How to Increase Your Hybrid Car’s Lifespan
2 December 2010 | Green Cars | 1 Comment
Maintaining your hybrid car in the best possible condition, it’s not a difficult thing to do and it leads to a longer lifespan for it. To accomplish this thing you have to be careful with some things while driving: your speed and the car load.
In other words you should treat your car as you treat a person. Anything that slows your car’s performances should be avoided. You should know that overloading your car shortens it’s lifespan and I am sure you don’t want that thing to happen.
GM Announced its Chevy Volt Electric Car Will Cost $41.000
28 July 2010 | Green Cars | No Comments
In a tight race to become the most important electric vehicle manufacturer, none of the competitors will not drop the price of their cars because this would mean a sign of weakness in front of opponents. Although their biggest desire is to have high sales, GM announced that when it goes on sale, the new Chevrolet Volt electric car will cost $41,000. This price is actually $8,000 higher than Nissan Leaf’s price, its closest rival.
How to Convert Your Car to an Electric Vehicle
15 July 2010 | Green Cars | No Comments
Economically speaking, converting a gasoline/diesel powered car in an electric vehicle would bring a series of benefits. You will get a vehicle that costs only a few cents per mile to run and moreover, your car will be environmentally-friendly. Now, the conversion simply consists in replacing your old engine with an electric engine. Usually, a conversion like this will cost you about $9000 ($6000 – the engine and $1500-$3000 – for batteries and installation). If you want to get a lower price you will have to use an older engine and some cheaper batteries (you can negotiate on price so everything depends on you). I’ll just tell you what you have to do.
Kia Borrego FCEV – An Electric Vehicle Powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cells
29 December 2009 | Green Cars | 1 Comment
We have already discussed often times on MyGreenTreasure about electric vehicles or vechicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells but we’ve never written about a car that is an electric vehicle and at the same time powered by hydrogen. Presonaly i didn’t knew about such a thing, but recently I read on a specialized website about a new Kia model, which is actually a FCEV ( Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle).
The New Citroen C-Zero – Zero Emissions, 100% Electric
12 November 2009 | Green Cars | No Comments
The new model from the french car manufacturer, Citroen, is the company’s second electric car, after the Berlingo van. Made in partnership with Mitsubishi, the new model earns its name from a number of aspects: it has zero fuel consumption, zero CO2 emissions and zero noise. Based on the earlier version of the Mitsubishi iMiev, the new car will be available as from late 2010 and it will be deprived of 5000 euros from the French government, as a bonus to buyers who pick environmentally-friendly models.