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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Toyota Hybrid Minicar Concept Intro at Detroit Auto Show

Evelyn Kanter — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:14:12 +0000

Toyota hybrid concept minicar teaser photo

Green cars were the big news at the Frankfurt Auto Show in September and the Los Angeles Auto Show in December 2009, and the expectation is that hybrid cars, plug-in electric cars and hydrogen fuel cell cars will be making headlines at the important Detroit Auto Show in January 2010.

The [...]

First LEED Certified Silver Hotel in Colorado is in Beaver Creek

Evelyn Kanter — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:14:28 +0000

Look for the Green Globe Certified logo

The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa in Beaver Creek is the first hotel in Colorado to earn the important Silver status of LEED Certification. How difficult is it to get this green travel award? Only nine hotels in the U.S. have earned it, including the Westin Riverfront, which [...]

BMW to intro plug-in electric coupe at Detroit Auto Show

Evelyn Kanter — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:42:44 +0000

BMW 1-Series ActiveE electric concept car

BMW is unveiling a fully-electric compact coupe at the Detroit Auto Show in January 2010. The concept BMW 1-Series prototype is called the Concept ActiveE.

The BMW 1-Series electric concept will have lithium ion batteries, and the packs are placed in the spot a conventional drive train would be in a conventional gas or diesel [...]