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...with 2.2 tons for driving. Worldwide agriculture contributes some 30% of global greenhouse-gas emissions, far more than transportation. So when it comes to cutting your carbon footprint today, the truth is that what you eat is as important as what you drive. "If you can't buy a Prius," says Jonathan Kaplan of the Natural Resources Defense Council, "you can certainly eat like...
...Toyota's Prius hits the U.S. market, the first mainstream hybrid vehicle in the U.S. It boasts 52 m.p.g. on the highway...
...supply, design and construction of [electric-car] batteries must be a core competency of GM." GM plans to build a plant soon, as well as a battery research center, along with the University of Michigan. Toyota is already majority owner of the plant that makes the batteries for its Prius gas-electric hybrid car. Other car companies are looking to manufacturing firms like Chinese BYD, a leading cell-phone battery producer, to satisfy their battery needs...
...turn attention away from their financial woes, carmakers unveiled a slew of new hybrid and electric vehicles at the 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. BYD, a Chinese car company, was even on hand to present its own green models. While Toyota showed off its 2010 hybrid Prius and Honda made a splash with its 2010 hybrid Insight--both will hit showrooms this spring--many of Detroit's models were concept cars not intended for production anytime soon. Still, the prototypes from General Motors, Chrysler and Ford emphasized the carmakers' simple message--"We get it"--and were...
...Toyota now admits that the sales of its Prius are dying in the U.S. That is because of two things. One is that no cars are selling at all. The other is that hybrids are expensive. The price of all the extra technology gets passed on to the consumers. (See pictures of the 50 worst cars of all time...