 Stories About: hybrids
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Let the Rivalry Begin!
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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 ... |
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| Topics: Big Auto, business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics) |
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Jeff Barrie, documentary filmmaker
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30 Jun 2000 |
Dispatches |
| Jeff Barrie has been making independent environmental documentary productions as a freelance artist since 1994. His latest project, Arctic Quest, had him bicycling from coast to coast to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska from oil development. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 30 Jun 2000 LAKE IN THE HILLS, Ill. Today I'm writing from my aunt Beth and uncle Chris's house in Illinois, where they li ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, bikes, Dispatches, education, energy efficiency, hybrids, oil, politics, Prius, United States, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Jeff Barrie, documentary filmmaker
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29 Jun 2000 |
Dispatches |
| Jeff Barrie has been making independent environmental documentary productions as a freelance artist since 1994. His latest project, Arctic Quest, had him bicycling from coast to coast to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska from oil development. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 29 Jun 2000 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Two weeks ago today began the craziness on Capitol Hill. Alex, Eric, and I rushed from o ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, bikes, Dispatches, education, energy efficiency, hybrids, oil, politics, Prius, United States, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Jeff Barrie, documentary filmmaker
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28 Jun 2000 |
Dispatches |
| Jeff Barrie has been making independent environmental documentary productions as a freelance artist since 1994. His latest project, Arctic Quest, had him bicycling from coast to coast to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska from oil development. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 28 Jun 2000 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. I've been waiting for this day for nearly five months. This morning I slept until noon. ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, bikes, Dispatches, education, energy efficiency, hybrids, oil, politics, Prius, United States, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Jeff Barrie, documentary filmmaker
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27 Jun 2000 |
Dispatches |
| Jeff Barrie has been making independent environmental documentary productions as a freelance artist since 1994. His latest project, Arctic Quest, had him bicycling from coast to coast to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska from oil development. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 27 Jun 2000 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Caribou in the Alaskan wilderness. Coffee, anyone? Photo: Dean Biggens, USFWS. This morni ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, bikes, Dispatches, education, energy efficiency, hybrids, oil, politics, Prius, United States, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Jeff Barrie, documentary filmmaker
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26 Jun 2000 |
Dispatches |
| Jeff Barrie has been making independent environmental documentary productions as a freelance artist since 1994. His latest project, Arctic Quest, had him bicycling from coast to coast to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska from oil development. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 26 Jun 2000 TURTON, S.D. The rain is falling this morning as I write from my dad's hometown of Turton, S.D. It's a small ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, bikes, Dispatches, education, energy efficiency, hybrids, oil, politics, Prius, United States, wilderness (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, books, cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, green living, hybrids, oil, placemaking (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics) |
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EV Come, EV Go?
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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 ... |
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| Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics) |
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Th!nk Different
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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 ... |
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| Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics) |
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How Delightful, How Insightful
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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 ... |
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| Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics) |
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Outtasight Insight in Sight
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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 ... |
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| Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Japan, Prius, United States (all these topics) |
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