Alternative Vehicles

A REALLY GREEN PLANT

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT

A REALLY GREEN PLANT
At Subaru’s giant automotive plant in Lafayette, Ind., there’s one subject that everyone, from assembly-line worker to corporate exec, loves to discuss: garbage. “We’ll talk trash all day,” admitted Denise Coogan, Subaru’s manager of safety and environmental compliance.

TIPS FOR SAVING FUEL

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT

TIPS FOR SAVING FUEL
If you’re not ready to buy a more fuel-efficient car, you can still save money in a number of ways in whatever vehicle you drive. Cars.com provides the tips and dispels the myths..

CHARGE!

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT

CHARGE!
More and more automakers are adding a hybrid or an electric car to their suite of vehicles. But for CODA Automotive, the electric car is the heart of their business.

SUBCOMPACT COMEBACK

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT

SUBCOMPACT COMEBACK
While we aren’t likely to see 50-mpg gasoline-powered autos like Honda’s 1980s-era CRX again anytime soon (the equipment needed to meet current safety regulations makes contemporary cars too heavy to achieve those sorts of numbers), fuel-efficient subcompacts are making a comeback.

GREEN LUXURY

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT

GREEN LUXURY
In fact, some of the most exciting new high-end vehicles to come out of Detroit, Japan and Germany of late are “green” models — hybrids and diesels that turn heads both on the highway and at the gas pump. Less than a decade after Lexus launched its first hybrid model, eco-friendly luxury is no longer just a novelty.