Chevy Volt electric car taking Canada by stormSunday, November 13th, 2011 with Comments Off

Ever since GM unveiled the Chevy Volt as a concept car back in 2007, car enthusiasts having been counting the days until the eco-vehicle would be made available as a production car. Well, that day has now come as the 2012 Volt is available in wide release across both Canada and the USA. An electric [...]

Mirror, mirror on the wall – who’s the greenest of them all (really)?Friday, July 27th, 2007 with 2 Comments »

[photopress:2006_toyota_prius.jpg,full,centered] If I told you that a GM Hummer, Ford F-Series Pickup or even a cadillac CTS is a ‘greener’ car than the Toyota Prius you’d think I was nuts! But an article by Neil Reynolds in this morning’s Globe and Mail highlights a recent study that says just that. Oregon-based CNW Marketing Research Inc. [...]

Hybrid Vehicles: Pie in the sky?Friday, June 15th, 2007 with Comments Off

[photopress:Edge_HySeries500big.jpg,full,centered] Much has been made of the (potential) impact of hybrid vehicles and the actual impact they are having here in Canada – both from the perspective of the environment and from the perspective of the automotive industry. An interesting article in the Globe and Mail recently examined the launch of Ford’s provocative Edge HySeries [...]