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Hybrid Watchdog
Ensuring that developments in the hybrid market truly benefit the consumer and environment. |
Do Hybrids Go the Distance for Vacation Travel?
Efficient hybrids, such as the Toyota Prius, have earned their right as environmental darlings of the passenger car market. So if you’re planning a vacation, should you hop in your hybrid and hit the road?
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Will "Cash for Clunkers" Give Green Purchase Power?
While a “cash for clunkers” program—where government would pay owners of older, gas guzzling vehicles to replace them with newer, more efficient vehicles—may stimulate sales and possibly deliver some energy and environmental benefits, it will only do so if carefully structured. Otherwise, it risks being another expensive subsidy for automakers with no clear benefit to the taxpayers who would have to fund it.
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Hybrid vs. "Clean Diesel" -- Tale of the Tape
Now, more than ever the debate on which technology delivers the best environmental bang for your buck—hybrid or diesel is of importance, as new “clean diesel” technologies have entered the market, giving consumers a more significant choice in higher mpg vehicles.
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Hybrids and elecromagnetic frequencies: Is there a risk?
Electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs), invisible forces created whenever you have electricity or an electric charge, have been rumored to be a risk factor for hybrid owners. Current evidence seems to indicate another story.
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How will the EPA's new fuel economy estimates impact hybrids and the hybrid market?
The net benefit of driving a hybrid versus a non-hybrid vehicle is examined in light of the EPA’s new fuel economy estimates.
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Hybrids' Contribution to Oil Savings
UCS Clean Vehicles Engineer Don MacKenzie gives testimony in the House of Representatives regarding hybrids' contribution to reducing America's oil dependence.
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2006 Hybrids Legislative Outlook
With a flurry of interest in hybrid technology spreading throughout the country, find out what’s stirring on Capitol Hill for hybrid policy in 2006.
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Hybrid Transit Buses: Are they really clean?
Take a look under-the-hood and around the country at hybrid transit bus technology and find out the promise and problems posed by getting mass transit to "go hybrid."
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Nissan & Hyundai's new hybrids--good step or greenwashing?
Nissan and Hyundai will introduce new hybrids next year, but will their efforts to "go green" be undermined by the Auto Alliance?
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Hybrid Vehicle v. Diesel Tax Incentives
Tax incentives for hybrids should be favored over diesel incentives
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Automakers Killing Hybrid Market?
Two Automaker Campaigns are Undermining Support for Their Own Hybrids.
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What's in a Name?
GM's Claim of Introducing Hybrid Pickup Trucks in 2004 Rings Hollow
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SUV Tax Loophole vs. Hybrid Tax Credits
Origin of the SUV Tax Deduction: "A Hummer of a Loophole"
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