Environmentally Friendly Hybrid Green Cars

So you are very excited to know that you could use a CNG car conversion kit and convert your gasoline guzzler into a fully converted CNG Car for fuel efficiency. It is important to highlight that car safety of yourself, your family and other road users is paramount to your conversion cause.

And to this, it is critical that you know the Do’s and Don’ts of CNG conversion. Below are the key aspects you need to know:

CNG Car Conversion is One Thing You Should Never Do-It-Yourself
Do not simply put together the CNG Car Conversion kit by yourself as there are a series of safety measures you need to pay additional attention to, that is, unless you are a qualified mechanic certified to do CNG conversion. Otherwise, ensure that the workshop is authorized and observes Safety Standards and Code of Practices in kit installation and commissioning.

Get It Checked, Approved & Certified
Note that the kit, including the cylinder must be of the type approved for the make of the car. You should not buy components from different sources and install the kit ascertain parts do not fit with each other well, hence causing unnecessary mishaps or accident when you use the car. Hence it is important that you ensure that the car undergoes the required pre-conversion checks thoroughly. After the conversions are made, ensure a complete and thorough leak test of the gas system.

Use the Original Workshop Whenever Possible
Installer’s certification must be endorsed by the authorized workshop in case of future servicing and maintenance activities. Better still, ensure that you return to the same workshop for maintenance and servicing, so that there is follow through should complications arise.

Educate Yourself on Your CNG Car Conversion
You might be non-technically inclined. However, it is still critical for you to acquaint yourself with the mechanism of CNG and abide by the precautions essential for a CNG vehicle strictly as non compliance could mean a matter of life and death on the road.

Get Additional Modifications Certified
And other additional modification or improvisation should also only be done at an authorized workshop. Again, it is best to return to the original workshop which you did the initial CNG conversion.

Ensure Recertification After Accident Repairs
Should you be involved in a road accident, ensure that your CNG car is thoroughly checked by an authorized workshop. It is critical that you obtain re-certification before your CNG car goes on the road again.

Never Innovate with Other Fuels
There are some who like to innovate with their CNG cars by installing LPG, Propane or other gaseous fuel into the cylinder. Worst still, some even change the cylinder in place of the original CNG cylinder. Note that this is both illegal and unsafe.

Pay A Premium Over Your Car Insurance Just In Case
As CNG cars are comparatively less popular than other fuel savings cars such as its better known brother, the hybrid cars, you might need to approach the insurance company for a special quote on your CNG car. You might be charged additional car insurance premiums for CNG cars. It is critical that you should run the vehicle only after the risks of the additional CNG kit system are covered by the insurance company.

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Gasoline fuel prices taking a toil on your ever-shrinking budget? The toxic fume emissions sometimes really overwhelm and frustrates you doesn’t it? What alternatives to the gasoline guzzlers that jam our roads every morning?

There are varying options if you care to explore, with the likely candidates of Hybrid Cars, running your cars on alternative fuels, or even change a mode of transport. By finding out your own needs, your own lifestyle and making the correct adjustments to them, you could narrow down the options.

Save on Gas Options - Consider Driving Less Often
Yes indeed you could. But what if it is not simply your personal lifestyle needs you need to consider? Your other daily chores cannot do without a vehicle for instance, sending your children to school where school is spread across central and the far west end.. Or doing your groceries every other day?

Well, have you ever considered buying a hybrid car which is a great saver on fuel and toxic fumes too?

Save on Gas Options - Buying a Car with Higher Miles Per Gallon
Yes, most car owners or potential car buyers use this benchmark to measure the fuel efficiency when evaluating their car choices. The higher the miles per gallon, ie mpg, the greater the fuel efficiency. Take for instance the Totoyo Prius scores a high 48 mpg compared to our conventional gasoline guzzlers at 25 mpg at best. Now won’t that add up to about half the amount of fuel cost saved?

Save On Gas Options - Running Your Car With Alternatives Fuel
There are lots of ideas out there being experimented upon namely, the electric car, the plug-in hybrid, the biodiesel car, the diesel hybrid or even the water car. But currently available and most commercialized is the Hybrid car which gives the best of both worlds. Most Hybrids are gasoline electric hybrids and gives comparatively greater fuel efficiency with much higher miles per gallon and much lower toxic fumes emissions.

