Toyota test drivers smugly avoid London’s congestion fees as they test a fleet of plug-in Prius hybrids.
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The current credit crisis—with or without a 0 billion bailout—has already spread from Wall Street to commercial banks, and from the financial sector to other parts of the economy, including to the auto industry. Here’s how the credit crisis is impacting key players in the hybrid vehicle market. Back in early 2006, when Toyota took the wraps of its new bigger, badder, and more powerful Tundra pickup, the company was clearly taking aim at Detroit’s last stronghold: the full-size pickup truck. At that time, company executives hinted at a hybrid version, but Toyota was going for Detroit’s juggler vein—so a gas-electric drivetrain [...] [...] Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Santa Monica Alt Car Expo, Green Daily The headline above is what we call a “bait & switch,” and it recreates the feeling I got when I approached the AMPLE Motion booth at the AltCar Expo. AMPLE, a new company incorporated on Earth Day this year, is trying an unusual [...] [...] Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Santa Monica Alt Car Expo Click for more shots of the Triac Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, GEM, USA Click above for a high-res gallery of the Dodge EV Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, GM, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Santa Monica Alt Car Expo, Green Daily For me, the highlight of the weekend’s panel discussions at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo was two guys just sitting around and chatting. The reason the hour-long freeflowing discussion between the men was so good was that they – Dan Neil [...] [...] Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, China Warren Buffett is renowned for making money buy investing in companies that he thinks have a some inherent value and holding the stock. So when he or his flagship company Berkshire Hathaway put money down, it’s worth taking note. MidAmerican Energy Holdings, which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, has just bought [...] [...] |
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