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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 of [...]

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Calling Your Car from Your Smartphone

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 [...]

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Demand For Hybrid Cars on the Rise in Arab World

Authorities said Tuesday there are currently no plans to levy more fees on hybrid cars as demand on such vehicles has surged recently, a trend attributed to concerns that extra charges are imminent.
According to figures by the Jordan Customs Department (JCD), a total of 4,796 cars have been cleared from the free zone since the [...]

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Toyota’s Plug-In Hybrid Will Hit Japan in 2011

Toyota Motor Corp. will release a plug-in hybrid vehicle that can be charged at home beginning in late 2011, the company has said.
The carmaker said it hoped to initially sell about 15,000 vehicles of the new model annually in the United States, and was considering releasing the model in Japan around the same time.
The vehicle [...]

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6 Myths About Hybrid Vehicles Unplugged

Whether you call them myths, urban legends, fables or old wives’ tales, there’s a lot of misinformation out there about plug-in electric hybrid vehicles. These vehicles, abbreviated PHEVs, hold great promise as the key to weaning America from its dependence on imported oil, which represents nearly two-thirds of all the petroleum burned in the United [...]

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