Originally published February 13 2006
International car show presents environmentally-minded designs to consumers
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
This year's North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) at Cobo Center in Detroit featured cars with environmentally friendly features, such as the world's first tri-fuel flex vehicle.
Fuel efficient gas-electric hybrids, solar powered air conditioning, and the world's first tri-fuel flex vehicle - automobile manufacturers are displaying the latest environmentally friendly features in vehicles slated for production at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) at Cobo Center in Detroit.
On Monday, Toyota unveiled its 2007 Camry Hybrid, which combines a 45 horsepower motor and a 147 horsepower, 4 cylinder, Atkinson-cycle engine.
Equipped with a continuously variable transmission, the Camry Hybrid achieves an estimated 43 miles per gallon (mpg) in the city and 37 mpg on the highway while it reduces emissions from the conventional Camry.
On Sunday, GM debuted two upcoming hybrid sport utility vehicles: the 2007 Saturn VUE Green Line and the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Two-mode Hybrid.
The vehicle will operate on electric power only when it can, which will help it to achieve an estimated 25 percent gain in fuel economy over the base Tahoe.
In the first mode, at low speed and light loads, the vehicle can operate in three ways - electric power only, engine power only or in any combination of engine and electric power.
The company says its GX3, a two-seat crossover between a motorcycle and a sports car, can achieve 46 mpg in the city powered by a VW 1.6 liter engine.
Ford Motor Company is displaying the Reflex Hybrid Coupe, a sporty sub-compact car that achieves 65 mpg with a hybrid-electric diesel engine.
A Ford Motor Company product, the Mercury Mariner Hybrid - the first full-hybrid premium compact SUV - is the first vehicle to be honored by "Green Car Journal" as "Green Car of the Year," an honor presented last week at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
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