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States of Disgrace		12 Nov 2001	Daily Grist
States of Disgrace New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont may postpone for four years a requirement that automakers increase sales of electric cars to improve air quality. Two years ago, the states adopted California's standard, which mandates that by next year, 8 percent of cars sold must be much cleaner than current cars and another 2 percent must be entirely emissions-free (i.e. ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, electric vehicles, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont (all these topics)

Coupe Coup		10 Oct 2001	Daily Grist
Coupe Coup Less than 6 percent of 2002 model cars and trucks now hitting showrooms get better than 30 miles per gallon, according to a report released yesterday by the U.S. EPA. On average, the fuel economy for the cars (23.9 mpg) is a bit worse than the 2001 model year. The gas-electric hybrid Honda Insight, a two-seat coupe, takes top honors in fuel economy, at 64 mpg; the hybrid Toyota Prius, a ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Bay City Rollers		10 Sep 2001	Daily Grist
Bay City Rollers Hybrid cars are all the rage in the San Francisco Bay area. About one in five hybrids sold in the U.S. has been purchased in the Bay area, and the average waiting time to buy a Toyota Prius or Honda Insight is five months at local dealers. Drivers say heads turn as their cars cruise by; some folks even talk of the sex appeal of the vehicles. In related news, across the U.S. ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, placemaking, San Francisco (all these topics)

EV Rider		25 Jul 2001	Daily Grist
EV Rider As part of a pilot program by California to reduce pollution and increase the popularity of gas-free vehicles, Anaheim is offering free use of 10 electric cars in some of its lower-income neighborhoods. The golf cart-like cars are available to people who have a valid driver's license and a decent driving record. With a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour, the cars are ...
Topics: air pollution, California, cars, electric vehicles, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Pioneer Hybrid		03 May 2001	Daily Grist
Pioneer Hybrid Despite the five-month waiting list for Toyota Priuses in the U.S., Toyota has no plans to boost production numbers for its four-door gas-electric hybrid, which gets between 45 and 52 miles per gallon of gasoline. Toyota and Honda (its two-door Insight rates between 61 and 68 mpg) are planning to build fewer than 20,000 hybrid cars for sale this year in the U.S., where ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Leonardo DiCaprio, Prius (all these topics)

Civic Responsibility		08 Feb 2001	Daily Grist
Civic Responsibility The greenest cars sold in the U.S. are both made by Honda, says the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy in its annual guide to cars and trucks. The groups ranked more than 1,000 vehicles in the model year 2001 and found that the Honda Civic GX, which runs on compressed natural gas, and the Honda Insight, a gas-electric hybrid, were the most environmental on the road. The hybrid Toyota Pr ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

Enviros Suck "Clean cars" are the devil's tools, diverting attention from truly green solutions	Jane Holtz Kay	26 Jan 2001	Soapbox
The "clean car" is cool this season. "Is your car an energy hog? Get a new one," a web ad bombards me before I have finished the morning's second cup of coffee. "Your vote counts here," says the flashing ad that rates the energy efficiency of the web surfer's car, luring owners to buy a scrubbed-up replacement. The shock to my sy ...
Topics: cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, environmental justice, greenwashing, hybrids, politics, Prius (all these topics)

Car and Drivel		25 Jan 2001	Daily Grist
Car and Drivel With California regulators poised today to set in stone the state's zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate, automakers have been mounting a last-ditch effort to prevent the rule from being so tough. The rule would require that thousands of ZEVS be sold in the state by 2003. Among their complaints, automakers are contending that the electricity used by electric cars would bring California's already ...
Topics: California, cars, electric vehicles, energy (all these topics)