Save on Gas Options - Buying a Hybrid Car
As the Hybrid Car has a regenerative breaking system, your batteries could be newer than new at the end of the expected lifetime of the hybrid car. And what with all the tax incentives and fuel savings through its lifespan, you could consider getting a Hybrid car for a start to saving on gas.

And you are also doing your bit for the betterment of our environment.

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PS: We will be doing reviews on the popular Hybrid Car models 2009/2010 as they roll off the plants soon. Meantime, do check out the Top Green Cars Hall Of Fame List 2008 Here.

Looking for that alternative fuel efficient car? Hybrid cars are good except that some of them could be expensive with higher upfront costs. You heard that even Silicon Valley is jumping onto the bandwagon and developing hybrid cars nowadays. Well, surely there must be other alternative fuel efficient car options around.

Let us check out the options here.

Get a Small Conventional Car Instead?

If saving on fuel cost is one of your key concerns, you could consider getting a small conventional car. The small conventional car is suitable for the individual use, light usage mostly, and can seat a maximum of 4 passengers. So if you have a small family and few children to ferry to school; or are single and only require light transportation to and from work and the occasional grocery spree, by all means get a small conventional car. But bear in mind that no matter how small the car, you still need to burn gasoline.

What about the Electric Car?

Electric cars could be one alternative for you. But for the moment, there are mainly prototypes waiting to be perfected for commercialization. Unless of course that you are looking to buy a plug-in like the Telsa Roadster, a sports car model of the electric car, priced about $109,000 at the time of writing. So if budget is one of your strapping constrains, think hybrid. And to top that off, there is no comparison really between the Electric Car and the Hybrid Car as the full electric car does not even burn fuel.

Is Fuel Efficiency Your Key Criteria?
If you answer yes to the above, then your answer could be found by the latest report by EPA. A quick research shows that the fuel efficiency category is topped by most hybrid cars, led by the Toyota Prius which claims top spot at 48 mpg miles per gallon for city driving or a combined highway and city drving at 46 mpg. No other conventional cars comes close to this record benchmark.

For the moment, it seems that hybrid cars are here to stay, and judging from the fuel efficiency and fuel savings generated, they will become even more popular, especially in times of economic crunch.

So while car manufacturers are experimenting with prototypes of plug-ins, water powered cars, full electric cars, CNG cars, the best available alternative is still your environmentally friendly Hybrid Cars capable of cutting down toxic fume emission as well as fuel consumption by about 50%.

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PS: We will be doing reviews on the popular Hybrid Car models 2009/2010 as they roll off the plants soon. Meantime, do check out the Top Green Cars Hall Of Fame List 2008 Here.

That it is a fact the gasoline-powered automobile causes great harm to our environment goes without saying. Gasoline guzzlers and monster cars terrorize not only pedestrians, fellow drivers and all road users alike, their effects on the environment is drastic to the ozone and our general health and well being to say the least.

Enter the Hybrid Car. Could this be the solution to our environmental degradation? The hybrid car, hotly touted to be the next wave of the future, is known mostly for its positive impact on our environment.

Environmental Impact - Gasoline Guzzlers Vs Hybrid Cars
It is a given how the notorious gasoline guzzlers consume fuel. The by-products of the power generating process combine to contribute greatly to extensive smog around us. Primary pollutant examples include carbon monoxide from car exhausts, with recent levels of car fumes emission rising 16% higher than a decade ago.

Hybrid cars are innovated to combine the usage of gasoline-electric, or diesel-electric or totally full electric power. While there are still emissions when the hybrid car is generated by gasoline at different stage of the journey, it is estimated that at least 50% less gasoline fuel will be needed as electricity takes over the task of powering the vehicle.

Hence, by virtue of the fact that Hybrid cars help reduce the amount of smog in out atmosphere, the general public benefits from improved respiratory health.

Environmental Impact - Hybrid Cars or Innocent Silent Killers?

Conventional Big cars or reconstructed monster cars make a lot of noise on the roads. But at least the visually impair could hear the car coming their way.

Conversely, by the very fact that they run on electricity, most hybrid cars have very low and subdued noise emissions comparative to their gasoline powered counterparts. In fact, it is close to silent when the full electric hybrid is on the road. Some may find this very soothing and comfortable to their senses.

