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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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Diesel Hybrids Deliver Big Savings to UPS

Score one for diesel hybrids. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory got its hands on six hybrid vans that United Parcel Service is using, and after testing them nine ways from Sunday found diesel-electric technology improved fuel economy more than 28 percent. What’s more, it cost significantly less per mile to operate while delivering the same [...]

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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 [...]

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Bright Automotive to Share its Plug-In IDEA on Capitol Hill

Bright Automotive announced an earlier-than-anticipated reveal date for its plug-in hybrid vehicle, IDEA. The Indiana-based automotive company will unveil the prototype light-duty vehicle, which includes pickup trucks, SUVs, and sedans, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on April 21 instead of at the Norway’s Electric Vehicle Symposium in May. No explanation for this change was [...]

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Pro-Hybrid Truck Bill Passes in US

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill this week that would encourage the development of hybrid heavy-duty trucks. H.R. 6323, the Heavy Hybrid Truck Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2008, was introduced by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.). It encourages hybrid research for trucks by offering manufacturers grants to build, test, and eventually sell [...]

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