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Coming Soon: Electric Cars For Sale : New honda Electric Cars 2008-2009 review

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Coming Soon: Electric Cars For Sale  
by Robert Barr

 

The question is will it last? Have we finally reached a crisis point in a time when the world’s automobile manufacturers realize we need an alternative to gas powered vehicles? That the only way to avoid the fate of the dinosaur is to drive better gas mileage into their cars and trucks while continuing research on other alternatives? Consumers are buying electric car kits, spending money on electric car conversions, and trying to find out exactly what electric cars are and how they work. But if gas sees sub two dollars a gallon, will we forget about the pain of $5 a gallon gas?Most people say no. Most people realize we have gone down this road before and they are not willing to get caught behind the eight ball again. Problem is no one tells the car makers. All of the majors are working on alternative fuel sources for the next few model years banking on the fact that the world’s drivers have had enough. Problem is if gas is cheap again, consumers will pick up right where they left off and drive up demand for SUV’s and other gas guzzlers which will force automobile manufactures to retool to release pent up demand and sideline their “green” programs yet again.

Going Green Does Have Problems

There is a huge outcry against the E85 or Ethanol based fuel program. For one the energy savings created by using ethanol is negated by the fact that it burns less efficiently than gas. Also, with the price of food skyrocketing, people have a problem with turning that food into fuel. Not to mention logistics, there are only 1500 service stations out of a total of 176,000 that offer E85 ethanol, and the vehicle in question has to be converted to take the 85/15 ethanol gas blend. In other words, this will be another boondoggle that gets us no were fast.

There Are Other Solutions

The electric car is seen as the next best technology and will hit the market in full force over the next few model years. Toyota is considering a Prius with solar panels to power the air conditioning unit. General Motors is planning on launching the sleek and sexy Volt in 2010, and BMW is working on a hydrogen powered engine they say will be ready in less than ten years. There are rumors that Mercedes-Benz plans on eliminating gas powered engines from its entire fleet by 2015. That is a pretty bold effort, but one that is surely needed.

But if any of these fantastic technological breakthroughs are going to be successful people are going to have to buy them. No one is going to confuse you for a secret agent while tooling around town in your Prius, and you are certainly going to get stares in your SMART car from Mercedes, but for all the wrong reasons. But not to worry all of you fashonistas out there waiting for the right car to accessorize your dog-wallet-purse-girlfriend-job with, the Volt is a nice looking vehicle and if you happen to have a hundred grand laying around, you could always pony up for a Tesla and be green and sexy all at the same time!

Is An Electric Hybrid Car Right For You? : New Honda Electric hybrid car 2008 review

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Is An Electric Hybrid Car Right For You?  : New Honda Electric hybrid car 2008 review

by GARKO

After more than a century, the time is really ripe for the gas-powered automobiles to further advance and embark on another evolutionary stage to mount a different and more modified version. The environmental concern that has been tagged on the gas-powered automobiles also invoked serious consideration and steps on the part of the car makers.Because the phenomenon called greenhouse effect or global warming has started to show its wrath through climate changes around the world in the past decades, people are becoming more and more concerned about environmental degradation. Because electric automobiles are run by electricity, which is stored in batteries, there is no need for the car to undergo or process spontaneous combustion of gasoline on its engine. Thus, smoke or carbon monoxide emissions are eliminated. The hybrid automobiles were crossovers or integration of the traditional gas-powered automobiles and the disappointing electric automobiles.The hybrid automobiles were principally made to use the best features and qualities of each of the two types of automobiles (electric and gas), and cancel out their respective weaknesses. There are many hybrid automobiles information available, especially on their features, engine specifications, designs, colors and much other dizzying information. Information from the manufacturer’s website are also good source of needed preliminary knowledge n hybrid automobiles. But one of the most interesting array of information, and one that honest opinion or feelings about hybrid vehicles may be glimpsed is a consumer reports on hybrid automobiles. There are lots of information available about hybrid automobiles. Data from the manufacturer’s website are good sources of needed preliminary knowledge on hybrid automobiles. However, we may be able to glean a much more honest report on the ins and outs of this new revolutionary vehicle by consulting consumer reports. Some consumer reports say hybrid automobiles are practical; some don’t. Some say only specific models are recommendable; others argue against them and sing praises about others. The bottom line is, consumer reports are exactly what they are: consumer reports. Their findings are based on their experience and opinions of the their own set of experts. How you respond to them, however, is a different story. Gabriel Shenhar, senior auto test engineer for Consumer Reports, said that if someone is “looking at your pocket, you’re not gaining anything there anytime soon,” Shenhar asserted that it is wiser, to wait until auto makers improve hybrids’ powertrains and bring prices more agreeable with regular models. The same Consumer Reports compared the 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid car, which consumes 36 miles per gallon and worth $21,000, with the 2003 Honda Civic EX, which consumes 29 miles per gallon and worth $18,500 a unit on the average. Interested to know the results? The tax break excluded, it would take a consumer 21 years in fuel savings to cover the earlier expense for buying hybrid. If these new hybrids will eventually reach the price level, of other lightweight trucks, and will offer far better fuel savings, the better. If both gas savings and initial investment targets are achieved, says Edmunds.com’s automotive expert Ed Hellwig, there’s no reason why people will not rush to their dealer and buy one. So what options exist for you if you want to increase your MPG? WATER4GAS is offering information for a fee which consumers can use at home to put together a small device which infuses hydrogen into the gasoline/air mixture that their vehicle runs on. What this does is make smaller particles out of the particles that the engine uses as fuel. Therefore the engine gets to use a lot more of the gas. With WATER4GAS you can reasonably expect to increase your MPG by 12%. In reality though many are getting thirty to fifty percent improvement or even more. Those particles must have been pretty “blankin’” huge in some systems before. But with W4G they are made consumable so you can increase your MPG. It also helps to lower emissions significantly. This package of info has been purchased by over 9000 car owners already and the percentage of happy customers is about 99%! So that’s a start!



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