Tag: Hybrid Cars - Page 10
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Chevy Volt Offically Rated at 93 MPGe in Electric Mode by EPA
Photo: EPA37 MPG in Gasoline Mode, 60 MPG CompositeLast week it was the Nissan LEAF's turn to get its EPA sticker, and now it's the Chevrolet Volt. GM's plug-in hybrid is officially rated at 93 MPG-equivalent in electric mode and 37 MPG in gasoline
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GE to Purchase 25,000 Electric Cars by 2015!
Photo: GM, GELargest Single EV Commitment So FarGE, the ginormous multinational conglomerate (according to Forbes, they have about 780 billion dollars in assets and 115 billion dollars of yearly sales), has decided to switch 25,000 vehicles from its
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GM Volt Owners Might Go Up to 2 Years Without Changing the Oil
Photo: Flickr, CC Possibly More, After More Real-World Testing One of the many benefits of electric cars is that you get rid of many things that need maintenance and can break down (a lot of mechanics will probably be sad about that). Hybrid and plug-in
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Honda's Next Hybrid Drivetrain May Have Lithium-Ion Batteries, Ditch IMA
The key word in the title above is "may". It's not a done deal yet, but to me it makes so much sense that I'd be surprised if Honda didn't go that route, especially after its CEO showed enthusiasm for electric cars. This info comes
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Toyota Unveils the Prius PLUS Performance Package
Photo: Toyota Nice Alliteration Toyota just unveiled the Prius PLUS Performance Package, a new hybrid "performance" line by Toyota Racing Development (TRD). I'm putting performance in quote marks because most of the changes are cosmetic, kind of like
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Toyota is Turning Old NiMH Batteries Into New Batteries
Image: Toyota The Circle of Battery-Life The more hybrid cars and battery electric cars are on the road, the more battery pack we'll eventually have to deal with. It's still a better problem to have than to have to deal with vehicles that burn
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Chevy Volt Commercial Puts Emphasis on Driving Range
Total Range of About 350 Miles It looks like GM has decided that the longer total range of the Chevy Volt compared to its all-electric competitors is the selling point that they want to highlight. The commercial above isn't too bad, but it isn't too
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Honda Improves Stop-Start in Insight and Jazz Hybrids to Boost MPG
Photo: Flickr, CC Squeezing More From Every Drop in Stop-and-Go Traffic Honda is updating the stop-start system (aka anti-idling) in its Insight hybrid to allow the car's gasoline engine to stay turned off for longer periods, allowing it to be more fuel
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Is this the 7-Seat Toyota Prius MPV? (Leaked Photo)
Photo: Toyota, if this is really the Prius MPV... Some Have Been Waiting a Long Time for a Hybrid Minivan Autoblog Italy has a supposedly leaked pic of what could very well be the Prius hybrid's big brother, a Prius MPV with three rows of seats (we
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Nissan Launches the Fuga Hybrid in Japan (Coming to US as an Infiniti in 2011)
Photo: NissanJapanese Fuel Economy: 19.0 km/LAt about this time last year, I wrote about Nissan's plans for a new hybrid with lithium-ion batteries based on the Fuga (known as the Infiniti M35 in the US). Right on time, the Fuga hybrid is coming out
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Volvo to Make Plug-In Diesel Hybrid Based on V60 Wagon in 2012
A lot of people have been waiting for a very long time for a production diesel-hybrid model. A couple years ago, it looked like Volkswagen was going to make a diesel-hybrid Golf, but a few months later it was canceled because "too
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GM Will Have Factory Capacity for 60,000 Chevy Volts in 2012
Photo: GM Doesn't Mean They'll Make that Many, Though... One of the Chevy Volt's big disadvantage against the Nissan LEAF is that GM's production numbers are significantly lower: The latest news were for an initial 2011 production of around
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Green Highlights from the 2010 Paris Motor Show
Photos: all Alex Davies except 2 by Jaguar and Lotus Green Cars in France The 2010 Paris Motor Show, known as the Mondial de l'automobile de Paris in French, just closed its doors after being open from October 2nd to 17th. From a green point of view, it
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Chevy Volt Gets 127 MPG Over 299 Miles of Real-World Driving
Photo: saebaryo, Flickr, CC Motor Trend's Jonny Lieberman is Impressed Now things are getting really interesting for Volt watchers. More and more real-world data is coming in about the car's actual performance and fuel efficiency (as opposed to the
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2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid to be Eligible for $1,300 Tax Credit
Photo: HyundaiBut the Credit Expires on Dec 31st, 2010The Hyundai Sonata hybrid is going to launch in December with a MPG rating of 36 in the city and 40 on the highway (most hybrids do better in the city than on the highway, but not this one --
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Worldwide Prius Sales Top 2 Million, 2 New Variants Rumored for 2012
Image: GCC, based on Toyota data 2 Million Served, and Counting... It was only a couple years ago that I wrote about Toyota reaching the 1 million mark for worldwide Prius hybrid sales. What took about 8-11 years to do (depending on when you start
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Fisker Could Do IPO After Karma Launch in Spring 2011
Photo: Flickr, CC Follow in Tesla's Footsteps Henrik Fisker, the CEO of Fisker Automotive, the makers of the Karma plug-in hybrid, recently spoke with the press and gave an update on where the company is headed. The biggest news concerns the launch
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Lotus Unveils Pint-Sized 'City Car' PHEV Urban Commuter
Photo: Lotus The Right Tool for the Job Urban commuting should mostly be done using public transportation, bikes, and feet, but as long as there are cars in urban cores, they should probably look something like the 'City Car' (what an original name!) by
