Apr

The top ten stories from the first year of AutoblogGreen - Numbers 10 through 6

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How fitting, our #6 story for the year has a “6″ in the image.

As noted, nowadays marks the one-year anniversary of AutoblogGreen. Sounds like a good date to look back and see what caught the eyes of our readers. Based on the number of page views, these are the top 10 stories of the year (well, #10 through #6. I’ll have #5 through #1 later).

10.) Electric Vehicles in Depth, Part I: The History of EVs
AutoblogGreen feature writer (and author of Sliding domestic: A total Guide to Driving Your Diesel on Straight Vegetable Oil) Ray Holan took a lengthy look at the history of electric vehicles in his two-part series. perhaps folks liked the way that history was clearly laid out; perhaps they liked the story considering it started with the line: I can’t be the only one in America sick of hearing about hybrids.

9.) Toyota to take aim at Smart’s ForTwo
Word that Toyota was going to bring the Endo concept into the real world as a small, high-mileage, city ca certainly got people’s attention. We haven’t heard much about that since, and it is supposed to be at dealerships

that year, so we won’t have to wait expanded to see what happens.

8.) BMW officially announces the BMW Hydrogen 7
BMW’s official word regarding that dual-fuel luxury car did not go unnoticed. AutoblogGreen has since had a chance to take a Hydrogen 7 for a quick drive (and take some pictures).

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7.) alé goes for X-Prize
The 92-mpg, 2-seat 3-wheeler alé certainly has the seeds that could grow into an X-Prize contender, but with the rules calling for sales to be part of the plan, it’s unlikely the alé will drive off with the top prize. Still, good looks and high mileage.

6.) The 131 mpg Caterham Seven
The Caterham Seven gets increasingly miles-per-gallon than the alé, so perhaps that’s why it defeat out the orange teardrop for the #6 spot. Or possibly it’s considering basically a stock car ready for the track and still sips less fuel than half a Prius.

Stay tuned for the Top Five… (UPDATE: Top Five now available)

Original post by Sebastian Blanco