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Enter the hybrid green cars - with bigger tax rebate [Straits Times, 20 March 2006, 590 words, (English)]
PETROL-ELECTRIC hybrid cars are making a comeback here, thanks to a bigger tax break for green vehicles that became effective in January.
Singapore
Owners of hybrid cars feel less pinch [Straits Times, 29 April 2006, 241 words, (English)]
(c) 2006 Singapore Press Holdings Limited
PETROL prices may have heated up, but owners of hybrid cars are keeping their cool. Although hybrid cars running on petrol and electricity cost slightly more - about $2,000 extra for a Honda Civic hybrid - they use about 40 per cent less fuel.
Prime News
Fatter green rebate drives hybrid car sales [Straits Times, 9 October 2006, Christopher Tan, Senior Correspondent, 485 words (English)] (c) 2006 Singapore Press Holdings Limited
SALES of hybrid cars, which are powered by petrol as well as electricity, have soared, thanks to fresh tax breaks and the arrival of a wider range of models. For the first time since the environmentally friendlier cars made their debut here in 2001, sales are now crossing the three-digit mark - a big jump from the handful a year that used to leave the showrooms. Honda agent Kah Motor has delivered more than 80 new Civic Hybrids (each costing $78,000) since June, and has about 100 bookings in hand.
Title: "Study finds hybrid cars greener than hydrogen cars"
Excerpt: "NEW YORK - Hybrid cars, which combine electric motors with small petroleum engines, will outpace the environmental benefits of hydrogen fuel cell cars until at least 2020, according to a university study. Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles have low emissions and energy use on the road, but converting a hydrocarbon fuel such as natural gas or gasoline into hydrogen to fuel such vehicles uses substantial energy and emits greenhouse gases, the study said. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology study was published after the Bush administration announced in January an initiative to develop hydrogen fuel cells." (Source: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20081/story.htm)
Other related articles from Automobile Association of Singapore online HIGHWAY magazine
- Cars of the Future: http://www.aas.com.sg/features/archive/f02054.htm
- Century 21: http://www.aas.com.sg/features/archive/f01011.htm
- Green Machines: http://aas.com.sg/features/archive/f12042.htm
- The New Civic Hybrid - sparks and gas: http://www.aas.com.sg/features/archive/f02023.htm
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