Electric Cars Muddy the MPG Waters
With more electric, fuel cell and hybrid vehicles on the road today, measuring miles per gallon isn’t as easy as it was in the old days, the Washington Times reports.
Alternative-fuel cars have different ways of computing mpg. For example, the new Chevy Volt electric car has a projected fuel economy equal to 230 mpg.
Edmunds.com is [...]
A Bright Idea For Plug-In Hybrids
Bright Automotive to Share its Plug-In IDEA on Capitol Hill
100mpg Hybrid Van Launched
Ford Escape Embodies the True Spirit of Hybrid Technology
Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) Cars Are Clean, But Face Hurdles
6 Myths About Hybrid Vehicles Unplugged
Whether you call them myths, urban legends, fables or old wives’ tales, there’s a lot of misinformation out there about plug-in electric hybrid vehicles. These vehicles, abbreviated PHEVs, hold great promise as the key to weaning America from its dependence on imported oil, which represents nearly two-thirds of all the petroleum burned in the United [...]
Putting a Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) Car to the Test
Are Hybrid and Electric Cars Too Quiet?
Some Basic Hybrid and Electric Car Terms
British Army Takes Delivery of Hybrid Vehicles to Cut CO2 Emissions
Ford Hybrid Cars and All-Electric Ford Vehicles Unveil Fuel-Efficient Strategy
BMW Begins to Take Orders in Japan for 1st Hybrid Cars
BMW Japan Corp. said Thursday it has begun to take orders for its German parent’s first gasoline-electric hybrid cars with delivery planned to start next summer.
Available for ordering are the BMW Active Hybrid 7 and 7L of the flagship BMW 7 series.
Among other foreign auto dealers in Japan, Mercedes-Benz Japan Co. has already launched [...]
Toyota Prius Sales Boom in Japan Despite Slowdown
Orders for Honda’s Insight Hybrid Hatchback Top 10,000 Units
Honda Says To Raise Insight Output as Orders Climb
Japan May Subsidize Hybrid, Electric-Car Buyers, Nikkei Reports
Honda’s New Insight Hybrid is Hot in Japan
Ferrari To Produce Its First Hybrid
Ferrari will come out with its first hybrid system on the upcoming replacement for its 612 Scaglietti grand touring car. Britain’s Autocar magazine quoted unnamed Ferrari sources confirming that the Italian exotic car company is working on a hybrid system that will see electric power going to the front wheels, giving the car all-wheel-drive capability. [...]
Ferrari Starts Testing Hybrid Cars
Ferrari To Go Hybrid, World Trembles On Its Axis
A 187-MPH Hybrid As Fast As It Is Green
TopGear.com to Build a 70 mpg Car
World’s First Hybrid Motorcycle Revealed: 280 mpg, 40 mph Top Speed, $850
Fisker Buys Mothballed GM Factory to Build $40,000 Plug-In Hybrid Cars
Fisker Automotive is buying the old General Motors factory in Wilmington, Delaware, to produce an affordable, family-oriented plug-in hybrid sedan to cost under $40,000 after federal tax credits.
Fisker expects the production facility will create or support 2,000 factory jobs plus more than 3,000 jobs for vendors and suppliers when the factory goes on-line in late [...]
Fisker Bags $85M to Build Plug-in Hybrid Karma
‘Give Us Money to Build a Low-Cost Hybrid,’ Says Fisker
Fisker says 100,000 plug-in hybrids a year could be built at Delaware plant
The Fisker Karma Plug-in Hybrid Sports Car.
Fisker Envisions Third, Lower-Cost Plug-In Hybrid


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