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Toyota bringing EV concept to Detroit Auto Show

Filed under: Concept Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Toyota
Toyota dropped the teaser of teasers this morning in the form of a logo and a two sentence press release announcing the debut of a “battery electric vehicle concept” that will bow at the Detroit Auto Show in less than three weeks. The EV will join [...] [...]

Finalists announced for Green Car Journal’s Green Car Vision Award

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Etc., Green, Chevrolet, Honda, MINI, Mitsubishi, Misc. Auto Shows, Lifestyle
The Green Car Vision awards celebrate a car that’s got its headlights pointed down the road of the future. Among this year’s five finalists are two serial hybrids (Chevrolet Volt and Fisker Karma) two electric cars (MINI E and Mitsubishi i-MiEV), and one [...] [...]

A good time for a hybrid truck?

The GMC Sierra hybrid
Sales of big trucks are on the rise. Thanks to incentives and cheap gas, consumers are again interested in big vehicles.
Could this help launch GM’s large hybrid pickups, which will hit dealerships early next year?
Probably not since the sales of hybrid vehicles are tanking, and GM won’t be able to offer the [...] [...]

Toyota’s $20,000 city EV

As small as the Auris?
Toyota will debut a small, limited range electric vehicle at the Detroit Auto Show in January. According to early reports the new EV will be a small car intended for short range city use and it will cost about ,000.
The new EV concept is to be based off a new subcompact [...] [...]

$1.66 gas to fuel hybrid bargains

Happy days for hybrid shoppers
Hybrid sales were down 50 percent in November, and they will probably be about the same in December. Likewise, gasoline prices are now averaging .66 per gallon. So, aside from economic problems, one can only assume gas prices are significantly contributing to the hybrid sales slide.
Yet, 2009 will see a number [...] [...]