http://www.mixedpower.com Hybrid Cars and Vehicles - MixedPower.com Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:13:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When you think of a hybrid engine, likely the first thing that comes to mind is the Toyota Prius or Honda Insight, two of the most memorable model names featuring this type of technology. But, what you might not know is that hybrid technology was invented by an American, a ... http://www.mixedpower.com/general-news/father-of-hybrid-engine-is-an-american/ At last year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Chinese automaker BYD surprised industry pundits by bringing an advanced concept for a dual mode hybrid to its stand. Now the battery specialist (BYD’s parent company is also one of the world’s biggest suppliers of rechargeable batteries) claims to be ... http://www.mixedpower.com/phev/chinese-byd-to-sell-plug-in-hybrid-in-us-by-2010/ The Avion was developed as a lightweight and aerodynamic and very fuel-efficient sports car. The prototype was completed in 1984 and set the Guinness world record for fuel economy in 1986 at 103.7-mpg average driving from the Mexico border to British Columbia Canada border. The plan at that time was to ... http://www.mixedpower.com/industry-news/new-fuel-economy-record-set-the-100-plus-miles-per-gallon-avion/ Two of the world's largest automakers, Toyota and Honda, have issued outright warnings against using their hybrid passenger vehicles as commercial taxicabs. In addition, Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Nissan, have refused to certify the crashworthiness of their hybrid New York City taxicabs as modified with mandatory partitions. Instead, ... http://www.mixedpower.com/government/automakers-warn-against-using-hybrids-as-taxicabs/ Toyota Motor may create a separate brand for its Prius hybrid car and could add both larger and smaller Prius models to the lineup, the head of Toyota's American sales division said Thursday. James E. Lentz III, president of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., said he had proposed the idea to senior ... http://www.mixedpower.com/toyota-prius/toyota-may-expand-prius-hybrid-line/ The Playmaker's Standard, a Washington, DC-based communications firm, released an analysis on Friday of General Motors’ chess-like strategy for trying to gain a footing in the hybrid car market. The Playmaker’s Standard used its “classification framework of 25 irreducibly unique stratagems or plays” to map GM’s high-stakes tit-for-tat match against ... http://www.mixedpower.com/chevy-volt/gm%e2%80%99s-green-gambit-decoded/ Orbitz Worldwide Inc. announced an agreement with Fox Rent A Car, a rental company that specializes in airport rentals of hybrid and fuel-efficient vehicles. Orbitz Worldwide will offer Fox rentals across all the company’s brands, including Orbitz for Business. The company says that year-over-year, hybrid rentals through Orbitz.com increased 80 percent ... http://www.mixedpower.com/general-news/orbitz-to-rent-more-hybrid-vehicles/ Moller International Inc. said Tuesday it has completed the design for a hybrid-electric vehicle capable of lifting off vertically and flying for about 15 minutes. In theory, the sports car would be used primarily on the road. If a driver got stuck in traffic, the car could then lift off and ... http://www.mixedpower.com/future-speculation/moller-completes-design-for-flying-hybrid-vehicle/ Volvo Car Corp. will introduce a diesel hybrid in 2012 if not sooner, while start-stop technology will arrive in 2009, company executives said here at the auto show. The hybrids will be sold in Europe and the United States. The start-stop technology, which turns off the engine at stops, will be introduced ... http://www.mixedpower.com/diesel-hybrid/volvo-plans-diesel-hybrid-by-2012/ BMW will make its new luxury 7-Series available in a hybrid drive version with a concept vehicle to be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show, the car maker has announced. The first versions of the 7-Series hybrid drive serial-production version will be presented in 2009, said a BMW spokesman. The Concept ... http://www.mixedpower.com/future-speculation/bmw-to-make-hybrid-car/ Across two world-renowned brands, Jaguar Land Rover’s Engineers put the heart and soul into our vehicles. Their expertise, innovation and dedication to quality have given our technology a well-deserved reputation for excellence. Joining one of our engineering teams, you’ll devote your skills to the creation of vehicles that set new ... http://www.mixedpower.com/general-news/jaguar-land-rover-hiring-for-hybrid-team-in-uk/ Money continues to be poured into the development of green cars stateside as the US Department of Energy has awarded the Ford Motor Company a $10 million grant for research, development and demonstration of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). In an effort to claw back ground on Asian manufacturers that have ... http://www.mixedpower.com/research/ford-receives-10-million-hybrid-grant/ Volvo is bringing the world’s first hybrid bus to market. Since the Swedish automaker isn’t yet selling a hybrid car, this seems like a case of the Swedes focusing their efforts where their competitors are not. Called the Volvo 7700, the bus will employ both an electric motor and diesel-powered ... http://www.mixedpower.com/industry-news/volvo-builds-first-hybrid-bus/ Auto parts maker Johnson Controls Inc's  hybrid battery business will be profitable within five years as the new technology gains scale, the head of that unit said on Tuesday. The president of Johnson Controls' Power Solutions division, Alex Molinaroli, told the Reuters Global Environment Summit that the company's profit projection assumes ... http://www.mixedpower.com/polls-studies/johnson-controls-sees-hybrid-unit-profit-in-5-years/ A concept car capable of nearly 100 miles per gallon is closer to becoming a real world vehicle, says Citroen. The C-Cactus, which debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show earlier this year, reportedly achieves an off-the-chart 97.4mpg and insanely low emissions of 78g/km CO2 thanks to its diesel-electric hybrid motor. ... http://www.mixedpower.com/prototypes/citroen-c-cactus-974-mpg-hybrid-edges-towards-production/