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The Dutro in question is the first diesel/electric hybrid truck to enter service in Australia. It has been running regular parcel delivery duties alongside similar diesel-powered trucks as both TNT and Hino assess its potential to reduce both greenhouse gases and fuel consumption. Hino claims the Hybrid Dutro reduces fuel consumption by 30 per cent while cutting NOx emissions by a huge 66 per cent and CO2 by 25 per cent.
To date, the truck has accumulated 44,000km — and according to TNT’s national fleet and equipment manager Paul Wild, it hasn’t given a moment’s trouble. Read the rest of this entry »
2011 Kia Sportage – Official Photos and Info – Auto Reviews – Car and Driver
Kia continues the application of a distinctive design language to its entire lineup—witness the chrome-framed grilles and chiseled flanks of the Soul,
, and Forte and Forte Koup—and the 2011
is the next to show off dressier duds. We’re down with the redesign, if only because the current model is among the best (worst?) examples of old-school Korean design. The body-side moldings and awkwardly boxed-off wheel openings have thankfully been tossed to the curb. (The Sportage was first shown at the 2010 Geneva auto show, but made its U.S. Read the rest of this entry »