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Gas Mileage: Consumer Retorts Consumer Reports' real-world mpg figures make the Prius even more appealing	Clark Williams-Derry	12 Sep 2005	Gristmill
Consumer Reports recently claimed that EPA's vehicle ratings routinely overstate how fuel-efficient cars and trucks are in real-world driving. For standard cars and trucks, the magazine says, EPA's ratings overstate real-world fuel economy by 30 percent. But for small hybrids, such as the Toyota Prius, they claim that EPA overstates actual miles-per-gallon by a hefty 42 percent. (Ouch.) Now, I believe that there's reason to question Consumer Reports' figures. O ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

How green is your car insurance? Is Esurance the eco-friendliest of them all?	Chris Schults	07 Sep 2005	Gristmill
Last night I caught snippets of a new Esurance television commercial. Thinking I heard the words 'environment' and 'hybrid,' I headed over to esurance.com to investigate. For those of you not familiar with Esurance, they are an online insurance company whose animated television commercials feature Erin Esurance, a secret agent with a mission to help you and me crack the auto insurance code. Once at the site, I headed over to the 'ErinCam' where I located the advert in ...
Topics: cars, green living (all these topics)

Your Love Is Liftin' Me Hybrider California dealers jacking up prices for scarce hybrids		29 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Your Love Is Liftin' Me Hybrider California dealers jacking up prices for scarce hybrids Californians may find themselves paying up to $4,000 over the manufacturer's suggested retail price for a gas-electric Toyota Prius -- if they can get their hands on one at all. Folks hankering for a Honda Civic or Insight hybrid also face dealer premiums and lean supply. Thanks to soaring gas cos ...
Topics: business, California, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, news, Prius (all these topics)

Chain of fuels The latest solution to pumped-up prices	Katharine Wroth	26 Aug 2005	Gristmill
Because I'm obsessed with reactions to gas prices, I shall tell you about an email I got this morning from a childhood friend in Maine. Maybe you've also gotten it. But not from my friend, a sweet woman who usually forwards the Ann-Landers messages: you know, a poem reminding you to love your kids and scratch behind your dog's ears, because tomorrow you might all be dead, that sort of thing. Today's note is about a campaign to 'force a price war' by not buying gas f ...
Topics: cars, energy, oil (all these topics)

The Pledge of Reason Dispatches from a student-run clean-car campaign		23 Aug 2005	Dispatches
The Road to Detroit campaign is run by 11 student organizers from around the U.S., one big, beautiful biodiesel and veggie-oil bus, and many friends and allies. Road to Detroit is a campaign of Energy Action, a student and youth clean-energy and global-warming coalition. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Tuesday, 23 Aug 2005 DETROIT, Mich. Yesterday evening, the Road to Detroit team of organizers joined up with our brave Drive the Future we ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, Dispatches, education, energy, fuel efficiency, grassroots activism, Michigan, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

What's All the Bus About? Dispatches from a student-run clean-car campaign		22 Aug 2005	Dispatches
The Road to Detroit campaign is run by 11 student organizers from around the U.S., one big, beautiful biodiesel and veggie-oil bus, and many friends and allies. Road to Detroit is a campaign of Energy Action, a student and youth clean-energy and global-warming coalition. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Monday, 22 Aug 2005 DETROIT, Mich. In the madness of classic cars and signs reading "Burn Out," "Light Her Up," a ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, Dispatches, education, energy, fuel efficiency, grassroots activism, Michigan, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Biodiesel: it's what you make it out of Replacing fossil fuels with biodiesel may do more harm than good	biodiversivist	19 Aug 2005	Gristmill
I remember when real environmentalists drove smoking VW vans with bumper stickers that said stuff like, 'You can't call yourself an environmentalist if you eat meat.' They didn't get the best gas mileage, but hey, you could do worse. They were replaced by the forest-green Subaru Outback (Eddy Bower edition if you were really cool), seen by the dozens in any REI parking lot. These are presently being eclipsed by the ubiquitous Prius. But, there is stiff competition fro ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, consumerism, energy, hybrids, placemaking (all these topics)

