by Dan Grey: MPGOmatic.com I can hear what you’re thinking … Volkswagen, selling a hybrid sedan? Aren’t VW’s fuel-efficient TDIs the best-selling passenger car diesels in America? Indeed they are, but VW faced a dilemma. The typical Toyota Prius owner, they say, rarely considers buying a diesel. So Volkswagen decided to build a hybrid of [...]
At a quick glance, the Toyota RAV4 EV looks a lot like the gas-powered RAV4; however, upon closer inspection Toyota has done a lot to differentiate the two RAV4 models that serve very different purposes. As noted in the video below, Toyota incorporated a more aerodynamic front-end design to the RAV4 EV, as well [...]
by Zach McDonald — hybridcars.com It’s been a little more than two years since Toyota and Tesla shocked the automotive world by announcing their intention to work together on electric vehicles. At the time, the nature and extent of that cooperation were unclear, but just months later we learned that the two companies were hard [...]
We live in Southern California, and so, connecting the interior with the exterior is a constant goal. We tend to prefer fresh air (especially by the ocean), and we enjoy our wonderful daylight. These are things anyone can pay attention to…at home or at an office. Let’s talk about BREATHING first, which naturally brings up [...]
LAcarGUY is partnering with Grades of Green, a nonprofit organization based in the South Bay with the mission to inspire and empower students and the broader school community to care for the environment, to host the “Trash Free Lunch Challenge.” The challenge will encourage schools to focus on reducing lunchtime trash while educating students about [...]
Did you ever think that your walls should be dressed as well as your body? Well, that time has come. Recycling blue jeans into insulation for walls has been one of the more fun and easily accessible green building options for a few years now, with more people hearing about it, being intrigued, learning more [...]
OK, so we’ve discussed some sexy topics like smog-eating walls, demo-&-diversion, and LEDs. But sometimes, there are just a bunch of not-as-sexy, but cool smaller items that add up to a neat package. And that’s what we have for you today. Public Transportation We have a number of awesome people who work at Pacific Audi—and [...]
by Zach McDonald - HybridCars.com Future Golden State electric vehicle owners were given something to cheer about last week, when the California Air Resources Board (CARB) renewed funding to incentivize the purchase of clean cars and trucks in the state to the tune of $27 million. Under the program, buyers of new plug-in vehicles like the [...]
There is much discussion these days around lighting, from Compact Flourescents (CFLs) to Light-emitting Diodes (LEDs) to whatever is on the horizon. They all produce light differently and have different effects, and also get more sophisticated as the manufacturing evolves. Some facts on CFLs can be seen HERE, or on the EPA’s website HERE. But, [...]
We might assume that the “EV” in “PZEV” stands for “electric vehicle” as we all have come to know the acronym. Instead, PZEV actually stands for Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle. On the 2012 Subaru Impreza Premium PZEV, there’s a shiny symbol on the trunk with PZEV sprouting a leaf. Most would assume, when seeing it [...]
