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Is the New Car Smell an Irritant to you?

24 February 2010 Green cars
New cars smell may harm you!

A new car certainly smells great! But have you ever thought as a consumer like what is responsible for such enchanting perfume in new cars? It’s the materials which it uses like-plastics, leathers, fabrics — that release their molecules into the cabin environment.
Nowhere on a car (in its user’s manual or online) do carmakers list [...]

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Piezoelectric roads convert traffic energy into electricity

21 October 2009 Green cars
Traffic positive aspect

The piezoelectric effect converts mechanical strain into electrical current or voltage and the system is expected to scale up to 400 kilowatts from a 1-kilometre stretch of dual carriageway.

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Ozone Concept Car

19 October 2009 Green cars
Ozone Concept Car

Looks like a futuristic themed park ride ! You can get in and out of this styled car which may be a 23rd century car via huge glass doors that slide 360 degree into its symmetric metal body.

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Toyota FT-EV II – An Urban Electric Vehicle

15 October 2009 Green cars
Toyota FT-EV II - An Urban Electric Vehicle

The FT-EV II is a compact electric vehicle planned for short distances, and it is based on the idea of a future mobility society in which electric vehicles are common. It has no foot pedals or steering wheel, but only two control levers which you use to drive the car. The FT-EV II features a [...]

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The European Mobility Week – Go green

14 October 2009 Green cars
European mobility week

Go green for a week, The European mobility week started in 2002, and now celebrating its 8th year of success. Initially it was called
“In town without my car”
Margot Wallström the former European Commissioner for Environment  established the “Car Free Day”, to bring awareness among people on the amount of pollution caused by the pollutants emitted [...]

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The New Tesla Roadster

7 October 2009 Green cars
The Tesla Roadster

It seems that this shining star is a rocket and the only difference is there is no screaming flame blasting behind.
You can probably enjoy by having a feel of  getting trapped into some insane amusement park ride..
Amazing,could be the only word for it. Are planning to get one?
       

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Ridge Riding

24 September 2009 Green cars
driving-on-a-Rainy-day

We all may find it difficult to drive a car on a rainy day for sure. And we keep in mind only one thing and that is, safety factor, but may not be considered about fuel efficiency. But there is a simple way to go safe and efficient on a thunder storm rainy day.
Ridge riding [...]

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Pulse and Glide technique

21 September 2009 Green cars
Pulse and glide

Gliding on air is an adventure and fun too. Surely, you would know how it feels to glide in the sky. Now we are here to know a little on gliding on roads. Of course with your car !  Now to increase your gas mileage we are going to learn another driving tip.
Pulse and glide [...]

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Hypermiling for Efficient Gas Mileage

21 September 2009 Green cars
Avoid traffic paths

I was wondering that there are various techniques available to increase fuel economy. And would like to cite few later starting with the basics now like what are the techniques available and how we can follow them.
Am sure that car lovers would have come across the golden word called Hypermiling. Now for those who are [...]

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Try driving like a Trucker- Better gas mileage

15 September 2009 Green cars
Driving like trucker, trucking

Truckers crawl heavily to reach a traffic signal when they see a traffic signal light ahead of them. But why? The reason is to clear the traffic in front of them at the time the trucker reaches the signal.

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