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- Volt Can Use California’s HOV Lanes… In 2012
- Cult Classic Peel P50 Microcar Returns
- Green is the New Fast, Part 2: Maybach Lives!
- SKY-powered Mazda3 Gets Over 40 MPG
| Volt Can Use California’s HOV Lanes… In 2012 Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:30 AM PDT
I have survived Southern California’s horrendous traffic jams, though just barely. How anybody could stand to sit in traffic for hours on end, day in and day out, is beyond me. People do it though, and it seems to have bred a special kind of patience in the residents of Southern California. California also is a bastion of green living, and there are many advantages to owning a hybrid car in the state, like use of their HOV lanes. While California recently announced that the Nissan LEAF would have access to HOV lanes immediately, the Chevy Volt was shunned. That has changed though, as Governor Schwarzenegger signed a bill allowing the Volt to use HOV lanes… starting in mid-2012. |
| Cult Classic Peel P50 Microcar Returns Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:24 AM PDT
This new-found popularity and BBC visibility has breathed new life into the Peel concept, and new investment dollars mean that Peel is back in business! More, including the hilarious TopGear sketch, after the jump. |
| Green is the New Fast, Part 2: Maybach Lives! Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:21 AM PDT
When it was introduced several years ago, Mercedes’ ultra-luxury Maybach line was originally intended to compete with offerings from BMW’s Rolls-Royce and Volkswagen’s Bentley. To put it mildly: Maybach flopped, selling only a fraction of the cars Rolls and Bentley did year after year. Maybach was such a spectacular failure that many industry analysts predicted Mercedes would discontinue the brand altogether. They were wrong, and Mercedes has confirmed that green is the new fast, committing to a series of new Maybachs that tick all the Read more about the whys and hows of Mercedes’ greenwashing of Maybach, after the jump. |
| SKY-powered Mazda3 Gets Over 40 MPG Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:14 AM PDT
It is all about fuel economy right now, and the automakers are pulling out all the stops to ensure they might weather the stiffening CAFE standards in the coming years. Electric cars, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, diesels… all are about to become a lot more commonplace. Yet, still, there remains a seat at the table for fuel-efficient combustion engines, and there is plenty of room for improvement in the old standby. Forgoing much of the hybrid craze, Mazda is focusing on clean petrol and diesel engines. And their work has not gone unrewarded. Comments from spokesmen suggest that the compact Mazda3 with a SKY-G engine got around 40 mpg on the highway. Not too shabby! |
The Peel P50 was built on the Isle of Man in the 1960’s and powered by a 49cc gas engine that pushed the car to a 40 mph top speed and delivered more than 80 mpg. It was the smallest production automobile ever built, and—despite only 70 examples being produced —has become wildly popular in microcar circles, especially since appearing in a 2007 segment of the BBC’s hit show 
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