Volvo Cars, Vattenfall In JV To Launch Plug-In Cars In 2012Wall Street JournalSTOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)–Volvo Cars and Vattenfall said Monday they are launching an industrial joint venture partnership to introduce plug-in hybrid cars. -A Volvo that can be fuelled with electricity from a standard wall socket will be a reality in …
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2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid Beats Electric CarsNewsOXY, FLHybrid cars can save money for consumers, but it depends on the driver. Certain techniques such as coasting to stops before braking will increase mileage on the automobile. Toyota also offers an eight-year warrant which covers all hybrid components for …Toyota Prius sales boom in Japan despite […]
AsiaOne
High-end hybrids power up the salesAsiaOne, SingaporeBy Samuel Ee Eco-friendly Lexus cars in demand despite shrinking market, downturn SALES of premium hybrid cars are rising but it's not because of sky high pump prices. Rather, buyers of upmarket Lexus petrol-electric hybrids like the prodigious power …
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Boston Globe
Beefing up the green fleetBoston Globe, United States"There's a strong undercurrent of interest in the environment for members, so having a percentage of hybrid cars in the fleet is attractive," said Dave Brook, who founded the country's first commercial car-sharing service in Portland, Ore., in 1998, …
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Volkswagen to Partner with BYD for Future HybridsAutomobile MagazineAccording to Christian Buhlmann, a VW spokesman, his company is looking at both battery-only and plug-in hybrid cars. He said it is hard to say when the cars will be introduced. "The big question is when do batteries become affordable? …VW Signs Battery Pact […]
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Ford Tax Credit For Hybrid CarsNewsOXY, FLThere is still a tax credit for hybrid cars available through the Ford Motor Company. The hybrid tax credit is good for the 2010 Ford Fusion and the 2009 Escape SUV. There is a tax credit for hybrid cars available through the Ford Motor Company. …2010 Hybrid Electric Cars To […]
New Zealand Herald
Electric carsLloyd’s List, UKAcross the Atlantic, President Obama has promised to have one million hybrid cars, using both petrol and electric engines, on US roads by 2015. But despite such ambitious plans, mass ownership of electric cars remains a long way off unless the costs of …Electric-car extravaganza draws strong, silent typesThe Wenatchee World […]
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Hybrid Cars To Offer 100 MPG In 2011NewsOXY, FLHybrid Cars are already advancing quickly in fuel economy and mileage. There are new hybrid cars, which still remain as auto concepts, which will offer consumers more than 100 miles per gallon by the year 2011. The new Hybrid Cars coming to market are …2010 Automobiles Convert To […]
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Japan Auto Makers Ease Output CutsWall Street JournalFor the two biggest Japanese car makers, Toyota and Honda, brisk orders for their recently launched hybrid cars brought more encouraging news. Toyota released a remodeled Prius on Monday, with presales orders totaling more than 80000 vehicles, …Toyota boosts operation hours at popular hybrid Prius factoriesMainichi Daily […]
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Solar Powered Electric Cars Coming From ToyotaNewsOXY, FLIt is the first time Toyota will try to use solar energy as a way to charge its electric batteries in hybrid cars. Solar energy is being used for Toyota electric cars with solar panels mounted on each end of the vehicle. Toyota wants to develop ways to …
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