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Can a Hybrid Be a Luxury Car?

A fuel-efficient gas-electric hybrid luxury car: Not so long ago, that was an automotive oxymoron. Now, it’s a market segment.
The concept of selling high fuel efficiency as a high-end feature is gaining currency in the auto industry, thanks in part to regulatory pressure and to the buzz in certain circles around the Tesla electric roadster [...]

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New Hybrid Technologies Boost Efficiency

It’s the little things that count.
In the continual search to squeeze every last little erg of energy from its hybrid systems, Toyota has been continually tweaking the systems used in the Prius and using this knowledge in other Toyota and Lexus models. The culmination of these new developments can be found in the third-generation 2010 [...]

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Designer Putting Some Va-Vroom in the Hybrid Car

Not long ago, Henrik Fisker was dashing up Interstate 5 from Los Angeles to San Francisco when a highway patrolman clocked his Aston Martin roadster — a car that Fisker himself designed — going 97 mph.
He protested. (“It was 90 at the most.”). He got a ticket and set the cruise control at 70. For [...]

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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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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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