Originally published September 24 2005
New and improved hybrid from Honda
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Honda has introduced the new and improved Honda Civic Hybrid model to the public. The new model gets 50 mpg both on the highway and in the city, and when traveling a low rate of speed, the car can shut down all cylinders and run only on electricity.
Honda continues to improve on its hybrid vehicles, as the latest Civic Hybrid achieves an EPA estimated fuel economy of 50 miles per gallon in both city and highway driving, an increase of 6 percent in city driving and 4 percent in highway driving over the 2005 Civic Hybrid.
BMW, GM, and DaimlerChrysler Combine Efforts to Develop Hybrid Cars The BMW Group is joining General Motors Corporation (GM) and DaimlerChrysler AG in a cooperative agreement to develop hybrid drive systems.
See the GM press release, and for more information on the "two-mode" hybrid drive system, see the article from the December 15th, 2004, edition of this newsletter.
DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has launched a new Web site that lists opportunities for financial assistance.
Hurricane Katrina's devastation in the Gulf states is currently driving fuel prices to record levels, but according to DOE's Energy Information Administration (EIA), the impact on winter heating bills may be worse.
The EIA's first look at winter heating costs contains a great deal of uncertainty, but tight supplies combined with the growing energy demand in winter are expected to keep fuel prices high.
As a result, households in the Midwest fueled with natural gas are expected to see a 71 percent increase in heating costs compared to last winter; Midwest households using propane could see a 40 percent increase; households in the Northeast using heating oil could see a 31 percent increase; and households in the South using electricity could see a 17 percent increase.
According to the September 13th situation report from the DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, less than 320,000 customers in Louisiana and about 84,000 customers in Mississippi remain without electricity.
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