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Study Says Big Impact of the Plug-In Hybrid Will Be Decades Away

Despite recent excitement about a type of electric car called a plug-in hybrid, such vehicles are unlikely to arrive in meaningful numbers for a few more decades, according to new analysis by the National Research Council. The study, released on Monday, also found that the next generation of plug-in hybrids could require hundreds of billions [...]

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Hybrids Score High in Crash Safety

In addition to getting higher gas mileage, there’s good safety news about three 2010 small cars – including two hybrids – from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The Honda Insight and Toyota Prius hybrids and the Kia Soul all received the Insurance Institute’s top rating of Good (on a scale of Good, Acceptable, Marginal [...]

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July Hybrid Sales Reach Record High Market Share

With nearly all gas-electric hybrid cars qualifying for the Cash for Clunkers vouchers, hybrid sales in July grew to 3.55 percent of the new car market—its largest market share ever. New car dealers sold 35,429 hybrids, with more than half of the sales coming from the Toyota Prius. Hybrid sales jumped by 35 percent in [...]

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Study: 20% of Cars Will Be Hybrids in 2020

“Is 12 years enough time to get your octane-loving soul behind the wheel of a hybrid?” Motor Trend asks. One prominent auto industry analyst thinks so. “Based on its latest industry projections, JPMorgan predicts there will be a massive surge in hybrid popularity in the coming years as emissions requirements tighten and hybrid technology costs [...]

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Online Survey Supports Hybrid Vehicles

A new survey commissioned by Johnson Controls (JCI), the leading supplier of lead-acid batteries for vehicles, shows that more than four in five U.S. adults believe the country must become a leader in hybrid vehicles and that the government should support battery technology. The survey was conducted online nationwide by Harris Interactive between March 9 [...]

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