences to expand ecodriving training 19 days ago on Autoblog Green

Renault Environment is partnering with a Belgian driver training company to expand the availability of a program targeted at teaching ecodriving. Renault Environment is actually a wholly owned subsidiary of the automaker that focuses on helping other green businesses expand their reach. Key ...

An adventurer and his Brammo Enertia 20 days ago on Autoblog Green

Just because an electric bicycle gives off zero tailpipe emissions and does its part to save the planet doesn't mean it's going to protect the rider. A friend of a Wired reporter recently bought a Brammo Enertia ebike in Oregon and began a cross-country trip back to Atlanta. The rider, Nathan ...

eBay Find of the Day: Messerschmitt KR200 21 days ago on Autoblog Green

The last time a Messerschmitt KR200 was mentioned in our pages, it was in conjunction with a new minicar book published in 2007. It's not surprising that we don't write about the car that often – it hasn't been produced since the 1960s. But the minicar design, beautiful lines and three ...

Zero-emission sowing: farming goes better than carbon neutral in OZ [w/VIDEO] 22 days ago on Autoblog Green

Let's see an i-MiEV do this. Michael Inwood, a farmer in New South Wales, Australia, has converted a Mitsubishi truck to plant crops using nothing but electric power. It gets better. The car is charged using renewable energy (wind and sun) and the farming method he uses, called Pasture ...

Elk Horn, Iowa installs first electric car charging stations in new "Pony Express" lane 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Elk Horn, Iowa's website says it is located, "In the heart of Southwest Iowa's picturesque countryside." Google Maps shows just how remote the town is, so it is clear that to make this place a forward-thinking electric vehicle destination takes a bit of chutzpah. While most EV advocates and ...

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