http://www.southerncaliforniamazda.com Sierra Mazda Talk Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:14:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ken Liu’s Hybrid Discussion Part 2 [caption id="attachment_270" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Mazda-3 5-door"][/caption] The electric motor also acts as an electric generator, used for charging the hybrid's battery pack. In simple terms, when the electric motor is not assisting the engine with power, the electric motor becomes a large alternator, and ... http://www.southerncaliforniamazda.com/sierra-mazda%e2%80%99s-guide-to-green-driving-part-11 Ken Liu’s Hybrid Discussion Part 1 The 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid. The current generation Honda Civic Hybrid is the fourth iteration of Honda's Hybrid system. Its genealogy consists of the Honda Insight, the 2003-2005 Honda Civic Hybrid, the 2005-2007 Honda Accord V6 Hybrid. During those generations Honda learned ... http://www.southerncaliforniamazda.com/sierra-mazda%e2%80%99s-guide-to-green-driving-part-10 Car Pool [caption id="attachment_255" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The 2009 Mazda3"][/caption] If we think of our costs and emissions in per capita terms, the more people in the vehicle, the better for the wallet and the environment. It isn’t always easy to find the right person to carpool with, especially given our complicated ... http://www.southerncaliforniamazda.com/sierra-mazda%e2%80%99s-guide-to-green-driving-part-9 Drive Off Peak [caption id="attachment_241" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="2009 Mazda6 Near Los Angeles"][/caption] Nobody is getting good miles per gallon on a congested highway. When you are crawling along in a traffic jam, you are wasting time, gas and engine life. It’s just not what the engine was built to do. ... http://www.southerncaliforniamazda.com/sierra-mazda%e2%80%99s-guide-to-green-driving-part-8 Drive Less [caption id="attachment_234" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Southern California Beach"][/caption] This may seem obvious, but a hybrid driven 20,000 miles a year is probably polluting more than a new SUV driven 7,000 miles per year. To the extent that a hybrid owner feels liberated to drive more because of the efficiency of ... http://www.southerncaliforniamazda.com/sierra-mazda%e2%80%99s-guide-to-green-driving-part-7 Drive Gently [caption id="attachment_220" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Los Angeles Mazda Driving"][/caption] There are many driving habits you can develop to save gas and reduce emissions. Avoiding idling time is key. This means avoiding drive-through lines, congested highways and intersections that you have to wait through a couple of cycles of the ... http://www.southerncaliforniamazda.com/sierra-mazda%e2%80%99s-guide-to-green-driving-part-6 Maintain Your Vehicle [caption id="attachment_215" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The 2009 Mazda 6"][/caption] It really is the little day to day things that added up, can make a huge difference in gas mileage. Keeping your tire pressure up with the right tires on the car, doing the recommended maintenance at proper intervals and keeping your ... http://www.southerncaliforniamazda.com/sierra-mazda%e2%80%99s-guide-to-green-driving-part-5 Natural Gas Vehicles The Honda Civic GX is truly engineered for the environment. Honda gives you the details at this Honda Civic GX link, which is worth checking out. It is an advanced technology partial zero emission vehicle (AT-PZEV) and, if you lease an in-home refueling system, you can ... http://www.southerncaliforniamazda.com/sierra-mazda%e2%80%99s-guide-to-green-driving-part-4 Hybrids Honda Civic hybrid Chevy Tahoe hybrid Chevy Malibu hybrid Mazda Tribute hybrid [caption id="attachment_193" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Los Angeles California"][/caption] Hybrids use two sources of energy to power the vehicle – gas and electricity – either in combination or alternating, depending on what kind of driving you are doing. The vehicle’s computer figures out ... http://www.southerncaliforniamazda.com/sierra-mazda%e2%80%99s-guide-to-green-driving-part-3 Buying The Right Car for Green Driving Buying the right car for you also entails identifying what features you need and want in your car or truck, including how many miles you will be driving it each year and what type of driving (city, highway, combination) you will be doing. ... http://www.southerncaliforniamazda.com/sierra-mazda%e2%80%99s-guide-to-green-driving-part-2 Welcome to our ten part, Sierra Mazda Guide to Green Driving series... Drivers are becoming increasingly aware of both the financial and the environmental costs associated with the vehicles and trucks they drive. Drivers seek to balance the utility we need from our car or truck against the expense of operating ... http://www.southerncaliforniamazda.com/sierra-mazdas-guide-to-green-driving We here at the Southern California Mazda, want to let you know about a development in Mazda technology. Mazda has in its recent past explored the possibility of using USB flash drives as Mazda keys. Mazda, known for it's light-weight and sporty cars, has always embraced the obsessive gadget lover ... http://www.southerncaliforniamazda.com/usb-data-drives-as-mazda-keys The following are sketches for the new concept SUV, otherwise known as Nagare, from Mazda. [caption id="attachment_155" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Mazda Nagare Sketch for Front"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_158" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Mazda Nagare Sketch Side"][/caption] The new This Mazda concept vehicle is designed especially for the SUV-hungry Russian market, which amazingly is a huge growth market. ... http://www.southerncaliforniamazda.com/the-mazda-sleak-nagare-concept-car-as-shown-in-moscow Sierra Mazda presents the Mazda RX-9, which is an advanced concept that came out on top as a winner in this year’s Michelin Design Challenge. The Mazda RX-9 is a hybrid featuring both a 2.5L V6 and wafer-thin electric motor. However, with the Mazda RX-9, Mazda also showcases some ... http://www.southerncaliforniamazda.com/the-mazda-future-mazda-rx-9-concept