Battery Will Get You Nowhere		08 Dec 2000	Daily Grist
Battery Will Get You Nowhere California air quality regulators once hoped that battery-powered, zero-emission cars would lead the charge for cleaner air in the state, but today they are shifting their allegiance to more commercially viable cars that produce some emissions. In 1990, the California Air Resources Board mandated that 10 percent of all vehicles sold in the state by 2003 be pur ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, greenhouse-gas emissions, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Oh, What Mixed Feelings! The Toyota Prius sounds great, but why is it so hard to get one?	Edward Flattau	18 Oct 2000	Soapbox
My 14-year-old car is on its last legs. I desperately need a replacement, and as an environmentalist, I want the cleanest and (especially with escalating gasoline prices) the most fuel-efficient vehicle available. Have you seen this car? Toyota has a new product that I regard as fitting the bill, a four-door, five-passenger, part electric, part gasoline-powered automobile calle ...
Topics: business, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Let the Rivalry Begin!		29 Sep 2000	Daily Grist
Let the Rivalry Begin! Bitter rivals Toyota and Honda are racing against each other to create affordable eco-friendly cars. Toyota announced this week that it plans to offer a full range of hybrid gasoline-electric vehicles, everything from ultra-compacts to luxury sedans, SUVs, and commercial trucks, though the company didn't specify when they would hit showrooms. Enviros have praised Toyota ...
Topics: Big Auto, business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Reinventing the Wheels How far can clean cars take us?	Jim Motavalli	19 May 2000	Arts and Minds
This essay is adapted from Forward Drive: The Race to Build "Clean" Cars for the Future. Forward Drive By Jim Motavalli Sierra Club Books, 272 pages, 2000 I loved cars long before I knew there was any reason to worry about their effect on the environment or be concerned about the smoke that poured from their tailpipes. In the 1960s, ignorance like mine was widespread in the United States, maintained b ...
Topics: air pollution, books, cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, green living, hybrids, oil, placemaking (all these topics)

Car Talk How green is your pleasure machine?	Consumers Union	20 Apr 2000	Earthly Possessions
They be jammin'. When you look at U.S. transportation habits, you start to wonder where in the world we're all going, and why we're working so hard to get there. The average household makes more than six car trips per day, each averaging nine miles. With busier schedules, we are each spending an average of 70 minutes a day in our cars, and traffic congestion doesn't help. Average rush-hour delays due to roadway congestio ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

EV Come, EV Go?		21 Jan 2000	Daily Grist
EV Come, EV Go? General Motors Corp. is still committed to manufacturing its EV1 electric cars, the company's vice chair said yesterday, contrary to reports last week that the company planned to abandon its electric car program to concentrate on vehicles powered by fuel cells and hybrid-electric systems. News that GM was dropping the EV1 had angered some enviro groups. Meanwhile, Ford Motor Co. Chair William C ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

What's Good for G.M. Is Good for the Country?		12 Jan 2000	Daily Grist
Read more about: electric vehicles What's Good for G.M. Is Good for the Country? General Motors has dropped its EV1 electric car from production, announcing yesterday that it is shifting its focus to vehicles powered by hybrid fuel-electric systems and fuel cells. At the North American International Auto Show yesterday, the company unveiled a fuel-cell version of its Precept concept car that gets 108 miles to the gallon. GM and other automakers have pledged that by 2004 they will produce fuel- ...
Topics: electric vehicles (all these topics)

Th!nk Different		10 Jan 2000	Daily Grist
Th!nk Different Ford will announce today that it has created an independent brand, Th!nk, that will develop and market low-pollution and electric-powered vehicles, as well as battery-powered bicycles. Th!nk, named after an electric car produced by a Norwegian company that Ford bought last year, will soon begin selling bikes and an electric golf-cart-like vehicle over the Internet as well as at dealerships. Ford ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

How Delightful, How Insightful		16 Dec 1999	Daily Grist
How Delightful, How Insightful Honda's hybrid Insight hit California showrooms yesterday, becoming the first gasoline-electric hybrid car to go on sale in the U.S. The two-seater, which has a base price of $19,000, gets about 60 miles to the gallon in the city and 70 on the highway. Its engine uses both unleaded gasoline and an electric motor that recharges without being plugged in, drawing its power from energy created du ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

Outtasight Insight in Sight		07 Jul 1999	Daily Grist
Outtasight Insight in Sight Honda will be hawking its new 80-mile-per-gallon "Insight" in showrooms across the U.S. by the end of this year, the company announced yesterday. The two-seat coupe will be the world's most fuel-efficient, gas-powered, mass-produced vehicle. The Insight, which will be priced below $20,000 in the U.S., has a three-cylinder gasoline engine assisted by an e ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Japan, Prius, United States (all these topics)

Electric Cars Run Out of Gas		29 Apr 1999	Daily Grist
Electric Cars Run Out of Gas Honda has pulled the plug on its production of electric vehicles, becoming the first major automaker to admit that the battery-powered cars aren't making inroads with consumers. Honda plans to focus on other alternative-fuel technologies, such as fuel cells, and some industry watchers speculate that the company's move may indicate that it has another zero-emissions vehicle in the pipeline. Cal ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles (all these topics)

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