THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED. Now how about this for a reader giveaway – a Solio universal hybrid solar charger! The good folks over at BuyGreen, who provide Green Standards that track the Source Material, Manufacturing, Use, and Disposal of all the products they sell, have offered to give away one of Solio’s solar [...]
Dear EarthTalk: With plug-in hybrid and electric cars due to hit the roads sometime soon, will there be places to plug them in besides at home? And if so, how much will it cost to re-charge?
Gasoline-electric hybrids, like the Toyota Prius, are all the rage due to their fuel efficiency, and consumers have been clamoring [...]
The most fuel efficient cars in America available for sale to most of us are the Toyota Prius and the Honda Civic Hybrid. Sure, there is the Tesla electric car and the Aptera, but neither of those are available (or affordable) to everyone. The Toyota Prius gets 48 MPG city and 45 MPG [...]
Dear EarthTalk: I understand that Toyota is planning to sell a plug-in Prius that will greatly improve the car’s already impressive fuel efficiency. Will I be able to convert my older (2006) Prius to make it a plug-in hybrid vehicle?
Toyota is readying a limited run of a plug-in Prius, which can average 100 [...]
