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2010 Prius named WhatGreenCar Car of the Year, Insight and Fusion Hybrid also "commended"

Last year, the first time WhatGreenCar gave out its Green Car of the Year award for UK vehicles, the Ford Focus EcoNetic won the title. That car managed to get a 33 on a WGC's hundred-point scale (lower is better) for, well, greenness. This year's winner for the U.S. market Car of the Year was the 1.8 liter, 4-cylinder continuously variable transmission 2010 Toyota Prius. The Prius scored a 30 to beat out nine other finalists: Honda Insight hybrid (WhatGreenCar Rating 34) Smart fortwo gasoline (39) Ford Fusion Hybrid (40) Honda ... Read more →

VIDEO: Wet Liberal rants about Top Gear, electric cars and hydrogen Domenick Yoney

Most of the time, Robert Llewellyn is a seemingly well-adjusted comedic actor with a concern for environmental issues who currently hosts a web-based show called Carpool, where he drives about in ...

iQ not unusual enough for you? Toyota will decorate it for free Sebastian Blanco

There's no doubt that the Toyota iQ gets noticed. The unusual car – like the Smart Fortwo – stands out in traffic while the frugal 1.0-litre VVT-i model emits only 99 grams of CO2 per ...

Give a little, get a little: free biodiesel for test fleets in Yorkshire, UK Sebastian Blanco

Can you use biodiesel in commercial truck applications? Sure you can. Thousands of trucks burn it everyday. Still, not everyone is fully convinced, and some want to operate their own fleet test to ...

GoGo Electric thinks short-term EV renting can change minds Sebastian Blanco

With some free recharging and free parking available around town, there's more reason than ever to drive an electric car in London (that is, if the public transportation system doesn't work for you). ...

UK to spend £30 million on EV Charging points 15 days ago on Autoblog Green

British Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis has announced that the UK will spend £30 million to install plug-in vehicle charging stations. The charge points will be built in at least three and as many as six "electric car cities and regions" across the UK, the forerunners of a national EV ...

First 25 production i-MiEVs roll into the UK 18 days ago on Autoblog Green

While the ship they came in on was probably dirty as all get out during its six-week journey from Japan, 25 all-electric Mitsubishi i-MiEVs have arrived in the UK and will take to the streets (in an uneventful government Ultra Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator test kind of way) on December 12th. ...

Six UK teens rushed to hospital after drinking ethanol 19 days ago on Autoblog Green

Ethanol can be used in ICE engines, can be made from renewable resources and, depending on whether it's been denatured or not, can technically be drunk. John McCain's 2007 joke aside, this is a bad idea. Physics Forums lists a few reasons why. Nonetheless, six teenagers in the UK thought that an ...

New Vectrix picked up by Hesketh Motorcycles in the UK 22 days ago on Autoblog Green

While the company formerly known as Vectrix Corporation has just changed its name to the more descriptive Electric Scooter Wind Down Corp. appellation, New Vectrix is out and about doing deals and moving forward. In fact, it's just been announced that Hesketh Motorcycles (HMC) has taken the ...

ETA says plug-in cars could "speed climate change" unless we get off coal 24 days ago on Autoblog Green

Think that plugging in your vehicle will protect the earth? Sure, this was the message that EPRI and the NRDC sent following a 2008 study that found that, if 60 percent of the U.S. fleet of light vehicles converted to plug-ins by 2050, CO2 emissions would drop by 450 million metric tons annually ...

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