Evelyn Kanter Eco Report » Green Cars

Chicago Car Show Celebrates Small, Mini and Micro Cars

Evelyn Kanter — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:23:48 +0000

Hollywood icon Cary Grant and a vintage BMW Isetta microcar

Small cars are back in style, thanks to gas prices that peaked at $4 per gallon last year, and the additional power, style and comfort manufacturers have been able to pack into new models like the Ford Fiesta and Audi A3 TDI clean diesel, named [...]

Chevy Volt Buyers Can Get Free Charging Units

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:29:58 +0000

Chevrolet Volt buyers eligible for free home charging stations

The long-awaited Chevrolet Volt goes on sale Fall 2010. A real problem for owners of electric cars and plug-in hybrids is that recharging stations are still limited. General Motors and its partners will reduce what’s called range anxiety by making 15,000 charging stations available to Chevy [...]

April Car Sales Climb 20%, Indicating the Economy is Stronger

Evelyn Kanter — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:44:57 +0000

2010 Audi A3 TDI

Car sales are a great indicator of the state of the economy. when car sales are down, so is the economy. In April 2010, car sales were up 20% over April 2009. That’s a good sign that the economy is turning around.

Of course, some brands did better than others.

2010 Nissan [...]

Mad Men’s Jon Hamm is New Voice of Mercedes-Benz Commercials for Green Cars

Evelyn Kanter — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:30:11 +0000

Mad Men Star Jon Hamm is New Voice of Mercedes-Benz

The new voice of Mercedes-Benz is Jon Hamm, the Golden Globe winning star of the hit series Mad Men. Hamm made his debut — or at least his voice — on the Academy Award Oscars show, in a commercial featuring the new Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid [...]

Audi Super Bowl Ads Focus on Green

Evelyn Kanter — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:27:06 +0000

2010 Audi A3 TDI

Who says Germans don’t have a sense of humor? Audi ads on the XLIV Super Bowl are a funny serious look at saving fuel and saving our natural resources. Green police go after the bag guys — the ones who use styrofoam cups and paper plates, and the ones who do [...]

Solar Power Recharges Electric Car

Evelyn Kanter — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:05:13 +0000

MINI-E Electric Car

Talk about sustainable energy — recharge your electric car with solar power. There are a handful of solar-powered charging stations around the world where drivers can juice up their EV vehicles, and one of them has just opened in New York City.

Solar power to recharge EV cars could be a game-changer, and especially this [...]

Top Ten Green 2010 Cars

Evelyn Kanter — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:35:44 +0000

2010 Honda Civic GX tops green car list

The top-rated green vehicle of 2010 is not the 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid, which tops most such lists. The greenest vehicle title goes the Honda Civic GX, powered by natural gas. Okay, the Toyota Prius is number two, and Honda Civic Hybrid claims spot three.

The top three green cars list from [...]

Audi Wins Top Auto Show Awards

Evelyn Kanter — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:56:54 +0000

2010 Audi A8

The Audi brand is in the fast-lane, for sure. Audi models have been sweeping awards at recent auto shows. Let’s start with the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, now underway.

The all-new 2011 Audi A8 luxury performance sedan took top honors in the prestigious EyesOn Design awards, which recognizes — you guessed it — design. The A8 is [...]

VW 45mpg Hybrid Coupe is a Winner

Evelyn Kanter — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:28:55 +0000

VW Compact Coupe Hybrid

The new VW hybrid compact sports coupe unveiled this week at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show has received a best in show award from AutoWeek. The car is much better than its name, which is Volkswagen New Compact Coupe, or NCC.

Every year, editors from AutoWeek search the halls of the world’s [...]

Nissan Sponsors Lance Armstrong Professional CyclingTeam

Evelyn Kanter — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:29:34 +0000

Tour de France, Stage 20, Livestrong photo

When Lance Armstrong is not riding a bicycle, he will be riding a Nissan vehicle. The car maker has announced it is sponsoring Team RadioShack, the new Lance Armstrong profssional cycling team. Nissan becomes the team’s official vehicle of Armstrong’s Team RadioShack.

Lance Armstrong, as if you didn’t know, is [...]