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More solar powered parking meters are coming to the U.K.

I have never gotten a parking ticket in my life, which is partly due to the fact that I never park next to a meter. Where I live in Northwest Ohio, there really is no problem finding adequate parking most of the time. But, what if your only choice was to park next to a meter, and because the meter lost power you got a ticket? That would really suck! It seems that this has been a problem over in the U.K. with some of their solar powered parking meters. Due to their infamous often gloomy weather, the meters sometimes did not get adequate power ... Read more →

Taxpayer group says British Government wasting money on hybrids Sam Abuelsamid

Here in the US people who buy hybrid vehicles can usually recover most of the cost premium of the extra hardware through a variety of tax breaks. Unfortunately government agencies gain no benefit ...

Avis introduces the Toyota Prius to U.K. Fleets Shane Addie

First Portugal and Scandinavia, now it's the U.K.'s turn. Tourists, businessmen and collision survivors now have the option of renting green with the introduction of the Toyota Prius to Avis' UK ...

Britsh hybrid sales double in the past year Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

U.K. Channel 4 test drives the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion Dane Muldoon

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion. The Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion is already on sale in the United Kingdom where it claims the title of producing ...

Aussie utility announces carbon trading scheme 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Australian energy utility Origin Energy has taken a leadership position in the trading of carbon by announcing a new Carbon Reduction Scheme for businesses to buy and sell verified carbon offsets. Australia already has a federal government run Renewable Energy Certificate scheme in place for ...

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 ...

World's biggest solar roof for Tesco U.S.A. 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

British supermarket chain Tesco, the fourth-largest retail chain in the world, is teaming up with Los Angeles-based Solar Integrated Technologies to build what is claimed to be the world's biggest roof-top solar panel installation. Solar Integrated won the $13 million contract to install solar ...

Companies push for green transport in the UK 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The environment has lept into the spotlight over the last year in a way we haven't seen before. Global warming and green house gas emissions have moved beyond a theory to be a call to arms for governments, business and individuals alike. As we all know, transport has a huge impact on green house ...


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