Tag: Hybrid Cars - Page 7
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Renting Hybrid Cars Has Gotten Easier: 5 Models to Look Out For
A bike or local public transportation may be the greenest way to get around, but sometimes even the biggest cargo bike can't do everything.
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Roomier Prius V Hybrid (aka Mama Prius) Going on Sale in US Next Month
Photo: Toyota58% More Cargo Space, Starting at $26,400After releasing more details on the 2012 Prius Plug-in, Toyota is now announcing that the Prius V (which I dubbed the 'Mama Prius') will go on sale in the United States at the end of October.
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Toyota Unveils 2012 Prius Plug-in (87 MPGe, $32k)
Photo: ToyotaToyota's a Bit Late to the Lithium-Ion Party, But Better Late Than NeverWe've known it was coming for a while, but until now we didn't have official numbers on pricing and fuel economy for the 2012 Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid. Well, the
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Bear Takes Toyota Prius for a Test-Drive, Totals it
Apologies for the terrible Photoshop job... Image: Nissan's LEAF ad + Prius And Now for Something on the Lighter Side of News... Nissan might have trained polar bears in its ads (see below), but Toyota has wild bears in its hybrids. Unfortunately, it
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NASCAR Giants Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon Going Green in Chevy Volts
Although the idea of NASCAR going green isn't much more than a fantasy, individual drivers can still join the ranks of the sustainability movement. And that's what racing legends Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon have
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New 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid Unveiled (41 MPG)
Photo: Toyota7th Generation Camry, 2nd Generation Camry HybridThe Toyota Camry is a perennial best-seller in the US, ranking #1 in number of units sold for 13 of the past 14 years. Since 2006, Toyota has been offering a hybrid version of its
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Toyota & Ford to Partner on Next Generation Light Truck and SUV Hybrid Drivetrain
Photo: Ford RWD Hybrids Ford and Toyota have announced that they entered an equal partnership to develop a gasoline-electric hybrid drivetrain for rear-wheel-drive light trucks and SUVs. While I'm not a big fan of these types of vehicles if they are
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Toyota Aims for 17,000 Prius Plug-in Sales in U.S. Next Year
Photo: Tom Raftery, Flickr, CC Competition for the Chevy Volt While Toyota is getting ready to go 100% electric with the Scion iQ EV and the Toyota RAV4 EV with a Tesla powertrain, it is also betting a lot on the intermediary step that is the plug-in
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Boston Metro Area to Get 150 ChargePoint Electric Car Charging Stations
I Wonder What Santa Drives... Coulomb Technologies, the electric vehicle infrastructure company, has announced that it will install 150 'ChargePoint' EV charging stations around the Boston metropolitan area. The money for this comes
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Should a Green Writer Buy a Hybrid?
Having lived in New York City for five years, I've come to relish the car-less life. Honestly, I was never a huge fan of the things; I wasn't a natural driver, and I didn't care to be. I drove slowly and boringly (and sometimes poorly), often to the
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Honda Launches Fit Shuttle Hybrid in Japan (71 MPG)
Photo: Honda You Can Fit More Stuff and More People... The Honda Fit is turning out to be quite the versatile little car. After the hybrid version and the electric version, Honda is now launching - in Japan only for now - the Shuttle and Shuttle hybrid
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2011 Chevrolet Volt Receives NHTSA 5-Star Safety Rating
Photo: NHTSA Video captureRecently Also Got Top-Rating From Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)Electric vehicles, like many new technologies, have to overcome certain perception problems before becoming mainstream. Ubiquitous fast-charge
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Ask Pablo: Could A Hacked Hummer H3 Really Get 60 MPG?
There are plenty of claims out there from people promising amazing fuel economy. Some of these claims
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Toyota Recalls 52,000 Prius Hybrids (2001-2003)
Photo: Public domain. An Ounce of Prevention... If you are a Prius early-adopter and still have your 2001 to 2003 model, listen up: Toyota is doing a voluntary security recall on 52,000 first generation Prius hybrids in the US to "replace the electric
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Electromobility Awards Announced at Challenge Bibendum 2011 in Berlin (Photos)
This week Berlin plays host to the Electromobility Conference and the Michellin Challenge Bibendum -- a race testing the ability of electric-powered vehicles to withstand the demands of everyday driving. Which
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Steven Chu Highlights 1,800+ Electric Car Charging Stations Installed Under Recovery Act
Plugging-In Anywhere, AnytimeThe vast majority of EV owners will recharge their vehicles at home during the night, but what happens when that's not possible? That's why we need charging stations to be widely accessible
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Toyota Launches Prius Alpha 7-Seater in Japan
Photo: Toyota Two Versions: NiMH or Lithium-Ion Batteries Toyota has just launched the bigger 'Mama Prius' in Japan, officially named the Prius Alpha there, the Prius V in North-America (coming out later this year), and the Prius+ in Europe (coming in
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All Prius Models Will Be 'Plug-In' Starting in 2014
Photo: ToyotaAny Model You Want as Long as It's PluggableThe Nikkei is reporting that Toyota will make the whole Prius family (by then, larger and smaller hybrids will join the current model) 'plug-in'. In other words, you'll be able to recharge the
