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Follow-up: Toyota may not produce hybrid Yaris after all

A Toyota insider is countering yesterday's report that the automaker is planning a Yaris-based hybrid to be built in France. Such a vehicle would be unnecessary, according to the unnamed source. Today's Toyota Yaris is already a fuel miser. The European variant is currently quipped with a 1.33-liter dual VVT-i engine with start-stop technology allowing the compact runabout to earn an impressive 55.4 mpg (European) combined fuel economy (in the States, we get a 1.5-liter Yaris that is rated at 29/36 in EPA testing). While dropping a hybrid ... Read more →

UK will spend £25 million ($40 million U.S.) on huge electric car test program Sebastian Blanco

The electric vehicle money is flowing everywhere. Following the U.S. DOE's announcement yesterday, the UK has announced it will spend £25 million ($40 million) on a large project to get EVs ...

Unintended Consequences: Nissan GT-R being purchased under Cash For Clunkers provisions? Jeremy Korzeniewski

When legislators in the United Kingdom decided to introduce a so-called Cash for Clunkers program, it was widely suggested that older, fuel-guzzling vehicles would be removed from the road in favor ...

Environmental Transport Association blasts proposed car scrapping scheme in UK Jeremy Korzeniewski

The Environmental Transport Association in the United Kingdom is not pleased with the government's plan to launch a so-called Cash for Clunkers program. Automakers are generally fond of the proposals ...

UK government unveils £5,000 electric car incentive program Sam Abuelsamid

The UK government has announced a £250 million incentive program designed to get more plug-in and electric vehicles on British roads. The heart of the program is rebates of up to £5,000 ...

UK announces 10 million electric vehicle support package, 100 for "greener motoring" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

How much money will it take for the UK to reach a critical mass with electric vehicles? A lot, and the Brits are on it. The Department for Transport has announced a large £100 million commitment over five years to greener motoring in the UK. Of this, £10 million is specified to ...

Small is big in UK used car market 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The new Ford Fiesta - available used sometime next decade The market for used fuel-efficient small cars is just as vital in the UK as it is in the U.S. these days. EurotaxGlass's, publisher of the Glass's Guide, has announced that values of big vehicles "continue to fall at above-average rates as ...

In the UK, if only 65 percent say they want powertrain alternatives, that's low 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Remember all those back and forths in the fight between Porsche and the city of London over laws regarding dirty vehicles in the city? Turns out Porsche might have been on to something with their poll that found 75 percent of Londoners thought the £25 congestion charge was too high. Maybe. ...

Clean Green Cars finds a tiny bit of improvement in UK market 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When Clean Green Cars took a look at the sales-weighted CO2 averages of UK vehicle sales, they found a little something to smile about. Or breathe cleaner about, I guess. During the first quarter of 2008, overall average emissions were down 2.79 percent (from 165.75 grams per km average to 161.13). ...

20 mph-speed limit towns appeal to 2 in 5 Brits 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Mayr. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Yes, I know it's not the UK. The RAC Foundation (a UK organization dedicated to "protecting the interest of the motorist") warned that the idea of a town with a 20 mile per hour speed limit would grate many drivers, and they're right. But, ...

Installing British smart meters could get pricey, like 20bn pricey 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While smart meters will provide a lot of benefits to pretty much everyone who uses electricity - whether they charge an electric car at night or not - the cost of swapping out everyone's current meter with one that communicates with the grid won't be cheap. In the U.S., California is taking the lead ...

UK invests 8 million on new transport technology research 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

FREEFLOW, Foot-LITE and User Innovation. These three items make up the UK's Department for Transport short list of ways to "improve transport services." To varying degrees, each of the three tries to green up transporting people while making the transport easier and more comfortable. The three ...

Britons buying greener new cars in 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

According to a survey by Motorpoint, a UK car supermarket group, three out of five new car buyers in 2008 will be purchasing a vehicle with lower CO2 emissions than their previous car. Motorpoint reached this conclusion after checking its own order books, but they aren't the first ones to notice the ...

Europcar UK adds CO2 data to vehicle information 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Europcar and National are going to include their rental car's CO2 emissions - along with size and transmissions - in vehicle descriptions in the United Kingdom. The idea is that cars will now be grouped according to how much they pollute. The lowest emissions group will feature vehicles with ...

