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		<title>Toyota Confirms US Launch of Compact Lexus Hybrid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Toyota officials last week confirmed that the Lexus CT 200h, a premium hybrid hatchback, is coming to the United States, according to a report in Automotive News. The Lexus CT 200h would be Lexus’s first compact car, and the first compact hybrid sold by Toyota in the US.
The car was unveiled at the Geneva Motor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mixedpower.com/general-news/toyota-confirms-us-launch-of-compact-lexus-hybrid/</link>
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		<title>A Premium Hybrid without the Hybrid Premium &#8211; Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although many hybrid cars are bought to make an environmental statement, a lot of people consider the choice of a hybrid on more dispassionate grounds. They’re looking to get better gas mileage, but the question alway is: Does the fuel savings offset the hybrid model’s extra cost?
That’s because in most cases, where a vehicle is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mixedpower.com/mercedes/a-premium-hybrid-without-the-hybrid-premium-mercedes-benz-s400-hybrid/</link>
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		<title>Honda&#8217;s CR-Z Joins U.S. Hybrid Derby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Honda Motor Co.&#8217;s new CR-Z sporty hybrid is the car that nearly wasn&#8217;t.
The wedge-shaped, two-seat hatchback was almost killed twice because engineers weren&#8217;t convinced it was a unique concept and because U.S. bosses originally didn&#8217;t want it.
When Norio Tomobe was appointed chief engineer of the project in the summer of 2004, the car was still [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mixedpower.com/honda-crz/hondas-cr-z-joins-u-s-hybrid-derby/</link>
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		<title>Ford Fusion Hybrid Seeing Many First Time Ford Buyers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case there was any doubt about which American automaker has a real shot at longevity, Ford recently announced that 60% of those who bought the Fusion this year were buyers new to Ford.
The Fusion’s new Ford buyers, of  ”conquest sales,” have been increasing steadily, up 6 percentage points from January of this year, according [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mixedpower.com/ford-fusion/ford-fusion-hybrid-seeing-many-first-time-ford-buyers/</link>
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		<title>Porsche Wants To Build The 918 Hybrid Supercar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We, like just about everyone else in the automotive world, were blown away when Porsche took the wraps off the 918 Spyder hybrid supercar. The wizards in Stuttgart built the plug-in hybrid on the QT and kept it super-secret until rolling it out in Geneva, where it almost literally stopped the show.
Now it seems Porsche [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mixedpower.com/prototypes/porsche-wants-to-build-the-918-hybrid-supercar/</link>
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		<title>California Builder to Offer Pre-Wired Homes for Electric Car Owners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[California-based Home builder KB Home will begin offering an option to have homes pre-wired to handle charging stations for electric vehicles, the San Jose Business Journal reported.
KB said the option is designed to ease the future installation of a station to charge an electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle conveniently at home.
According to the San Jose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mixedpower.com/phev/california-builder-to-offer-pre-wired-homes-for-electric-car-owners/</link>
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		<title>Fisker says 100,000 plug-in hybrids a year could be built at Delaware plant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fisker Automotive CEO Henrik Fisker gave a presentation at the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce&#8217;s annual dinner Monday night about his compnay&#8217;s plans to build plug-in vehicles (PHEVs) in Delaware. Over 450 people from the community where Fisker&#8217;s new plant (and General Motors&#8217; old plant) is located heard Fisker speak about the Karma and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mixedpower.com/fisker-karma/fisker-says-100000-plug-in-hybrids-a-year-could-be-built-at-delaware-plant/</link>
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		<title>Study Says Big Impact of the Plug-In Hybrid Will Be Decades Away</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mixedpower.com/polls-studies/study-says-big-impact-of-the-plug-in-hybrid-will-be-decades-away/</link>
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		<title>Entry Level Mercedes C Class Coupe Hybrid a Possibility</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mercedes entered the entry level luxury vehicle category years ago with it C230 Kompressor coupe.  The vehicle was a capable model with strong performance, solid handling and a refined driving experience.  Mercedes buyers showed little interest and sales were unexpectedly low.  Then BMW entered the same segment with its recent 1 Series.  A capable performer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mixedpower.com/general-news/entry-level-mercedes-c-class-coupe-hybrid-a-possibility/</link>
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		<title>Calling Your Car from Your Smartphone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello hybrid, this is your driver calling.
In a move that makes remote car starters seem so – well, last decade – Chevrolet will be giving owners of its new Volt hybrid a direct line to their new cars via their smartphones.
Chevrolet and OnStar announced the new smartphone application in Las Vegas, where the Consumer Electronics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mixedpower.com/chevy-volt/calling-your-car-from-your-smartphone/</link>
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		<title>Auto Industry Focused on Hybrids, Survey Says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Biodiesel technology is low on the list of priorities for auto industry research, according to a global survey of 200 senior auto executives conducted by KPMG that was released Thursday.
When asked to rate which were the most important alternative fuel technologies to the auto industry over the next five years, hybrid systems were ranked first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mixedpower.com/future-speculation/auto-industry-focused-on-hybrids-survey-says/</link>
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		<title>2010 Hyundai Blue-Will Hybrid Hatchback Concept</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hyundai plans to show off its Blue-Will hybrid concept to North America during the 2010 Detroit auto show next week. The Blue-Will debuted in Seoul last March, but the visit to Detroit will be the first time we&#8217;ve seen the concept in person.
&#8220;Blue-Will&#8217;s bold character lines and innovative design language give the perfect expression to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mixedpower.com/general-news/2010-hyundai-blue-will-hybrid-hatchback-concept/</link>
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		<title>Audi Announces Plans for Q5 Hybrid Crossover</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The automotive show circuit is in full swing and many new concepts and production models are being unveiled around the world. Several of the new concepts and unveilings are hybrid or electric vehicles designed for better fuel economy.
Toyota recently unveiled the concept for a new subcompact hybrid vehicle selling for less than the Prius and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mixedpower.com/audi/audi-announces-plans-for-q5-hybrid-crossover/</link>
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		<title>Lexus HS 250h “Luxury Hybrid” Wins Five Stars For Safety</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Lexus 2010 HS 250h hybrid–i.e., “the world’s first dedicated luxury hybrid”–has a new claim to fame: it’s been awarded five out of five stars by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for safety.
The New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a consumer information program created by NHTSA, rates vehicles to determine crash and rollover safety, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mixedpower.com/industry-news/lexus-hs-250h-%e2%80%9cluxury-hybrid%e2%80%9d-wins-five-stars-for-safety/</link>
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		<title>Volvo C30 Electric Car</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Volvo has now released more details of the all-electric C30 concept car it will launch at next week&#8217;s 2010 Detroit Auto Show. We covered early details a couple of weeks ago; here&#8217;s the rest of the story on the little electric hatchback with no tailpipe.
The electric C30 concept car will let the Swedish automaker assess [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mixedpower.com/future-speculation/volvo-c30-electric-car/</link>
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