http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/02/15/planettran-hybrid-car-service/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/02/15/planettran-hybrid-car-service/comment-page-1/#comment-38697 Lynn Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:18:09 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/2007/02/15/planettran-hybrid-car-service/#comment-38697 Hope this catches on in the rest of the country. It's a pretty good idea to offer eco-friendly cars to travelers, and hopefully their fleet won't just be limited to the Prius. Hope this catches on in the rest of the country. It’s a pretty good idea to offer eco-friendly cars to travelers, and hopefully their fleet won’t just be limited to the Prius.

]]> http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/02/15/planettran-hybrid-car-service/comment-page-1/#comment-38664 heidekonijn Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:32:25 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/2007/02/15/planettran-hybrid-car-service/#comment-38664 I hate to rain on that particular parade, but as an admirer of all things smart and eco, but also as a car geek, I can't help feeling the need to point out that a Prius is non of the above. Granted it is less devistating to earth's resources than a hummer, but so is a Volvo. Having driven a hired one myself I speak from experience when I say that my Golf diesel was more economical, practical and sustainable (as in, more recyclable), plus it drove and looked slightly less bad. It is as fuel efficient as you allow it to be - which goes for most cars. IMHO, it's a hype. Drive a compact or small car and be just as eco for less money by avoiding to use the brakes too often. Or better yet convince your local politician to push for a hydrogen economy. I hate to rain on that particular parade, but as an admirer of all things smart and eco, but also as a car geek, I can’t help feeling the need to point out that a Prius is non of the above. Granted it is less devistating to earth’s resources than a hummer, but so is a Volvo.
Having driven a hired one myself I speak from experience when I say that my Golf diesel was more economical, practical and sustainable (as in, more recyclable), plus it drove and looked slightly less bad. It is as fuel efficient as you allow it to be – which goes for most cars. IMHO, it’s a hype.
Drive a compact or small car and be just as eco for less money by avoiding to use the brakes too often. Or better yet convince your local politician to push for a hydrogen economy.

]]> http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/02/15/planettran-hybrid-car-service/comment-page-1/#comment-38616 Craig Mackintosh Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:40:13 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/2007/02/15/planettran-hybrid-car-service/#comment-38616 Hey, that's pretty cool. I'm visualising an eco-minded businessman walking out of the terminal, right past the big gas-guzzlers, and hopping into a modest Prius instead. It's a small step for man, but... :) Some have recently calculated that the Prius is now paying for itself financially, and not just environmentally. In other words, it's '<a href="http://www.celsias.com/blog/2007/01/10/hybrids-making-cents/" rel="nofollow">making cents</a>' over the course of its life. There's a lot happening at the moment in the hybrid market, and many believe a shift to PHEVs (plug in hybrid electric vehicle) is going to be the best bet in the short to medium term. See <a href="http://www.celsias.com/blog/2006/12/21/the-electric-car-revisited/" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.celsias.com/blog/2007/02/06/a-vision-for-a-better-future-the-coming-energy-shift/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Hey, that’s pretty cool. I’m visualising an eco-minded businessman walking out of the terminal, right past the big gas-guzzlers, and hopping into a modest Prius instead. It’s a small step for man, but… :)
Some have recently calculated that the Prius is now paying for itself financially, and not just environmentally. In other words, it’s ‘making cents‘ over the course of its life. There’s a lot happening at the moment in the hybrid market, and many believe a shift to PHEVs (plug in hybrid electric vehicle) is going to be the best bet in the short to medium term. See here, and here.

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