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Hybrids Prove Their Value at Pump

Call it competitive fuel efficiency.
For Chantal Dupasquier and her boyfriend, driving their new Honda Civic has become a sport of a sort. The Winnipeg couple bought the hybrid last November and, since then, they’ve been competing to see who can squeeze the most kilometres out of a litre of gasoline.
“We’ll tease each other if we [...]

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Honda May Release Sporty Hybrid as Replacement for S2000

Honda has quietly entered the hybrid market by slowly adding additional models to their lineup of cars.  From the Insight, to the Civic, to the defunct Accord hybrid, they have covered most of the car segments.  Missing is a sporty hybrid.  They are set to release their CRZ Hybrid within a year, a replacement for [...]

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Sales Tax Exemption for Hybrids Ends Soon

The states sales tax exemption for most hybrid cars will end in a few months.
The sales tax exemption for cars with highway mileage of at least 40 miles per gallon took effect Jan. 1, but was repealed during this year’s legislative session. The exemption ends Aug. 1.
Hybrid vehicles will still be exempt from the separate [...]

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GM’s New Engine To Make Its Hybrids and Plug-Ins Even More Efficient

GM announced its development of a new, more efficient internal combustion engine that will eventually be used to power its lineup of hybrid and extended-range plug-in vehicles.
In the homogenous charge compression ignition engine (HCCI), the air and fuel mixture is compressed to ignite rather than using a spark. When combined with other advanced technologies, the [...]

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Obama Gives Plug for His Ford Hybrid

President Barack Obama may be the only investor willing and able to keep General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC alive, but his biggest endorsement at today’s announcement on fuel economy went to Ford Motor Co.
At the end of a Rose Garden ceremony unveiling new mileage standards, Obama stepped back from the podium, then threw in [...]

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