23 Best Hybrid and Electric Cars for the Money
One of the most significant considerations when making an educated buying decision, is a car’s overall combination of quality and value.
While hybrid vehicle shoppers are generally aware of vehicle efficiency and fuel costs, there are other ways that a vehicle can provide good value. No matter what you end up paying for your new hybrid, you have to ask yourself if its quality will live up to your expectations.
Take a look at how these hybrid cars stack up when it comes to the best overall combination of quality and value.
Read the article at U.S. News.
An Electric Highway is Now Powering Delivery Trucks in Germany
As part of efforts to reduce air pollution caused by diesel-powered delivery trucks, engineering giant Siemens and heavy-vehicle maker Scania teamed up on a project several years ago to make the vehicles greener.
It came up with a hybrid truck that draws power from overhead electric lines fitted along a regular highway, making it similar to systems long-used by many trams and trains.
To adapt it for trucks, Siemens created an extendable power coupler that automatically extends from the top of the vehicle to connect to the electric lines when sensors detect their presence.
Read the article at Digital Trends.
Mentor by eDrivingSM with Predictive FICO® Safe Driving Score Identifies and Coaches Risky Drivers
With a FICO score developed just for driving, Mentor from eDriving offers a powerful method to identify the risky drivers in your fleet and get them to do a better, safer job.
How Employee Engagement Can Lead to a FLEXY Win
At the City of West Palm Beach, employee engagement and understanding led to changes to and improvements in the city’s loaner fleet - and that also resulted in a FLEXY Award.
BEVs Remain Worst For Global Warming
The Institute for Economic Research (IFO) has strongly defended their claims saying that like-for-like comparisons prove BEVs promote global warming more than diesel powered vehicles.
Critics are basing their models on a Europe-wide assessment of electricity generation, including anomalies such as Norway where 85% of its energy comes from renewables.
IFO spokesman Hans-Werner Sinn stressed the IFO’s report was only focused on German energy production and, as such, an e-Golf used in its domestic market would emit 142g/km of C02 throughout its life-cycle against 140g/km for its diesel sibling.
Read the article at TU Automotive.
