Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, LLC., Dodge, Ford, GM, GMC, Honda, Nissan, Toyota Despite all the clamor about how hybrids are going to save the planet, cure cancer, facilitate the second coming, etc., sales of battery-pack-mobiles are down nearly ten percent for 2008. At the beginning of 2008, it looked like hybrids were going [...] [...]
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Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, China, Green After investing a few hundred million dollars into alternative powertrain research, China’s Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) says that it’s finally ready to produce its first hybrid car. Nothing too fancy, just a mild hybrid with an electric motor that isn’t capable of powering the vehicle without the assistance of the [...] [...] Deny California’s waiver, but… Yesterday, I heard a number of critics go off on President Obama’s decision to have the EPA revisit California’s waiver to regulate vehicle emissions because it would create too many different standards. What a crock. As of today it would create 2 standards. Basically, if California moves forward with its plan, there are a [...] [...] The Karma convertible In about a year, Fisker Automotive will begin production on the Karma plug-in hybrid sedan. Already the company is finalizing the details on its dealership network and at least 1,300 vehicles are already on the books according to reports. Yet, what is really interesting about Fisker is the plan to produce 15,000 plug-in hybrids [...] [...] Filed under: Coupes, Economy, Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Hatchbacks, SEAT The SEAT Leon Ecomotive was a Leon that had been picked over and removed of many inefficiencies in order to deliver a frugal 3.7 liters/100 kilometers (63 miles-per-gallon) as well as lower CO2 emissions. The SEAT Twin Drive Leon Prototype takes that idea a giant leap further by [...] [...] Filed under: Coupes, Hybrids/Alternative, Sports/GTs, Green Click above to enlarge the JJAD P1-E Remember the P1 project from ex-McLaren F1 designer Jim Dowle? Just about a year ago, JJAD, Dowle’s design firm, announced plans to build an inexpensive sportscar that was supposed to be a Lotus Exige challenger. Why mess with something that’s already so well established? [...] [...] Filed under: Economy, Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Marketing/Advertising, UK Gordon Murray, the man primarily known for bringing us the McLaren F1 is current working on his 25th clean-sheet design, internally dubbed the T.25. While that’s a perfectly acceptable codename for a project, it lacks the kind of catchy cache necessary when the city car hits dealers. So, it’s [...] [...] The smartest hybrid yet? In a MSNBC article this morning, Dan Carney calls the Honda Insight the “best intersection yet of the plots for price, efficiency and practicality,” at least in terms of hybrid cars. And, ultimately, I have to agree. Yet, it’s never that simple, is it? I live in a congested, Northeast LA neighborhood. City fuel [...] [...] |
 
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