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The Honda CR-Z is a small car, but it could make quite a big impact on the way people buy cars. It is a car which Honda describes as a “sporty hybrid coupe,” but it could be more than that. It could be a trend-setter and a catalyst for breaking
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The terms hybrid and performance have largely been mutually exclusive within the last few years of car manufacturing. Honda’s new CR-Z hybrid sports coupe has gone some way to change that perception. The new 2+2 coupe gives people who care about emissions, just as much as the experience
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Eco-friendly private hire service greentomatocars is taking delivery of the very first third-generation Toyota Prius in London, and will give a nod to an old cabbie tradition by not charging passengers who ride in the new vehicle this Friday. The only catch is that customers can’t request the new
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Government incentives to encourage the purchase of hybrid vehicles might not be as eco-smart as advertised, according to a new study from the University of British Columbia (UBC). The research finds that people are buying hybrids instead of small, relatively fuel-efficient conventional cars, rather than choosing them as an alternative
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Could the Honda Insight be the sucker punch of hybrid cars? After a four-day test drive, I’m ready to give it pretty good odds. It was just a few years ago that hybrids — cars powered by both electricity and petrol — were perceived mostly as the preferred mode of transportation
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Electrical engineer John Sweeney recently discovered his Prius is good for more than green cred on the road: after an ice-storm knocked out power to his Massachusetts home last month, he tapped his car to generate four days’ worth of electricity for his refrigerator, television, stove fan and a few