Mind Over Motor Dispatches from a student-run clean-car campaign		19 Aug 2005	Dispatches
The Road to Detroit campaign is run by 11 student organizers from around the U.S., one big, beautiful biodiesel and veggie-oil bus, and many friends and allies. Road to Detroit is a campaign of Energy Action, a student and youth clean-energy and global-warming coalition. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Friday, 19 Aug 2005 DETROIT, Mich. We know you know about fuel-efficient cars. You may even own one. Peak oil, the rising price at the pump, an ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, Dispatches, education, energy, fuel efficiency, grassroots activism, Michigan, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Changes of Engine On biodiesel vs. straight veggie oil	Umbra Fisk	17 Aug 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I have the opportunity to convert a 1979 non-turbo Mercedes into a non-diesel. The question I have is: to which should I switch, biodiesel or vegetable oil? I can't seem to find out which one is best, just that these two are better than any petroleum-based fuels, which we already know (thanks for your earlier column on hybrids vs. veggie oil). Also, is it possible to switch from biodiesel to veggie oil, ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, biofuels, cars, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Su-Su-Pseudo On true hybrids	Umbra Fisk	15 Aug 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I read the New York Times article that reported auto manufacturers are using hybrid technology to boost power rather than improve mileage. It specifically mentioned the Honda Accord, claiming that the mileage difference between the six-cylinder and the hybrid is minimal. What are the facts here? Is there a hybrid that really, actually, no-foolin'-around, gives really good mileage, represents a significant improvement over the reg ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, electric vehicles, fuel efficiency, hybrids, placemaking (all these topics)

Flying brick Beware the hype around plug-in hybrids	biodiversivist	14 Aug 2005	Gristmill
An article in Business Week Online tells us that experimental hybrid cars get up to 250 mpg (a very similar article appeared in the New York Times business section a couple of months earlier). I enjoy reading between the lines of lay press science and technology articles. There was a great discussion in Grist on this subject not too long ago. Gremban ...spent... $3,000 tinkering with his car... [I]n the trunk sits an 80-miles-per-gallon secret -- a stack of 18 brick ...
Topics: business, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

Prius-toric Team achieves 110 mpg in Toyota Prius		09 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Prius-toric Team achieves 110 mpg in Toyota Prius If you thought fuel efficiency was cool, wait 'til you meet ... Xtreme fuel efficiency! Rawk! Ahem. A team of five oddly obsessive middle-aged American men, seeking to break the unofficial mileage record set in Japan, recently drove a factory Toyota Prius 1,397 miles on one tank of gas, spending two days circling around one 15- ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, fuel efficiency, hybrids, news, placemaking, Prius (all these topics)

Big Mellow Taxi Meet the world's first hybrid-cab driver	Brendan Sainsbury	02 Aug 2005	Main Dish
Like any self-respecting cabbie, Andrew Grant has a talent for small talk. But when the conversation turns to his prized 2004 Toyota Prius, things get a bit more animated. Andrew Grant. "Gave Cameron Diaz a lift once," he says matter-of-factly, leading me toward the Vancouver curb where the curvaceous car is parked. "Oh, yeah? What did she say?" "She said, 'This is nothing, I' ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, placemaking, Prius, public transportation, Vancouver (all these topics)

LeSabre Rattling On car disposal	Umbra Fisk	27 Jul 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My wife and I are making plans to purchase our first hybrid vehicle and need to properly dispose of our current car -- a 1989 Buick LeSabre. My question is, what is the best way to get rid of it? It is old and has a lot of miles on it. I suppose the dealer may take it off our hands for a very small trade-in amount -- at which point, they will probably just send it to the scrap yard. What are the odds of it getting properly re ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, green living, placemaking, recycling (all these topics)

American automakers and oil-price spikes Their dependence on gaz guzzlers makes them highly vulnerable, says a new study	David Roberts	27 Jul 2005	Gristmill
Ah, now we're talking. Earlier this week I was a bit snarky about this article, which flung broad statements about with very little empirical support (understandable, I guess, for a breezy op-ed). But a new study that just came across my desk puts some teeth in the argument that going green is smart business strategy for automakers. Jointly published by the U. of Michigan and NRDC, the study analyzes what would happen to the Big Three U.S. autom ...
Topics: Big Auto, cars, fuel efficiency, green living, United States (all these topics)

Hail the Cabs! Hybrid taxis to hit the streets of New York City this fall		27 Jul 2005	Daily Grist
Hail the Cabs! Hybrid taxis to hit the streets of New York City this fall Six different hybrid models will debut in New York City's taxi fleet this fall, thanks to a recent vote by the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission. Some commissioners had previously expressed reservations about the leg room (or lack thereof) in hybrids, but after test drives, one termed Toyota' ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, New York, news, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

