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Is the Saturn Vue Two-Mode hybrid DOA? Not yet
Is the Saturn Vue Two-Mode hybrid DOA? Not yet
Click above to view high-res gallery of the Saturn VUE 2 Mode Hybrid We got a comment from a reader the other day on a post we published back in December indicating that the Saturn Vue 2-mode hybrid had been canceled. Our reader had placed an order for one of the new hybrid crossovers last summer but...
As Formula 1 prepares to launch KERS, safety concerns mount
As Formula 1 prepares to launch KERS, safety concerns mount
The opening of the 2009 Formula one season is only a month away in Melbourne, Austraiia and, for the first time, teams will be able to compete with KERS hybrid drive systems aboard. It’s not clear yet how many of the teams are actually ready to run their systems, but there is one big concern:...
Family takes "The Electric Vehicle Initiative" on the road in Florida
Family takes "The Electric Vehicle Initiative" on the road in Florida
A Tallahassee family is so excited about driving on electricity that they have hit the road in their plug-in Prius for a planned 2,000-mile road trip to share their enthusiasm and inform their fellow Floridians about the benefits of hybrids and electric cars. The Electric Vehicle Initiative, as they’re...
Disappointing results – just 51 mpg – for converted PHEV Priuses in Seattle
Disappointing results – just 51 mpg – for converted PHEV Priuses in Seattle
Nearly a year ago the city of Seattle started a field test of 14 Toyota Priuses converted to plug-in hybrid capability. At the time, the expectation was that the cars would top 100 mpg overall and 150 mpg in urban driving. The problem is that these PHEVs, like all other hybrids, are particularly sensitive...
Disappointing results – just 51 mpg – for converted PHEV Priuses in Seattle
Disappointing results – just 51 mpg – for converted PHEV Priuses in Seattle
Nearly a year ago the city of Seattle started a field test of 14 Toyota Priuses converted to plug-in hybrid capability. At the time, the expectation was that the cars would top 100 mpg overall and 150 mpg in urban driving. The problem is that these PHEVs, like all other hybrids, are particularly sensitive...
Johnson Controls boss confident in li-ion tech, worries about supply base
Johnson Controls boss confident in li-ion tech, worries about supply base
Click the plug-in hybrid Escape for a high res gallery Michael Andrews, director-government affairs at Johnson Controls, is like most in the auto industry: he now believes that lithium ion battery technology will prove to be technologically viable. The problem as Andrews sees it is the manufacturing...
Toyota: Market wants hybrids, not sportscars
Toyota: Market wants hybrids, not sportscars
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2010 Toyota Prius If the automaker’s presence at the last couple of Auto Shows (see Detroit , Chicago ) wasn’t enough to clue us in, Toyota Division General Manager Bob Carter has spelled out the Japanese giant’s future product portfolio to...
Melbourne 2009: Toyota shows off HC-CV (Hybrid Camry Concept Vehicle)
Melbourne 2009: Toyota shows off HC-CV (Hybrid Camry Concept Vehicle)
Click above for a hi-res gallery of Toyota Australia’s HC-CV In about twelve months, Toyota’s Australian arm will begin producing its own Camry Hybrids. To celebrate the new contract, Toyota Australia has created a new concept called the HC-CV (Hybrid Camry Concept Vehicle), and it has just...
Honda’s new CEO, Takanobu Ito; same as the old boss?
Honda’s new CEO, Takanobu Ito; same as the old boss?
While not as exciting as Bob Lutz , Takeo Fukui – the soon-to-be-former president and CEO of Honda Motor Company – has provided us with a few attention-getting quotes over the years. With the news late last night that Fukui (pictured) will be stepping down in June, to be replaced by the...
Hybrid Technologies changes it name to EV Innovations Inc
Hybrid Technologies changes it name to EV Innovations Inc
While perusing YouTube the other day, we happened across some re-posted videos from the Hybrid Technologies collection. Nothing out of the ordinary, but then we Car Blog Greena video description that said ,” EV Innovations, formerly Hybrid Technologies, shows off one of thier [sic] electric vehicles....
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