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. read more [...]
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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 We heard about the Triac back in April and got more details in May. When we saw the prototype sitting on the floor of the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo floor over the weekend, we knew we needed to stop [...] [...] Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, GEM, USA Click above for a high-res gallery of the Dodge EV We’ve taken a good look at each of the three electric vehicle concepts that Chrysler took the wraps off of last week, plus one extra for good measure. For various reasons, none of these vehicles really seems quite [...] [...] 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 [...] [...] Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Solar, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Santa Monica Alt Car Expo, Green Daily click for more shots of the Prometheus Electric Motorcycle Jim Corning had an idea. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could put four solar panels on your house, and then be able to power a vehicle with the energy created with them? Corning, who [...] [...] |
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