BOULDER PHEVS
ONE HUNDRED and forty two families in Boulder, Colorado, received Toyota Prius Plug-in hybrids for 9-week stints. Scads of data collected over two years on recharge strategies, trip length, user … Continue reading
A GLOSSARY OF COOL
CHANGES ARE coming in the refrigerant used in automotive air conditioning, so it seems a good time to bring things up to date with a Glossary of Cool. Also, it’s … Continue reading
ON IMAGE
BACK IN the 1980s, one of the late GM divisions—okay, it was Pontiac—asked me to speak on image enhancement. These comments continue to make sense today. To wit: 1. Drive … Continue reading
2012 HONDA CROSSTOUR
ONE OF my reasons for buying a 2012 Honda Crosstour was to preserve the hair on the top of my head. In fact, I’ve driven more than a thousand cars … Continue reading
2012 TOYOTA RAV4 EV
THIS SECOND iteration of Toyota’s popular RAV4 transformed into an electric vehicle could well be called the Toyota/Tesla. When this joint venture was announced back in 2010, I had to … Continue reading
PLUG-IN HYBRIDS ARE NEAT, BUT NOT CREATED EQUAL
PLUG-IN hybrids, PHEVs, for short, have found more than 13,000 new homes in the U.S. during first six months of 2012; this, according to Edmonds.com. Most of these sales, of … Continue reading
2013 HONDA FIT EV
HONDA HAD AN interesting choice when planning an electric vehicle: Design one from scratch or adapt an existing car in the Honda lineup to EV. Wisely, already having the best … Continue reading
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