But for the visually impaired or the blind, who greatly depend on there sense of detection of a vehicle via the noise of its engine, it would be detrimental to their road safety. Worst still if they are amongst busy and well populated areas and roads.

Yes, indeed, the Hybrid Car is a great gift of innovation but it is also a double-edged sword.

If you are living in polluted parts of countries like Beijing in China or Mumbai in India or even certain parts of USA and Europe where environmentally consciousness is high, The Hybrid Car is a key transport consideration.

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CNG Defined
CNG is defined as Compressed Natural Gas. It is an alternative fuel much more viable than traditional fuel energy resources within the car manufacturing industry. Key features of CNG is that it is emits little amounts of pollutants, high powered, is economical and available in abundance globally.

Facing a global crunch on gasoline, fuel efficiency become paramount, there are key initiatives which car manufacturers are embarking upon to develop the ultimate fuel emission free vehicle which aims to be as efficient as the conventional cars we are driving today. CNG cars give us an environmentally friendly alternative fuel source and have the potential for mass commercialization.

The Key Benefits and Disadvantages of CNG cars abound as highlighted below:

CNG Car Key Benefits

Substantial Fuel Savings
With CNG costing only about 30% of the price of Gasoline, CNG cars are giving their owners a good run for their money in terms of calorific value resulting in a good amount of savings in fuel cost. This fuel cost savings extends throughout the life of your CNG car and hence allows you to recoup your CNG conversion investment over a short period.

For those who purchase the 2009 Honda GX, you are immediately seeing returns on fuel savings on your CNG car vs the conventional.

Environmentally Friendliness
Imagine a car that emits 70 to 90 percent less carbon monoxide into the ozone compare to the conventional cars we are currently driving. Also imagine a car emitting 40 to 60 percent less hydrocarbon then the conventionally fuel powered engines.

This too comes with a 10 percent reduction of carbon monoxide emissions, which is what currently burning that hole in our ozone. You have never realized these CNG car facts until you read this article? Well you get the idea now.

Flexibility And Ease Of Use
The fundamental functional engine features of the CNG car are retained while converting it to run on CNG. Hence, the CNG car is capable of running on either gasoline or CNG by manual switching.

CNG Car Key Drawbacks

Storage Space
If you are someone who need a large amount of boot space for storage, you might find that the CNG car could take up quite a fair bit of room in your boot. This is primarily due to the CNG cylinders used to store the gas. It could take up about 20 to 30% of your boot space although it is often installed to be tucked away on the inside of the boot.

Lack Of CNG Fueling Stations The Prime Handicap
This is the prime reason why CNG cars have not really enjoyed mass sales. The CNG fueling stations as far and few, and the fuel energy companies are not exactly reacting fast enough to install CNG fueling stations around strategic locations. In fact, to start the momentum of growth for CNG cars, the easy availability of CNG fueling stations is critical.

One might argue that this is a chicken and egg problem, but this problem is experienced throughout most communities in the US, Europe and Asia. There is apparent demand for CNG cars beyond a doubt, but the lack of availability of CNG fueling stations could well kill the growth eventually.

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From Under the Hybrid Hood Part 2

Have you heard of the saying that “Not all hybrids are created equal?” This is indeed true if you have read my latest post before this. In fact, this post must be read in conjunction with the previous Hybrid Car Simplified - From Under The Hybrid Hood Part1 which discusses the type of hybrid cars in the market currently.

What then gives the different degree of hybrids their name, be it mild , full, plug-ins? There are 5 criteria driving the different drivetrains and hybrid levels, namely idling capability, the regenerative braking system, the power-assist capability, the full electric drive and finally the extended battery-electric range which gives the plug-in its name.

Ilding Capability Alone Does Not Constitute A Hybrid Car
If you have used a refrigerator before you would have noticed the light bulb which goes off when you close the fridge door and comes on when you open it? The same theory goes for the hybrid cars at idling. The gasoline engine stops at idling hence saving fuel. The engine will turn back on in a fraction of a second even before you tap the gas pedal. However, note that this capability alone does not deem your car a hybrid as all hybrids are capable of it.

