Toyota Camry Hybrid: The Green Car

With gas pricing soaring up, the popularity for the hybrid vehicles are showing an increase. Many car makers have come out with attractive hybrid models. The Toyota Camry Hybrid is one among the most popular of these choices. Let us have a look at the gorgeous features of the Toyota Camry hybrid that makes it stay apart from the other hybrids.

Even though the Toyota Camry hybrid is exactly the same as the previous

Camry sedan models in many aspects, the new Hybrid models possess some features that differ in some ways. As Hybrid cars run partly by electricity and the rest by gasoline, there is no denial that there would be positive outcome. But of course there do have a serious of negative impacts also. Camry hybrid’s later models, such as the 2007 was classified as a “full hybrid” because it could run on gas or on electric energy, depending on the driver’s preference.  Nowadays, the combination of both is considered to be more popular and more and more people are considering investing in these models.


The sales of Toyota Camry hybrid are currently remarkably high. Toyota, the Japanese automaker is doing their best to annex a big part of the market. For this, a massive and research is being conducted to develop the existing specification of the Camry Hybrid. Hybrid is either superior or just within the average level. The Toyota Camry hybrid has a 40 MPG gas mileage while if the highway it has 38 MPG gas mileage. It moves utilizing a four-cylinder engine with gasoline fuel. The maximum capacity of its NiMH 245V battery is about 30 kilowatt or 40 horsepower, peaking at about 192 horsepower or 140 kilowatts. Toyota Camry Hybrid is capable of matching the acceleration speed of the Toyota V6 Camry. The car won the award for the Green car of the Year as well as the Eco-Friendly Car in 2007. Thanks to the ability of low consumption of fuel.

The Powerwagon – An Ecofriendly generator to provide green electricity

A Huntington-based company is on a mission to provide a solution for green electricity through a portable gasless and noiseless generator. The result is a machine they call The Powerwagon. The battery-powered generator can be recharged by hooking it on the back of a vehicle and driving it 45-65 miles. The inventors of the generator say that the size and capacity of the machine can be altered in anyway according to the requirements and it can be a great machine to provide power to areas which have been hit by natural disasters.

The Dark Side:
The generator would be wonderful if it’s hooked up on the rear of a donkey-cart or a pedal powered car. However, hooking it to a car powered with fossil fuels would just be a great waste of precious fuel.

Via: Herald-Dispatch

Eco Cars: Ecotricity aims to develop a wind-powered sports car

Eco Factor: Retrofitted Lotus Exige to run on wind power.

Ecotricity is known for harnessing nature and developing systems that provide green and affordable electricity to all. The energy company has now taken up the task to develop a wind-powered car, which would actually be a retrofitted version of the Lotus Exige.


The company’s founder, Dale Vince, states that he and his team are currently working to transform a Lotus Exige couple with no aspect of the car going untouched. The car would contain 96 batteries and it is expected that the car would have a top speed of over a 100mph and would be able to accelerate from standstill to 62mph in about 4 seconds.

Vince desires to preserve the tough looks of the car even after making it more aerodynamic and fuel-efficient. He is also keen to include a transparent rear boot so that the mechanics involved could easily be seen by everyone. The first prototype of the car is expected to be unveiled within the next few months with mass production to follow.

The Dark Side:
The wind-powered sports car would definitely make some heads turn. However, Vince just has to make sure that the cost of the car should not be much more than what one already pays for a sports car.

Via: MotorAuthority