Hybrid Cars May Be Industry’s Next High Profit Center
Is it possible that the auto industry has found it’s latest Holy Grail?
For a long time, the industry had relied on its pickup trucks and sports-utility vehicles (SUVs) as their largest profit centers. Indeed, they looked at these vehicles as the geese that laid the golden eggs. That changed with the sharp spike in gas [...]
Johnson Controls Sees Hybrid Unit Profit in 5 Years
Tax Savings for 2008 and 2009 Model Hybrid Vehicles
Mercedes to Open Hybrid R&D Center in Ann Arbor
Kentucky Announces Hybrid-Battery Partnership
Toyota, Ford to Bolster Hybrid-Engine Options; Honda to Aim at Prius
Toyota Seeks a Short-Range Plug-In Hybrid for the Long Haul
Toyota Motor Corp. is on track to start testing the prototypes for its first crack at plug-in hybrid cars later this year, a spokeswoman said yesterday.
By Jan. 1, the company expects to release 500 plug-in versions of its Prius onto American, European and Japanese roads, said Toyota spokeswoman Cindy Knight. The cars will use lithium-ion [...]
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Toyota Plugs in the Prius
UK Electric Grid Can Cope with Plug-In Hybrids (PHEV)
Honda and Nissan Consider Plug-in Hybrids
Debate Begins About Fuel Ratings on Electric Cars
As the government hammers out how it will rate the fuel efficiency of hybrid-electric and all-electric vehicles, an Israeli company wants to make sure the U.S. gets it right.
The Environmental Protection Agency has a draft proposal for computing an efficiency rating using a “miles per gallon” scale but is not close to issuing a final [...]
Toronto College Offers Hybrid Vehicle Course
BMW Begins to Take Orders in Japan for 1st Hybrid Cars
Chrysler Begins Production of Hybrid SUVs
US Tax Credit for Ford Hybrids Begins to Sunset
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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 and [...]
Lexus HS 250h “Luxury Hybrid” Wins Five Stars For Safety
Firefighters Get Crash Course on Hybrid Rescues
NYPD To Debut Hybrid Police Cruisers
2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid LTD Test Drive
Automakers Warn Against Using Hybrids as Taxicabs
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 July [...]
Toyota Captures 75% of US Hybrid Share
Gas-Electric Car Sales Expected to Rise in ‘10
U.S. Hybrid Sales up 3.6% in August
Data Shows Spike in Washington D.C. Area Hybrid Ownership
New Fuel Economy Record Set – The 100 Plus Miles Per Gallon Avion



