by Hypermiler UK | Apr 23, 2012 | Featured
Going from coast to coast might not sound like a particularly hard challenge, especially with the current crop of “super diesels” that have flooded the UK market. So what happens when you take a Toyota Auris Hybrid with its 1.8L Hybrid Synergy Drive,...
by Hypermiler UK | Apr 20, 2012 | Green Cars
According to new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), average carbon emissions for new cars sold in 2011 fell by 4.2 per cent compared to the previous year.The figures show that average CO2 emmissions have dropped below 140g/km for the...
by Hypermiler UK | Apr 2, 2012 | Hypermiling 101
For many hard core Hypermilers such as myself, either using public transport or a push bike just isn’t viable. The public transport links to my corner of sunny Lincolnshire mean I will have to walk 2 miles just to find my nearest bus stop, not forgetting it will...
by Hypermiler UK | Mar 30, 2012 | Featured
When you first start driving an electric car, one of the biggest adjustments you have to make is with the heating. While it’s an equal pain to scrape ice from any kind of car, once a combustion engine is running it soon warms up. Electric cars, by contrast, won’t warm...
by Hypermiler UK | Mar 29, 2012 | Fuel shortages
Even though the union Unite has not confirmed the tanker strike for the Easter holidays, Motorists are still queuing at the pumps causing shortages even before the planned action. Panicked motorists have been spurred on by a mix of misinformation coming from the UK...
