Comments on: Chevy and Clean Diesels Hit Greenest Car List

By: janzen

janzen — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:41:48 +0000

cars with compressed natural gas are one of the right moves that made by big companies to fight back environmental issues that this planet have.

By: aaliyah

aaliyah — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:03:32 +0000

.Cars and automotives are considered a requirement rather than a luxury nowadays. If you add the cost of commuting between your office and home, or the money you spend whenever you need to go somewhere, you will realize that getting your own car can help you save a lot of money in the long run. In addition, having a car is a great convenience especially when emergency arises. With the economic recession, many people delay their plans of purchasing a brand new car. But the good news is that you can get a car at a fraction of the cost of new car by opting for a used vehicle instead of purchasing your dream car that may shake your budget

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:29:38 +0000

I think Honda Civic GX is the best one not for this year but this has the best Greenest American car from last two year after Having have successful journey of more than 6 year this vehicle has inspires many other company too to make step in to the green car. this has also effect Used Cars for sale business as many car user turn them selves to purchase new Honda Civic GX. i Hope we can get same features from Chevrolet cars too.

Adam

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:50:14 +0000

By: Ron Wagner

Ron Wagner — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:03:06 +0000

We have a great abundance of natural gas in the USA. We should use it for autos as soon as possible. It burns very cleanly, so the vehicle will last much longer. Making it even more economical. It will greatly reduce our dependence on OPEC and Russian oil.

By: DLink

DLink — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:15:59 +0000

We are members of the general public and have owned a Honda Civic GX in California since December 1998. We have driven over 80,000 clean miles since then and know that the GX is available in much greater numbers than the Tesla.

The GX is the vehicle of choice for fleets when clean technology is a requirement. There are several thousand in operation in California alone and it costs more than $80,000 less than the Tesla!

Honda did NOT choose to go bi-fuel, because that would reduce the efficiency of both the CNG system and the gasoline system. Please remember the GM disaster with their bi-fuel Cavaliers!

Honda's dedicated CNG is extremely clean as noted by the ACEEE #1 endorsement for the past six years! It was #2 before that with the pure electric EV-1 besting it a couple years and the Toyota RAV4-EV another couple years. No hybrid has been rated higher than the Honda Civic GX.

Many question the reliance on a fossil fuel, however methane is available through decaying materials in sewage, silage, and waste, as well as garbage dumps. Sweden is manufacturing biomethane at a very high rate, more cheaply than purchasing CNG or LNG on the open market. Though Picken's plan was not among our favorites, using biomethane in vehicles can be a zero carbon producer.

While the Civic GX is the only CNG automobile available currently in the US, multiple companies are selling CNG vehicles around the world. Toyota has even tested a CNG/electric hybrid! Other companies are testing turbocharged CNG cars and a CNG powered Mitsubishi has been tearing up the rally circuit.

Before condemning CNG cars as vaporware or hopelessly unavailable to the general public, drive one! Our local stations are 24-hours and CNG has almost always been cheaper than gasoline, it is safer, it is non-toxic, it can be pumped at home, and it can be created from renewable sources.

By: skeller

skeller — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:00:23 +0000

I agree that CNG would rise above its niche status. Unless something better comes along that is.

By: qqRockyBeans

qqRockyBeans — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:25:15 +0000

GM needs to make:
Two-Mode Malibu
Two-Mode Cobalt
Two-Mode HHR
Two-Mode Aveo5

I would like a Two-Mode Cobalt with all the SS mechanical bits except the engine which would be replaced by a 2.0 nonturbo engine and the Two-Mode hybrid system

I would also like the no-lift-shift manual transmission and a sunroof
I want mine in blue or yellow

By: Boom Boom

Boom Boom — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:24:34 +0000

I hope that the "This-site-is-a-Toyota-ad" folks read this article. Chevy has two cars on the list. Honda: Three. Toyota: Three. And yet the authors saw fit to put Chevy's name in the headline. I'm not criticizing the authors, I'm just putting this out as a case in point of fair reporting.

What is the current availability of the Civic GX? I'm not sure it is fair to stick a car on the list that isn't really available to most. (Same with Tesla, etc.). And this is coming from a guy who owns a Civic Hybrid, so I am a fan of Honda.

By: Bryce

Bryce — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:14:03 +0000

This is interesting. How much does weight factor into their total equation, cuz the XFE Cobalt actually has better fuel economy than the aveo, so it must be enough for it to make the list while the Aveo did.