Diesel Cars- Finally for Everyone in the US, or Too Late to the Party?
| Diesel Cars- Finally for Everyone in the US, or Too Late to the Party? Conflicting forces buffet the world of diesel-powered cars just as their greatest fuel efficiency successes are achieved. |
| Denvers Climate Plan In-Depth: Voluntary Travel Offsets Here on the Greenprint blog, we’re taking a closer look at each of the 10 recommended strategies from Denver’s recently-released draft climate action plan. Today: an overview of Item 3, which suggests promoting programs for voluntary purchases of certified carbon offsets:“Provide the opportunity to pay a small voluntary fee, at the time of air ticket [.] |
| 60 MPG VW Jetta reaches US, $22,000 estimated base price In case the first title was too long for the amazing 60 MPG gas mileage to be obvious, I want to call further attention to this recent article on the new VW TurboDiesel Jetta, coming to the US in 2009, and capable of meeting all of the toughest state emissions tests. $22,000 estimated base price. |
| The Gyroscopic Electric Uno Bike Canadian Inventor Ben Gulak of BPG-Technologies has developed a wild new green motorcycle that uses gyro technology to stay upright on its two side-by-side wheels. Acceleration is controlled by leaning forward to go faster, and leaning back to slow down. The gyro tells the ECU how much to accelerate and that in turn delivers [.] |
| The Triac: An Affordable Electric Car California based company Green Vehicles recently began selling an affordable $20,000 electric car called the Triac. The small but efficient 3-wheeled car has a range of 120 miles and can travel up to 70mph on the highway. Charging the lithium-ion batteries that power the 20kw electric motor takes about 6 hours, and there is [.] |