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The Hottest Travel Trends
The Hottest Travel Trends
Sep 4, 2007 6:51 PM CDT

The Hottest Travel Trends

These innovations are changing the way travelers get around the globe

(Newser) - A hotel room in Paris for two? Trés passé! Travelers these days, says Forbes, are changing it up. The latest trends include:
  1. More hybrid vehicle rentals
  2. High-end hotels renting villas
  3. More travel by private jet

Honda Hybrids Dying to Catch Up with Prius

Toyota's green car stands out as more enviro-friendly

(Newser) - Honda rolled out America's first hybrids a few years ago, but now they're scrambling to reclaim the roads after Toyota out-greened them with the enviro-hip Prius. What happened? Honda’s stylin’ was so “Civic” that nobody knew their drivers were commuting to save the world. If you can't show...

Hottest Rides of 2007
Hottest Rides of 2007
Aug 4, 2007 4:29 PM CDT

Hottest Rides of 2007

CNNMoney puts the rubber to the road and finds the best cars in 10 categories

(Newser) - Whether you want something small and hip or capacious and safe, you can find it in CNNMoney's guide to the best cars of 2007 as determined by Consumer Reports.
  1. Budget car, subcompact:  Honda Fit
  2. Sedan, less then $20,000:  Honda Civic
  3. Sedan, $20,000 to $30,000: Honda
...

Toyota Tests Plug-In Hybrids
Toyota Tests Plug-In Hybrids
Jul 26, 2007 5:20 PM CDT

Toyota Tests Plug-In Hybrids

(Newser) - Toyota will provide two experimental plug-in electric hybrid cars to the University of California for road testing, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The new vehicles can travel 100 miles on a single gallon of gas after a boost from a rechargeable battery that plugs in to a standard 110-volt current.

The 12 Greenest Rides
The 12 Greenest Rides
Jul 20, 2007 5:39 PM CDT

The 12 Greenest Rides

Forbes picks the 12 most environment-friendly cars.

(Newser) - You don't have to drive a hybrid to go green; half of Forbes' top picks for fuel-efficiency are small, brainy gas-driven cars. 
  1. Honda Civic Hybrid Sedan, $22,600
  2. Toyota Prius Sedan, $22,175
  3. Toyota Camry Hybrid Sedan, $26,200
  4. Ford Escape Hybrid SUV, $25,740
  5. Ford Focus, $13,995
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Eco-Vandals Trash Hummer
Eco-Vandals Trash Hummer
Jul 18, 2007 2:46 PM CDT

Eco-Vandals Trash Hummer

Attack on $38K gas-guzzler called a 'hate crime'

(Newser) - A 32-year-old man in Northwest DC woke to find his dream car—a $38,000 Hummer—with slashed tires, smashed windows, and a message carved into its body: "FOR THE ENVIRON." In a green-friendly neighborhood dominated by hybrids, two masked eco-extremists decided to punish Gareth Groves by mutilating...

Ford and Edison Team Up on New Hybrids

Plug-in cars would be more fuel-efficient

(Newser) - Ford and Southern California Edison are joining currents to put some juice into the next generation of hybrid vehicles. The new cars will feature more powerful batteries, and will plug into a socket at night, storing energy and vastly increasing fuel economy. Edison is even looking into new tech that...

Who Knew a Prius Was a Hot Rod?
Who Knew a Prius Was a
Hot Rod?
Jul 6, 2007 5:14 AM CDT

Who Knew a Prius Was a Hot Rod?

Al Gore III, busted at over 100 mph, shows speedy side of green

(Newser) - As the exhaust clears following Al Gore III's joy-ride drug bust, an astonished public has zeroed in, not on the former veep's son, but on his little-Prius-that-could. Clocked at over  100mph before he was pulled over, Gore shattered the assumption that the Toyota hybrid sacrifices speed for fuel efficiency, the...

Cabs Go Green in New York
Cabs Go Green in New York
May 22, 2007 3:42 PM CDT

Cabs Go Green in New York

Bloomberg plans for all taxis to be hybrids by 2012

(Newser) - Every New York City taxi cab will be an eco-friendly hybrid in five years, Mike Bloomberg declared today. And by next year all new taxis will have to meet mileage and emissions standards. Cabs will turn green as part of the mayor's wider sustainability plan for the city, which is...

Smart Car Makes a Little Noise
Smart Car Makes
a Little Noise
May 16, 2007 1:12 PM CDT

Smart Car Makes a Little Noise

DaimlerChrysler subsidiary's pocket-size Fortwo revs up to enter US market

(Newser) - Smart USA will venture into the American auto market early next year, but not in a big way: The Smart Fortwo is very, very small. LA Times auto columnist Dan Neil takes it for a spin and reports that it's a chick magnet and a lot of fun to drive,...

Plug-In Has Power to Spare
Plug-In Has Power to Spare
Apr 10, 2007 12:22 PM CDT

Plug-In Has Power to Spare

Higher-Capacity Batteries Open PossibilitiesMay Make Motorists Into Energy Traders

(Newser) - A souped-up plug-in hybrid unveiled yesterday has excited talk of a future in which  cleaner-running cars are also profitable. With a new lithium-ion battery that can store up to nine kilowatt/hours of electricity, a hybrid owner could buy electricity at night, store it in the battery, and then sell it...

School Buses Plug In to Hybrid

Eleven states are rolling out Environmentally Sound fleets

(Newser) - School buses, usually in the slow lane, are passing automobiles by when it comes to converting to plug-in hybrid power, says the Christian Science Monitor.  While plug-in hybrid cars are still a few years off,  the buses are already rolling off assembly lines, and 19 have been ordered...

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