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Buying & Driving
Energy-efficient vehicles
Eco-car 2012
The VCS guidelines for the purchase of a car assess car models according to CO2, pollution and noise emissions. You can find detailed information about the Eco-car List on the website of the VCS. You can also download the complete document as a PDF here: Eco-car List 2013 (pdf)
[Translate to English:] Energie-Etikette
Die Energie-Etikette informiert über den Treibstoffverbrauch in Liter/100 km (bei Verbrenner-Fahrzeugen den CO2-Ausstoss in g/km, bei Gasfahrzeugen im m3 CNG) und die Energieeffizienz bezogen auf das Fahrzeug-Leergewicht. Die Energie-Etikette muss am Personenwagen oder in seiner Nähe gut sichtbar angebracht werden.
Drive system overview
A summary on the subject of hybrid, electrical, natural gas and bio-ethanol vehicles can be found oin the website of the Schweizerischen Verbandes für elektrische und effiziente Strassenfahrzeuge (Swiss Association for Electrical and Efficient Road Vehicles).
| With natural gas, you travel much cheaper than with diesel or petrol. Regionalwerke AG Baden additionally supports environmentally-friendly engines with a credit voucher for CHF 1,000.-. With this, you can fill up your vehicle with natural gas or bio-gas at the Shell Baregg filling station in Baden-Dättwil. You can find out more about this offer from the Regionalwerke AG: Tel. 056/200 22 22, Email info@regionalwerke.ch or in the E-PUNKT Customer Centre at Haselstrasse 15 in Baden. "Jetzt aber Vollgas!" (pdf) natural gas filling stations in Switzerland: List and map, as well as an overview of natural gas vehicles: |
Eco-Drive®: the moderrn way to drive
Driving has taken on a new dimension. Responsibility, safety, economy and environmental awareness come first. Environmentally conscious driving is now the standard, is a part of the driving test and is communicated under "Eco-Drive®". "Eco-Drive®" driving can be learned. The Quality Alliance «Eco-Drive®» tells you how and where!
You can also obtain further information about available courses at aargaumobil.
Tyre pressure ok?
"Pump up your tyres – save fuel – drive safely": a initiative of the Nordwestschweizer Energie- und Umweltfachstellen (North-west Switzerland Energy and Environment Office). Tyre pressure (pdf)
