Honda May Develop Plug-In Autos as Obama Alters US PolicyBloombergHonda, Japan's second-largest carmaker, last week began building a lithium-ion battery factory with joint-venture partner GS Yuasa Corp. in Japan's Kyoto prefecture to make packs for gasoline-electric hybrid cars made by Tokyo-based Honda starting in …
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Toyota brings fun to its hybrid carsTimes Online, UKThe Prius led a revolution in green vehicles. Can Toyota's new car keep it out in front? How we laughed at the Japanese. We ridiculed their humourless engineers, with white coats and polyester trousers. We scoffed at their boring little cars with …Hendo out of gas with hybrid […]
NASCAR embraces green carsTheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk, UKSo why has it suddenly embraced hybrid cars? According to Ed Laukes, Toyota's corporate manager of motorsports marketing, it is a demonstration of performance - taking a car that literally anyone can buy and passing the performance characteristics …
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Getting More for Your GallonFOXNewsAnd, of course, there's the Toyota Prius, the established leader in hybrid cars whose 2009 model gets 46 mpg, which has lead the way in alternative automotive technologies since landing on showroom floors in 2004, despite its slightly higher price. …
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Power pledge hits the slow laneNew Zealand Herald, New ZealandPhoto / AP President Barack Obama's campaign pledge to put one million plug-in hybrid cars on the road by 2015 is fraught with difficulties, from technical and engineering hurdles to the realities of the economy and the price of fuel. …
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Plug-in hybrid cars clean, but face hurdles in USStarPhoenix, CanadaPresident Barack Obama has set a goal for the United States to put one million plug-in hybrid cars on the road by 2015. Several car companies plan to launch plug-ins. General Motors' Chevrolet Volt is expected to go on sale late next year. …
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Hybrid Hazards? First Responders Say, "Not Really"WCAX, VTAnd that includes hybrid cars. The vehicles have some hazards that gas-powered cars do not, including higher-voltage batteries and cables that could be a threat if rescue crews come in contact with them. The Burlington Fire Department says it knows of …
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COLUMN: Electric Car Reality CheckDetroit Free Press, United StatesI own not one, but two hybrid cars, and EV is my next step. But I'm baffled that auto industry executives so quickly went from fervently blocking gains in efficiency to even more fervently advocating emissions-free cars. Many of the execs pushing …
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Honda's Future Hybrid Cars, Plug-in Hybrids, Diesels and Electric CArsNext Big Future, CAWe think simple lightweight hybrid systems such as IMA are now suitable, especially for compact cars. We'll do our best to promote hybrid technology which leads to electric drive [such as plug-in hybrids]. Separately, Honda issued a statement …
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Greening the fleet: State eyes hundreds of hybrid, natural gas …Salt Lake Tribune, United StatesThe CNG and hybrid cars also have a higher resale value at the end of their life cycle, she said. The infusion of new CNG cars is a revival of sorts for the state. About a decade ago, the state started […]
