Press Release Summary = InvestorIdeas.com Green Investor Portals - Consumer Choices in Green Cars; Hybrids, Electric, Biofuels and Fuel Cells
Press Release Body = InvestorIdeas.com Green Investor Portals - Consumer Choices in Green Cars; Hybrids, Electric, Biofuels and Fuel Cells
Do Consumers Have to Compromise Performance to Go Green?
POINT ROBERTS, Wash., DELTA, B.C., May 14, 2007 InvestorIdeas.com green investor portals report on choices and trends in green cars including Hybrids, Electric, Biofuels, and Fuel Cell cars. As green and ethical consumerism grows to become a global phenomenon, InvestorIdeas.com discusses options and choices available and underway posing the question - Are there enough choices and incentives to create the shift? Electric Car Manufacturer ZAP (OTCBB: ZAAP) and R.L. Evans, Director Clean Energy Research Centre, University of British Columbia, help to provide insight into the highways of the future.
At the recent Hydrogen & Fuel Cells 2007Conference held in Vancouver B.C., Bill Reinert, National Manager TMS Advanced Technologies Group, Toyota Motor Company discussed that "by 2040, based on the current growth, there will be 2- 3 billion cars on the road, up from current numbers of 1 billion, creating environmental problems 4 to 5 times of what they are today.\" The projected numbers of population and vehicle growth provide compelling motivation for change.
Consumers looking for green and environmentally friendly automotive choices available in the market today can visit Yahoo! Autos Green Rating and search the Top 100 Cars by Green Rating, developed in consultation with Environmental Defense (http://www.environmentaldefense.org). Users can browse through available options in Hybrid - Electric cars, Ethanol cars, Diesel - Biodiesel cars, Natural Gas cars and fuel efficient cars. The rating measures the vehicle\'s environmental friendliness from 1 to 100 with the higher a vehicle\'s Green Rating, the \"greener\" it is and the lower its harm to both human health and the planet.
For consumers looking at electric cars, industry players ZAP (OTCBB: ZAAP) and GM with the GM Volt offer both performance and efficiency in the near future.
ZAP, who has been in the electric car market since 1994, has a full line of competitively priced electric vehicles from A to Z ranging from electric scooters, electric ATV\'s and electric cars and trucks. ZAP is also working with Lotus Engineering to create the ZAP-X (http://www.zapworld.com/ZAPWorld.aspx?id
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Contact Details = Dawn Van Zant 800.665.0411 Email: dvanzant@investorideas.com