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LA Auto Show 2011: Green cars vs. brown cloud
Running through Nov. 27, the LA Auto Show features a wide array of green machines that aim to take some CO2 out of the city’s massive carbon footprint
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The greater Los Angeles area is often considered less a city and more a mobile parking lot. With L.A.’s crushing automotive density, it’s fitting that the 2011 L.A. Auto Show - which runs through Nov. 27 - proved a showcase for a wide array of green machines that aim to take some carbon out of the city’s massive carbon footprint.
A particularly bright auto show spotlight was trained on a model with the rather pedestrian name of Honda Civic Natural Gas, which won the this year’s Green Car of the Year award from the editors of Green Car Journal (who have apparently never seen the documentary Gasland). The compressed natural gas (CNG) version of the company’s stalwart Civic bested the likes of Toyota Prius V and Ford Focus Electric, thanks in part to an engine with no smog-causing emissions and an eight-gallon fill-up price of around $12 (or less if you live in states where CNG is readily available). The car is rated at 38 mpg highway and 27 mpg city by the Environmental Protection Agency, a 10% boost over Honda’s last CNG effort.