Regenerative Braking Capability Simplified
The regenerative braking system of hybrid cars functions on kinetic energy. Essentially, the energy captured from pushing an object forward is captured and stored into the system as energy for future use. This is how the hybrid regenerative braking system works. The electric motor operates as a generator, recovering the kinetic energy and converting it into electricity that is stored in the battery so it can be used later to help drive the vehicle down the road. This of course requires sufficiently large electric motor at high voltage to capture the amount of braking energy.

Power Assist or “Electric Assist” System Makes A Mild Hybrid Car
A hybrid is essentially defined as a car using at least 2 power sources. The electric motor would be powering the car by assisting the gas engine, namely fuel assist, serving as the auxiliary power source to drive the car. The characteristics of this type of hybrid from under the hood are a large motor and battery pack capable of supplementing the engine to help accelerate the vehicle while driving as well as a smaller engine. This type of hybrid car is the mild hybrid. A case in point is the Honda Insight.

Full Electric Hybrid - Fuel Assist with a Shockingly Silent Engine
The full electric hybrid taps solely on the electric motor and battery pack, leveraging almost fully on the electric system of the hybrid car. At low speeds and at launch, the electric motor and battery powers the car and at high speeds the engine takes over. The Toyota Prius and Ford Escape are two examples of the shockingly silent fuel assist engines of the full hybrids.

The Extended Electric-Battery - The Ultimate Plug-in Driver & Barrier
The final stage of hybridization encompasses the ability to recharge the battery from a clean energy source hence allowing the hybrid to operate solely as a battery-electric vehicle for as much as 20-60 miles - aka Plug-ins. Currently, the average Plug-ins are scoring at 50 miles per recharge. Part of “qualifying” to be a plug-in is to that it should contribute greatly to their environmental performance with clean power generating sources. And of course, cost remains the biggest most barrier of the Plug-in hybrids.

Always remember that when looking at hybrids, regardless of technology, the clearest and most direct way to evaluate the environmental performance of a hybrid electric vehicle is by its fuel efficiency and toxic fume emissions.

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From Under the Hybrid Hood - Part1

Hybrid Cars are capable of the ability to drive 500 miles or more using less fuel and never having to plug in for recharging. Gasoline-fueled hybrid cars are among the hybrid technologies that could achieve such enhanced fuel efficiency and low toxic fume emissions, hence delivering safety and performance beyond expectation.

To drive you through the labyrinth of the hybrid car jargon, together we take a sneak peak from under the hood of the Hybrid Car.

Conventional Cars
These are cars that you and I and the masses have been driving since the automobile has been invented. The amount of toxic fume emission is creating a drastic impact to our ozone. The conventional car which sacrifices fuel economy to achieve extra acceleration performance became the reason behind the green car revolution, the innovation of Hybrid cars.
Mild Hybrid Cars
Mild hybrids are essentially has electric assist engines, and are conventional vehicles with oversized starter motors, allowing the engine to be turned off whenever the car is coasting, braking, or stopped, yet restart quickly and cleanly. The larger motor is used to spin the engine up to operating rpm speeds before injecting any fuel. Key features of Mild Hybrid Cars are shutting off the engine at stop-lights and stop-and-go traffic, tapping on regenerative braking technology and using an electrical motor to assist a conventional engine.

Full Hybrid Cars
Full Hybrids, unlike the mild hybrid, is capable of achieving much greater fuel efficiency and gives better mileage for urban driving. It has the ability to propel the vehicle solely on its electric motor-without the internal combustion engine running. Under very light cruising load and light acceleration, a full hybrid can run on just the electric motor. As soon as additional power is needed, the internal combustion engine will kick-in to provide full acceleration power. Full hybrids tend to get much better fuel mileage than mild hybrids, plus much better city mileage, since the electric motor is used much more in city driving. The Key features of Full Hybrid Cars are namely as follows: the engine shuts off at stop-lights and stop-and-go traffic, has regenerative braking system, uses an electrical motor to assist a conventional engine only when required and can drive at times using only the electric motor.

Plug-in Hybrid Cars
Plug-in Hybrids utilizes a range of alternative power sources, with the main power source being electric, and that need to be recharged on a daily basis. Thus the keyword - “Plug-in”. Plug-in hybrid cars must be recharged externally by connecting a plug to a power source. As well, the plug in hybrid will only tap on the combustion engine as a back up after a certain distance is covered by the electric batteries.

