Tag: Prius
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The Cars of the Green Living Show
Hybrids, plug-ins, all-electrics and a big silly Porsche dominate the Green Living Show
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Green Car of the Year Finalists Announced for 2012
The LA Auto Show is rolling around and so is the 7th annual Green Car of the Year, selected by Green Car Journal and a panel of jurors. Dozens of vehicles that will hit the road
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Renting Hybrid Cars Has Gotten Easier: 5 Models to Look Out For
A bike or local public transportation may be the greenest way to get around, but sometimes even the biggest cargo bike can't do everything.
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The Week in Animal News: Bear Drives a Prius, Suffocating Fish and More (Slideshow)
It's been a rough week overall for animals on TreeHugger: a bear totaled a Toyota Prius his first time behind the wheel, fish are suffocating in the Texas drought, and a seagull was kicked to death in New York by a man "walking for
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Ask Pablo: The Argument For Hybrid Taxi Cabs
Image Source: Mike Lee Dear Pablo: We're a San Francisco-based cab company and we use hybrids exclusively. In trying to decide between buying Toyota Prius or Ford Fusion cars, some of our company members want the comfort and luxury of the Fusion over
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My Other Car Is A Bright Green City: A Second Look
Working on a post for our Minus Oil series, looking at the relationship of oil, cars and urban design, I keep circling around a post Alex Steffen of Worldchanging wrote two and a half years ago: My
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Looking for an Affordable Mercedes? Try the Hybrid
OK, affordable might be a bit of an overstatement, unless you're one of the richer tree huggers out there. We've told you before about Mercedes-Benz's hybrid S400,
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Cosmic Rays May Have Driven Toyota Vehicles Crazy
More than 8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles have been recalled worldwide (including the 2010 Prius), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has linked at least 52 deaths to unexpected acceleration in these vehicles. Although floormats
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From the Forums: Does the Prius Have a Future?
AnEducatedForester is concerned about the state of the hybrid: The Prius was, is, the biggest selling hybrid...it was the first serious contender...what does this mean for the whole hybrid, EV movement in general?
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Is The Chevy Volt Right For You?
The new Chevy Volt is perhaps the most eagerly
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The Week in Pictures: Trawler Sunk by Jellyfish, NASA's Black Hawks, Gift Guides, and More
From the news that a 10-ton Japanese fishing trawler sunk from the weight of giant Nomura's jellyfish to IEA whistleblowers who say world oil stats were deliberately inflated to avoid financial panic--to appease the United States--a lot happened this
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How Can An Electric Car Travel 100 Miles For $1?
Dear Pablo: I have read time and again that an all-electric vehicle can use as little as one dollar's worth of electricity to travel 100 miles. How can this be? Electric Power Plants are burning oill to create electricity, and oil is expensive. How
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Toyota Prius Faces Ban Due to US Patent Suit
Paice, a company that develops hybrid electric power train technology, has filed a patent infrigement case against Toyota (yet again), saying that the company is using Paice's technology in the Prius and two other
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Pretty Prius Freeway Flowers: What About the Water Restrictions?
Call me an eco-curmudgeon, but a new ad campaign from Toyota to celebrate the 2010 Prius model has taken seed in Southern California. Nine "oversized" eco-friendly "Harmony
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Eco-Rally to Transverse America
Photo from Eco-Rally USA Eco-Rally USA, a grassroots transportation group, is launching a trip across the United States aimed at helping to accelerate clean energy vehicles to become the standard for automobiles rather than the exception. The tour start
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Toyota's Solar Wi-Fi Flowers Stalk American Cities
Image via Toyota USA To promote its new 3rd generation Prius, Toyota is planting solar-powered W-Fi flowers in key American cities. These installation-ads give people a place to sit, as well as free wireless internet and a place to plug in a laptop or
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Portland Mayor Joins Commuters' Low-Car Diet
For one month, Mayor Sam Adams joins 30 Portland, Oregon residents taking part in Zipcar's Low-Car Diet. The car sharing service has convinced these
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A Plug-In Hybrid for $10 an Hour? Rent Your Own EV in Central London
Streetcar Offers Plug In Hybrid Rentals When Streetcar car sharing club set up in major London stations I got pretty excited. When Plug-In Hybrids started appearing on the streets of London, Michael was enthused. Now we're going to see the best of both