So Three Judges Walk Into a Car ... Appeals court rules EPA doesn't have to regulate CO2 emissions from cars	Amanda Griscom Little	18 Jul 2005	Muckraker
It's a simple but powerful question: Does the U.S. EPA have the power -- and the obligation -- to regulate carbon dioxide as an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act? Strangely, it still remains partially unanswered, even though it was a central issue in a landmark court case decided on Friday. Spew away, appeals court says. In a major legal victory fo ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, climate, Muckraker, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Sunny share Car-sharing starts to take off.	Clark Williams-Derry	14 Jul 2005	Gristmill
Here's a bit of interesting news on car sharing companies, which, according to The New York Times, are catching on a bit in Europe. The most salient bit: Studies suggest that one shared car replaces 4 to 10 private cars, as people sell their old vehicles...The result is a 30 to 45 percent reduction in vehicle miles traveled for each new customer. Now, 30 to 45 percent is a pretty sizeable decline in driving. But this shouldn't come as too much of a surprise; ...
Topics: cars, consumerism, travel (all these topics)

Another Prius sighting They're everywhere!	Chris Schults	13 Jul 2005	Gristmill
I can't go outside anymore in Seattle without seeing a Toyota Prius -- actually make that several. To escape the onslaught, I ducked into a movie theater this past weekend to watch War of the Worlds. Just as I was thinking it would be just me, Tom, Dakota and a few alien friends, Mr. Prius showed up on the big screen to remind me that he's watching me. Is there no escape!?
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, green living, hybrids, movies, Prius (all these topics)

How to sell a Prius Harder than it looks?	David Roberts	24 Jun 2005	Gristmill
We're constantly hearing about how insanely popular the Toyota Prius is -- the celebrities, the cachet, the waiting lists. Is it possible that said popularity is just a blue state phenomenon? I ask because we recently got an email from a reader, Linda, who's having trouble selling hers. No, really! My husband received an international assignment so we are moving to Belgium. We have decided to sell my beloved 2004 Prius. I live in Pocatello, Id ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Electric cars spark debate Friedman drives home the geo-green point.	Andy Brett	20 Jun 2005	Gristmill
Last Thursday, Tom Friedman again returned to his geo-green pulpit. Citing the Set America Free coalition, Friedman asserts that the solutions to our foreign oil addiction (and 500 miles to the gallon of gasoline) are 'already here.' Sounding remarkably similar to a Max Boot column in the LA Times (mentioned here on Gristmill in March), Friedman advocates the two-pronged approach of electric plug-in vehicles and flex-fuel vehicles. These powers combined result in 500 mpg ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles (all these topics)

A whole new meaning to boxcar racing New diesel design inspired by tropical fish.	Sarah van Schagen	07 Jun 2005	Gristmill
German carmaker DaimlerChrysler will today officially unveil a prototype of a new diesel vehicle that it says will meet more stringent pollution-control requirements and get higher mileage. The concept car uses lighter materials and an aerodynamic design that allows it to get about 70 miles to the gallon. Although the company has not yet decided whether it will mass-produce this prototype, the diesel technology will be incorporated into future models to help meet f ...
Topics: cars, wildlife (all these topics)

"Hybrid Veterans for Truth"? Are there problems with the Prius?	Chip Giller	02 Jun 2005	Gristmill
Tucked into the business sections of newspapers today is this story: The feds are investigating claims that Toyoto Prius engines may unexpectedly stall out at highway speeds. The development may be but a hiccup interruption for Toyota, as the automaker continues to press its green advantage on American consumers while American automakers stand pat (or worse) on fuel efficiency. After all, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received only 33 complaints ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, green living, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

GM plays catch-up Beleaguered automaker finally starts touting fuel economy	Lisa Hymas	24 May 2005	Gristmill
GM -- stung by declining sales of SUVs and subsequently shamed by having its credit ratings lowered to junk status -- is trying a new marketing approach: touting its more fuel-efficient models (such as they are). A new full-page newspaper ad cries 'Meet the 30 and Up Crowd' and showcases '19 cars that have EPA highway estimates of at least 30 miles per gallon.' Too bad it doesn't have a single consumer hybrid model that it can tout on the page. (Its two hybrid trucks ...
Topics: business, cars, energy, fuel efficiency (all these topics)

Oh What a Feeling! Toyota to build Camry hybrids at U.S. plant		18 May 2005	Daily Grist
Oh What a Feeling! Toyota to build Camry hybrids at U.S. plant Toyota announced plans yesterday to begin production of a new hybrid Camry model at a Kentucky plant, marking the Japanese automaker's first foray into hybrid production in North America. With Camry sales tops in the U.S. last year and the company's hybrid Prius selling used for higher than sticker price, ...
Topics: business, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids, Kentucky, news, placemaking (all these topics)

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