A couple of statistics recently caught my attention. The first was that in the month of May, Americans purchased more SUVs than any other type of vehicle. Gas guzzlers, not hybrids or gas-sipping vehicles. This happens while we have a catastrophic oil spill fouling critical habitat for land and marine species, along with the massive [...]
The latest electric vehicle (EV) or plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) announcements from Detroit deliver good and bad news. While the Chevy Volt may not actually give the average driver 230 miles per gallon, it is certainly much better than the current fleet. I’m pleased with that news. However, recent announcements that GM and other manufacturers – [...]