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Drivers of Electric Cars Pay Less for Auto Insurance

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Looking for a way to pay less money on your car insurance premiums? You might want to consider getting an electric vehicle when you get ready to buy a new car. There are many reasons why auto insurance companies have started to look favorably upon drivers of electric cars. Electric cars are becoming a little bit more popular every year. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety created a list of the safest electric cars for 2011. That was the first time that electric cars had been tested by an insurance group. They tested sixty-six different electric vehicles. Forty were makes … Continue reading →

IIHS Picks Safest Vehicles for 2012

Every year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) releases a list of the safest vehicles of 2012. Vehicles that end up on this list must pass a series of crash tests designed to determine how safe the car or truck would be in the case of a crash. Is your car on this year’s list? For 2012, the IIHS has selected 115 vehicles that it considers to be the safest choices (for 2012 vehicles). Last year, the IIHS only found a total of 66 vehicles that it considered to be the safest ones from 2011. To get onto this … Continue reading →

Insurance Group Picks Safest Electric Cars

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In December of 2010, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety created a list of what they considered to be the safest vehicles of 2011. In April of 2011, they released their list of the safest electric cars. This is the first time electric cars have been safety tested by an insurance group. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is non-profit, independent, scientific group. It also is an educational organization. This group is very dedicated to reducing the number of deaths, injuries, and property damage that occurs due to automobile crashes that happen on the nation’s highways. This group is not … Continue reading →

Where You Live Influences The Price of Your Car Insurance

Perhaps you live in a state that requires all drivers to purchase auto insurance. If so, then you are aware that car insurance can be extremely expensive. There are a lot of different factors that can influence the price that your car insurance premiums will be. One of these factors happens to be the state that you reside in. Most of us realize that the amount of money that an insurance company is going to charge a person on his or her premiums has to do with how big a risk the insurance company perceives that person to be. Ideally, … Continue reading →

Insurance Institute For Highway Safety Picks Safest Vehicles For 2011

Before you decide on what kind of vehicle you want to purchase in this coming year, 2011, you should check out this list. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has created a list of vehicles that have won their Top Safety Pick award for 2011. The safer your vehicle is, the better a deal you are going to get on your car insurance premiums. There are many different factors that a person would need to take into consideration when trying to decide which new vehicle to buy. The price of the vehicle is going to create a limitation for most … Continue reading →