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The best and worst of green auto technology

  • Nov 13th, 2007
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  • Hybrids, Racing, Auto Tools
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    • AutoblogGreen has a couple great articles up today, which seemed perfect to encompass both the good and bad sides of the ever-present struggle for green technology.

    You may be familiar with low-rolling resistance tires, tires that generate less friction between you and the ground. But wait, isn’t that "friction" (aka TRACTION) what keeps your car […]

    How the public, not SUVs, screwed up the idea of hybrids

  • Sep 26th, 2007
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  • Hybrids, Auto Industry, Rants
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    • The public is right to be upset to find that hybrids don’t automatically improve mileage by 20 MPG. Most hybrids now, compared with the market just a few years ago, are a bunch of SUVs with only slight improvements in mileage and very high annual fuel costs. The SUV fad began dying, so SUV makers […]