The Muscle Car
A muscle hybrid is term coined to describe a vehicle which uses hybrid technology to enhance power and performance as its key prerogative, not withstanding that fact that such innovation could result in little or no significant improvement in fuel economy. Hence, creating yet another an expensive high performance car set to turn heads for its innovative looks and use of alternative fuel source, regardless to the detriment of the environment. The muscle car is not unlike the conventional sports cars in most aspects.

The above should give you a better understanding of the types of hybrids in the market currently.

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What does Barack Obama have in command with John Edwards, Sens. Christopher Dodd and Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Govs. Mitt Romney and Bill Richardson? Yes, they all drive hybrid cars! And Barak Obama has been driving his hybrid car for more than a year now.

Barack Obama - Epitome of The True Blue Hybrid Himself
Barack Obama is perceived by most to partake in Change which permeates in every facet of your daily lives, positively impacting your lifestyle and attitudes. We are living in an era which requires us to cope with change, a good blend of the new and old, new breakthrough thinking yet not neglecting the benefits of having tradition.

Barack Obama himself can be said to be a Hybrid of some sort, socially, genetically and politically so. He is, in fact, a very unique Hybrid in his own rights. Fathered by a Keyan with an American mother, born in colorfully ethnic Hawaii, he spent 4 years in Jakarta before the age of 10. Educated at Occidental College, Columbia University and eventually Harvard for Law, Barack Obama is everything a hybrid stands for - Controversial as it is, he might just become America’s first black president, by the way his numbers are telling.

Barack Obama - The Epitome of A Hybrid Leader
Barack Obama is the very representation of Hybrid. He speaks and thinks with the vast hybrid culture within him and leads with a mindset of a liberalized, open minded hybrid Change Leader. And of course, he drives an Environmentally Friendly Hybrid Car, keeping at the forefront of the green revolution.

Barack Obama - Embracing the Environmentally Friendly Hybrid Car
Barack Obama is the change, with his strong embrace of environmentalist beliefs, he walks his talk by driving a hybrid car and in so doing, ushering and driving us into the era of hybrid politics, for the benefit of greener future for us all.

The Obama-Biden Comprehensive New Energy Plan for America which Obama shares his commitment to the American people, and highly endorses Hybrid Cars promises 1million Plug-In Hybrid Cars on the Road by 2015, a new $7,000 Tax Credit for Purchasing Advanced Vehicles and a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

So if Barack Obama who is highly touted to be potentially the next President of the USA is a hybrid, drives a hybrid, talks of growing the environmentally friendly hybrid car industry for the better of mankind, shouldn’t we look at how much we too are contributing to a green culture?

Well, one thing for sure, my Hybrid Car has been serving me well over year now and loving it every moment. I love doing my bit being green for my children. Don’t you?

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So you have been researching on Hybrid Cars. You know all about how hybrid car function, what powers them, how to ensure and extend their lifespan. You even know the best bargains in town for Hybrid Cars. Now it’s time to decide whether to buy yourself a Hybrid Car.

I have always advised readers that whatever you intend to buy you need to understand your own needs. Then match your needs with the product you intend to buy. Visualize how it could impact your lifestyle and mindset. If you are happy with the end result, go ahead and buy it. Otherwise, think of alternatives which could make your end result more pleasurable.

Let us take the example of the hybrid car. Given the pros and cons of it, you should now weigh carefully your lifestyle needs in order to derive the greatest satisfaction from owning one. Find out if you belong to the following profile categories and evaluate if the Hybrid Car is suitable for you.

Type A - Don’t Bother Me on Saving Money Bit By Bit
Type A profile is not bothered about saving money the bit by bit approach, essentially they are the wasteful type. In fact, they are the type who spend as they earn, do not track they spending and simply cannot be bothered about having savings, and thinking that they have not a care in the world. They are not bothered even when it is a fact the hybrid car helps you save a lot more than you think.

This is despite that fact that the hybrid car saves you money as you drive it, even when you tap on the break pads because the amazing breaking system automatically regenerates electricity as you use them. Well, time tells who will get the last laugh.

