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Tesla Confirms Model S Plug-in Hybrid Sedan

Earlier this month, Tesla confirmed that it has started work on a second model, the followup to the long-awaited electric-powered Roadster. The car, a family-sized four-door sedan previously known as “Whitstar” in rumors now has a name: Model S.
Although Tesla is best known for its work with electric cars, the new Model S will be [...]

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Chrysler Begins Production of Hybrid SUVs

Chrysler LLC’s new Hybrid Electric Vehicles began rolling off the assembly line last week at its Newark, Del. assembly plant.
Chrysler is offering the two-mode hybrid powertrain on both vehicles built at the plant, Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen. Both offer substantially improved MPG over their conventional counterparts.
In order to smoothly add one of the automotive [...]

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Hybrid Batteries Spark Waste Fears in Australia

Australia has no ability to environmentally dispose of the batteries from the Toyota Camry hybrids whose production has been championed by Kevin Rudd.
Labor in Victoria, where the cars will be built, has conceded a “current hole” in the nation’s recycling policies means there is no capacity to environmentally dispose of the nickel-metal hydride car batteries [...]

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Are Hybrid and Electric Cars Too Quiet?

Electric and hybrid vehicles may be good for the environment, but a California lawmaker says they’re bad news for the blind. State Sen. Alan Lowenthal, a Long Beach Democrat, is pushing a bill aimed at ensuring that the vehicles make enough noise to be heard by the blind and visually impaired when they’re about to [...]

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Many Trading in Gas Guzzlers for Better Fuel Efficiency

Belinda Lafferty of Monticello has joined the many drivers who are buying smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles because of the high price of gasoline.”I was on this almost two years ago when I got rid of my Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited for a brand new Toyota Yaris-S, which gets about 40 miles per gallon,” she said [...]

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