by Karl Dyson | Jan 18, 2012 | Green Car News
The Government announced yesterday that the UK Plug-in Car Grant (PiCG) has been extended until 2015. The PiCG or UK Electric car grant is worth up to £5,000 toward the cost of eligible cars. The grant has been under review for some time amid fears from manufacturers...
by Karl Dyson | Jan 4, 2012 | Fuel Prices
2011 has witnessed a significant slump in petrol sales in the UK with the very nice men at the AA predicting further falls in to 2012.Petrol sales between January and September 2011 totalled 13.9 billion litres showing a fall of over over 6%. The economic downturn...
by Karl Dyson | Jan 4, 2012 | Green Car News
A US woman, Heather Peters who “expected” her hybrid Honda Civic to achieve the 50MPG stated by the manufacturer is taking the Japanese Auto Firm to small claims court. The Los Angeles driver who is an ex layer and state worker argued that Honda knew her...
by Karl Dyson | Dec 29, 2011 | Weekly Hypermiling Tips
Your tyres are the only contact that your car has with the ground, however the number of clearly under inflated tyres I see on a daily basis still astonishes me. Not only do under inflated tyres decrease MPG by causing more rolling resistance, they are down right...
by Karl Dyson | Dec 29, 2011 | Green Car News
Toyota Motor Corp has officially opened the order books for its Aqua Hybrid in Japan. Toyota is currently the leading hybrid-vehicle manufacturer and is looking to build upon the success of the Prius with a smaller, more efficient variant of the celebrity endorsed...