As a golfer, you probably know that playing golf is not cheap. Between the prices that you pay to play eighteen rounds and the collared shirts, you cannot forget about your clubs. Purchasing golf cl…
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Today most of the UK business is moving online. Customers prefer buying their things online today with all the comforts that an online trading site can offer. Having said this there are thousands of s…
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With work halted at the factory that is to build the Tata Nano, the future of the world’s cheapest car is uncertain. Well, we’re still pretty certain that it will be built somewhere, but the details are much more hazy now that people in the West Bengal region have spoken out against the way Tata Motors got the land to expand their plant. Tata might pull out and move to a more-friendly region, but what does the whole kerfluffle mean for cheap motoring in India and the world?
Writing in Automotive News Europe (subs req’d), Jesse Snyder makes a clear statement: “No matter who “wins” in the protracted protest over land in India’s impoverished West Bengal region, the innovative Tata Nano will lose.” Snyder’s article is a fair look at the situation and says that the main problem here, for Tata Motors, is lost time. Ultra-cheap cars are coming for the masses, and if Tata wants to be in the game (a game they helped create), then they need to find a solution fast. Of course, if you’re of the mindset that ultra-cheap cars are not what the planet ordered, then perhaps one siege isn’t enough for you…
Gallery: Tata Nano: The People’s Car
[Source: Automotive News Europe]
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Combat (the company) started in 1998 when they began manufacturing softball bats for other brand name companies. ComBat bats were born in the last few years when they decided to put out the s…
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Filed under: Hybrid, Transportation Alternatives, Legislation and Policy, USA
Following the examples set down by New York and San Francisco, Boston is now requiring that all its taxis be hybrids by the year 2015. The fleet currently boasts about 50 of the gas saving cars but most of the rest of the fleet of 1825 people movers are Crown Victorias. Although the hybrids can save owners $1,000 a month in fuel costs and halve emissions, change is not always welcomed and there is some resistance to switching over. The upfront cost of hybrids approach $30,000 when outfitted with the complete taxi kit while the old rear-wheel drive guzzlers might be less than half of that when picked up second hand from city auctions. Of course, we might argue that brand new Ford Escape hybrids and Priuses would be twice as nice to drive and ride in as previously ragged-out police cars but perhaps we’re biased. In any case, the decision has been made and so hybrids it will be…eventually. The seven year grace period is supposed to help out the owner-operators compete with large cab company fleets while the transition is made.
[Source: The Boston Globe]
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Original post by Domenick Yoney
I am doing some research on the HCH. The threads here have been very informative. I have been keeping track of the the FE on my ‘98 Accord for years now. The easiest way for me to do this is to keep a record of how the distance I travel on each tank of gas. On average, I get about 310 miles/tank (500 km/tank).
I know there is a thread here on the best mileage/tank. I am interested in what people are getting just with average day to day driving, not being obsessed with FE all the time.
Thanks!
Original post by jetmarshall
Filed under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy
Not to be outdone by those Coors ethanol vehicles at the DNC, Republicans will get their own ethanol-dose during their national convention this week. On Tuesday night in the Twin Cities, the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council will host a “celebration” called AgNite (because you know that farmers are the first to ditch old school and correct spellings of words like night). The self-styled non-partisan AgNite will celibrate “America’s food and agricultural industry with key policymakers, convention delegates, media, and top industry leaders” and will feature an ethanol angle thanks to the sponsorship of the Renewable Fuels Association.
Ethanol promoters have a lot of work to do to get Republican delegates on the same page. The National Review’s Corner says that the GOP’s party platform recently voted against strong ethanol mandates, following strong discussion.
[Source: AgNite via Domestic Fuel, National Review]
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Original post by itsafourdoor
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, European Union
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OK, so if you were wondering what could be gained by schlepping a batch of Tesla Roadsters across the pond, I have your answer: convincing European automotive journalists that EVs are wicked cool.
Take, for example, the feelings of Guido Reinking, the editor of Automobilwoche. Before feeling what it’s like to be behind the wheel of a Roadster recently, he thought that EVs offered a pathetic future and that electric-powered vehicles were more suited for public transportation than cars. Of EVs, he said, “Aren’t they completely sterile, bereft of any emotion, just another appliance?”
He’s changed his tune. According to his piece in Automotive News Europe, Reinking now says that, “Anyone harboring such misconceptions needs to take a test drive in a Tesla Roadster.” It’s a feeling we know, and know well.
Sure, Reinking noted the Roadster’s problems, as we noted last week, but I thought the change of mind that Reinking had should be brought up on its own. After all, everyone is going to have their first experience with EVs in the coming decade (give or take) and the more positive those can be, the better the chances will be for battery-powered vehicles.
Gallery: First Drive: Tesla Roadster
[Source: Automotive News Europe]
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Original post by Sebastian Blanco
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Transportation Alternatives, UK
Residents of Radnor Park in Clydebank, Scotland have a new transportation alternative in the form of three new cars to share amongst themselves. And although the car-sharing arrangement does require them to pay a fee of £5 for a day’s worth of car time, they won’t need to worry about paying for petrol or polluting their fair city since the vehicles in question are all-electric Mega Citys. What about the “long tailpipe” that’s potentially leads back to a coal-fired power plant? Not to worry as these vehicles are supplied by excess power from a small plant shared by the seven buildings for heat and electricity.
The program is the first of its kind in Scotland and was funded by a £37,000 Community Scotland grant. The director of the Clydebank Housing Association (CHA), Fiona Webster, says the shared power combined with the shared cas make this Radnor Park one of the most sustainable communities in Britain. The only problem we for see is perhaps the electric cars becoming too popular and being declared a success.
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Original post by Domenick Yoney
Filed under: Etc., Green Daily, USA
Photo by phogel. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0.
While increased gas prices didn′t stop holiday weekend travel in the recent past, this year might be different. The double whammy of higher-than-last-year’s gas prices and Hurricane Gustav in the Gulf of Mexico means that around 1.1 percent fewer people in the U.S. will be traveling more than 50 miles from home this Labor Day compared to 2007, says the AAA. Prices for a gallon of gas in many Gulf Coast states is around a dollar higher this year than last year, which is contributing to the no-vacation-this-year mentality, according to the AP. A lot of people who still want to travel but can’t afford to do so in their own cars will be checking out bus and train tickets (airline travel will be down 4.5 percent) says CNN. I’ll admit to driving more than 50 miles this weekend - what’s your plan?
[Source: AP]
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Original post by Sebastian Blanco
The vehicle certainly has the aerodynamic profile to enhance mileage.:lightbulb
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Original post by nsxrox
http://www.insightcentral.net/commun…php?f=4&t=7964
In the ballpark of $6000 each, I can have a plug-in chargable Lithium battery made for the Insight. This battery would have at least 10 times the capability as the stock one.
And you can get part of your drive each day from the grid.
You could exceed 150 MPG each day.
To make the most of it, you would also need a manual controller called MIMA for $1000 extra. See also: http://www.99mpg.com/mima/
Not cheap, but definately cool! ( and very fun! )
:shade:
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