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Eco Cars: Mazda unveils fuel-saving Kiyora compact concept, SKY clean engines

Anupam — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:22:34 +0000

Eco Factor: Fuel saving engines and fuel-efficient car announced by Mazda. Later than we expected, Mazda has finally started working on green cars that consume less and offer more. The company has unveiled the Kiyora, a compact and...

Eco Cars: Fisker Karma hybrid to make a public debut in August

Anupam — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:08:44 +0000

Eco Factor: Low-emission car powered by a hybrid engine. Here is some good news for all those who were always interested to own a luxury sedan, which doesn’t pollute as much as they car you are possessing. After being in the concept stage...

Eco Cars: Electricity-powered Arius for a Batman-style ride

Anupam — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:01:23 +0000

Eco Factor: Zero-emission concept car powered by electricity. Concept car designers always try to bring their weird fantasies to some form for others to see and appreciate. Jongpil Shin is also one of those designers, who wants to see a...

Eco Cars: Jaguar Mark XXI autonomous car gets powered by solar energy

Anupam — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:15:14 +0000

Eco Factor: Zero-emission electric car concept powered by solar energy. Now since we are quite sure that cars of the future will be powered by green energy sources and won’t often need a human behind the wheel, the design of the cars which...

Eco Cars: Daimler launches first German hybrid car, still not green enough

Anupam — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:07:25 +0000

Eco Factor: Hybrid car powered by a gasoline/electric hybrid engine. The sleeping auto giants of Germany have finally woken up to witness a new change in automotive technology where thrust is given to fuel conservation rather than power...

Eco Tech: Lambo to go green with solar-powered factory and efficient cars

Anupam — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:50:47 +0000

Eco Factor: Lamborghini plans to develop photovoltaic plant at Sant’Agata Bolognese factory. Till now the only words associated with Lamborghini were speed, thrill, performance and power but the latest word to be associated with the...

Eco Cars: Croc-inspired foam car is light, fast and efficient

Anupam — Sat, 16 May 2009 06:01:05 +0000

Eco Factor: Lightweight car does 100mpg. Have you ever imagined driving a car that you can carry home in case of a flat tire? I guess you haven’t, but designer Lon Ballard has designed a car called Spira that can easily be lifted by a...

Citroen UK powers its fleet only with green biodiesel 'B30'

Zodingliani — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 01:07:57 +0000

Upholding its name as one of the greenest suppliers of fuel-efficient diesel cars in UK, Citroen UK is running its fleet of cars and vans based in its UK Head Office using only B30 biodiesel blend. This 30 per cent biodiesel blend will help...

List of 10 most fuel-efficient cars

Zodingliani — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 06:11:15 +0000

Here is a list of ten fuel-efficinet cars compiled by J.D Power. Hope this helps you while deciding on what new car model to buy.

1. Honda Insight
- 66 mpg hwy
- 60 mpg city

2. Toyota Prius Hybrid
- 51 mpg hwy
- 60 mpg city

3. Honda Civic...

Ignition technology to make Hybrids greener

Zodingliani — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:56:48 +0000

Work is currently underway at EPA, Stanford, and Berkeley to make the already green hybrids greener. The Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) technology is a fusion of compression and spark ignition technology that could make...