Is Fiat's "Eco pack" greenwashing or the right direction for the car industry to go? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Later this year in the UK buyers of Fiat's Bravo can pay just £300 ($595 US dollars) for the optional "Eco" pack. What's in the "Eco" Pack? The package includes low rolling resistance tires, longer gear ratios and different setting for the car's computer. All that eco-pack-goodness adds up to ...

Study: green cars to outsell gas guzzlers this year in the UK 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Vehicles in the UK are grouped into tax bands from A to G, depending on how much CO2 they emit. Cars ranked A and B are the greenest (and least taxed) while cars ranked G are the ones that emit the most CO2 (and drivers have to pay more). Since the tax bands were instituted, sales of A, B band cars ...

Britons buying more diesels and small cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

SMMT, the trade association for the UK motor industry, has just released British market statistics for 2007. The highlights of this report are that the UK market has gone up (by 2.5 percent) overall but also that Britons are buying more diesels than ever (40.2 percent) and the average new car CO2 ...

Study commissioned by Land Rover finds small cars are bad for the environment 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Starting February, small cars will be exempt from the London congestion charge, a priviledge currently only accorded to electric, biofuel and hybrids. A study by the Centre for Economics and Business Research commissioned by Land Rover found this could result in more cars (up to 10,000 more) ...

UK ethanol market needs tax breaks to survive 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

One of the big reasons that diesel engines are so popular in Europe is tax policies that result in very high fuel costs. Those high prices mean that the improved efficiency of diesels makes it easier to recover the higher up-front cost. Sweden has been a leader in making tax and regulatory policy ...

Britsh hybrid sales double in the past year 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Gas-electric hybrid cars are still a very small segment of the market in Europe, but they are starting to pick up some steam, at least in England. So far in 2007 hybrid sales are up 111 percent compared to 2006 rising from 3,117 to 6,568 units. A monthly record of 604 Honda Civic Hybrids were sold ...

BMW Hydrogen 7 arrives in the UK 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Eight zero-emissions BMW Hydrogen 7s have rolled onto the shores of Blighty, and they will spend the summer in service at a variety of high-profile events, helping to build awareness and, of course, shuttle VIPs hither and yon at the same time. Naturally, they'll be on hand for the journos at the ...

Honda Civic Hybrid named U.K.'s greenest car again 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The United Kingdom's Environmental Transport Association (ETA) annual awards have named the Honda Civic Hybrid Britain's greenest car for the second straight year. Finishing ahead of the Vauxhall Corsa 13.CTDi and Toyota Yaris 1.4 Diesel, the Civic won out for its superior combination of engine ...

UK survey suggests few Britons would cut car use due to fiscal measures 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Swiftcover.com, an online insurance company, says that a recent study they conducted in Britain suggests that "the government's strategy of using fiscal measures to encourage motorists to cut their car use is misdirected." They state that 57 percent of all U.K. drivers would not reduce their ...

British Motor Show to spark with SMART fortwo EV's arrival 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Big Sib Autoblog has posted details on the SMART fortwo EV electric vehicle. The EV, which debuts at the British Motor Show next week, will later be leased to various corporate fleets throughout the UK on a trial basis. SMART maker DaimlerChrysler will then evaluate and see if it will expand ...

Honda decides to keep building green in the UK despite lack of carbon grants 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The British government delivered quite the smack down to Honda recently when it decided not to award potential buyers "carbon grants" as incentives to buy green. Despite Honda knowing that this predicament would not improve the bottom line, company spokespeople say Honda will contine to build green ...

Politics of green automobiles in the UK 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The automobiles that politicians in the United Kingdom are driving (or not driving, in the case of the fellow who is going to some campaign stops on the Underground) are making headlines as election season heats up and opponents try to out-green the way they get around. The Guardian ...

Biodiesel, ethanol, SVO and … chicken droppings? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

You’ve debated getting an E85 FFV and read up on what it would take to convert that old diesel into a SVO vehicle, but have you every considered scooping chicken poop into your car? Harold Bate did, in the 1970s, and there’s quite a few good Internet resources telling his tale. One is at ...


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