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ABG First Drive: 2010 Honda Insight, 63.4 mpg!

Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Hatchbacks, Honda Click above for high-res image gallery of the 2010 Honda Insight 2009 is shaping up to be a big year for hybrids as Ford launches the Fusion and Milan hybrids, Toyota brings us the third generation Prius and the new Lexus HS250h and Honda revives the Insight brand. [...] [...]

As hybrid hype rages in Detroit, Goldman calls for $30 oil

The new Fisker Karma in Detroit Hybrid cars and EVs were a huge part of this year’s Detroit Auto Show. Yet, as all these automakers attempt to greenwash away the reality of their carbon-footprints and their complicity in America’s foreign oil dependency with concepts that we’ll never see or see only in very small numbers for [...] [...]

New 2010 Toyota Prius underwhelming?

Nice, but…. For a few years now, there has been a ton of hype regarding the 3rd generation Toyota Prius. Most of that hype originally focused on the use of lithium as a replacement to NiMH as the battery of choice in the Hybrid Synergy Drive. Such a battery, many believed, would dramatically increase the [...] [...]

Can the Cadillac Converj diversify Voltec drive?

Twice the price of the Volt? I’ve had conversations with many people whom already believe that the Chevy Volt is too expensive for what it offers. Thus, it appears it will, minimally, be a few generations to bring the Volt’s costs down to a more mainstream figure. Consequently, it isn’t surprising that GM would try to add [...] [...]

New plans to electrify Ford

First Ford EV coming in 2010 So, by 2010 Ford will offer an electric van and a small electric car capable of at least 100 miles per charge by 2011. By 2012, Ford will also offer plug-in hybrids capable of 30 miles of electric power. In addition, Ford wants to hybridize many more models with new [...] [...]