Type B - If It Ain’t Broken, Don’t Fix It
Type B profile do not believe in trading off their conventional cars for hybrids. The key reason here is that they are set in their ways of organizing their lives. These are the type who do not wish to get out of their comfort zones and try new ideas, even when the new ideas could save them tons of money eventually.

Imagine owning a hybrid car which at least half the time runs on an electric battery which regenerates itself automatically and effortlessly, helping you save at least 50% of the fuel cost your gasoline guzzlers downs every moment that you are driving.

Type C - Cars Run On Batteries? You Are Talking About Toy Cars Yes?
Type C profile harbor the stubborn mindset who are so set in their ways that are unable to think outside the box and are unable to accept new innovations. They are the ones who do not believe that hybrid cars can run on electricity. Their minds are tuned to the fact that cars run on gasoline and unable to envisage otherwise. Well, it is time they get their heads under the hood of the amazing hybrid car and see for themselves once and for all, that some great cars do run on electricity too.

Type D - I Am Only One Amongst So Many People, I Don’t See How I Could Help Clean Up The Ozone, Be Environmentally Friendly By Simply Owning A Hybrid Car..
Type D are environmentally ignorant who do not care about the toxic fuel fume emssions he contributes to the detriment of the ozone, are not bothered with depleting our planet’s fuel resources, and hence, not aware that he is actually creating greater health hazards for his next generations.

Type E - I Do Want A Hybrid Car, But I Don’t Have The Budget To Buy One
All Type E needs is to do a bit of online research and he will be delighted to find that the Hybrid Car does not cost you a fortune to own. In fact, the latest pricing on the most popular hybrid car, the Toyota Prius cost almost cheaper than the Ford Taurus! So start doing your pricing research and you might be pleasantly delight.

Imagine if everyone thinks like Type D, the human race would be wiped out in the next two generations. Would we want that to happen?

Well, now that you know the profiles which many of us do belong, I do admit. Are you one of them? Are you better able to figure out if a hybrid car is for you yet?

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While the jury is still out on whether electric cars can ever be really practical, the computer mongols in California Silicon Valley are getting restlessly impatient to test their bets. The venture capitalists, who funded the information superhighway, are now pouring money into the actual highway, backing at least 30 small start-up companies.
Contrasting their Silicon Valley creativity with Detroit’s bureaucracy is the main driver of their investments in producing a viable electric hybrid car.

From the beginning, many at Silicon Valley wanted to prove that innovative and nimble Silicon Valley could build a better green car than bureaucratic Detroit. However, as the green car develops from prototypes to actual development, they begin to feel the pressures of balancing revenue and expenditures have begun to take its toil.

After all, Silicon Valley has always been more apt at creative and innovative ideas with informational products, not hard products to say the least. What with General Motors hot at their heels in heated competition to produce a comparatively cheaper and more appealing full electric car to the masses.

Much can be said about targeting niches and each to its own. When it comes to generating revenues, that is all a business is concerned about in terms of survival. And with experience, surely there are better chances of survival in the world of the auto industry.

Latest Innovation of the Green Car

Telsa Roaster

The Telsa Roadster hits 0-60 within 4 seconds, runs on full electric motor, covers 200 miles before plug in recharge. Currently has 1,000 orders in its bag and going strong with target markets spanning across America to Europe.

Karma Fisker

The Karma, of maker Fisker Automotive, is designed by Hendrik Fisker, designer of the BMW Z8 and Aston Martin DB9. The Karma is a four-door plug-in hybrid like the Chevy Volt, heaps bounty of green features to boot. The full electric car also uses a solar roof to generate electricity. Although not sufficient to drive the battery, it drives enough electricity for the vehicle to cool the car while it’s running at idle. Going at $80,000 with a top speed of 125 mph, hitting 0-60 within 5.8 seconds.

Aptera Typ-1

Aptera Typ-1, which belongs to the older and less conventional startups like the full-electric, is due out this Christmas at $30,000 per piece. It is anything but old. Running on 3 wheels, the Aptera is a 2 seater, designed to look like a formula one vehicle so aerodynamic that it slices through air, capable of covering 200 miles before recharge.

This goes without saying that with such hefty price tags, they could pose as put offs for many middle class car buyers too.

But the key issue with all these cars is that much of the electricity used to power them would come from burning coal, which produces greenhouse gases. Would this go down well with Environmentalists, only time will tell.

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