fuel price Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 28 Jan 2017 08:43:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 People Respond to Price When It Comes to Fuel Economy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/price-gas-fuel-economy-20170128/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/price-gas-fuel-economy-20170128/#respond Sat, 28 Jan 2017 08:43:14 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=62585 It would appear that drivers in The United States are influenced far more by simple economics than concerns for the environment when it comes to burning less gas. In a recent study market research firm MaritzCX reported that car buyers became conscious of fuel economy only when gasoline was selling for more than 3 dollars […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/price-gas-fuel-economy-20170128/feed/ 0 62585 Ford hybrid and electric cars vs GM Volt electric car https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-hybrid-and-electric-cars-vs-gm-volt-electric-car-20090114/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-hybrid-and-electric-cars-vs-gm-volt-electric-car-20090114/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:52:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1595 Nowadays, the Japanese constructors are well ahead others in having electric cars. Honda and Toyota have the dominating positions in our top and they are announcing more to come in the following year. US manufacturers are late, one probable reason was that in the US the fuel price is not as high as in other parts of the globe.

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