Hybrid cars: the silent killer?Good for the environment maybe, but perhaps not so good for people. Statistics show that noiseless hybrid cars are sometimes twice as likely to cause pedestrians and cyclists crashes than normal cars.
Hybrid cars
PHOTO GALLERY: Green cars of tomorrow
From sleek and sporty to funky and futuristic, check out next year’s batch of lean, green (or leaner and greener) cars from the world’s largest auto show in Germany.
Hail a taxi from the future
Even with hybrid cab fleets hitting the roads in a growing number of cities, when it comes to efficiency and intelligence, the design of most cabs falls short. Designboom featured a collection of taxi concepts from automakers and designers in markets around the world.
The efficiency of transportation
Is a bus more efficient than a train? A scooter vs a hybrid? A side-by-side analysis of the cost efficiency of various modes of transport: which uses the least fuel per passenger?
Prius tops car sales in Japan
The Toyota Prius outsold all other cars in Japan last month, with two other hybrid cars making it into the country’s top-five.
“Biblically terrible”: Honda’s new low-cost hybrid
Honda’s new low-cost hybrid, the Insight, may be environmentally friendly, but it kind of sucks — a lot, says Jeremy Clarkson.
Plug in hybrids too hyped?
The value and effectiveness of plug-in technology is being questioned, even as President Obama pledges to have 1 million plug-in hybrids on the road by 2015.
Essay: The great hybrid swindle
Has hybrid driving Climate Change Minister Penny Wong fallen for the hype which threatens to obscure a massive opportunity for Australian science and industry asks Peter Vogel.
State of the Planet
Bay of Bengal risks tsunami too … China’s no car day … The A to Z of the biofuel industry … 8 crazy ways to build a house … Rare Japanese Dugong threatened by U.S. military base
