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Honda CEO says Insight price won’t be reduced further

Filed under: Car Buying, Economy, Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Hatchbacks, Honda, Toyota 2010 Honda Insight – click above for a high-res gallery Honda’s new Insight went on sale in hits homeland about a week ago, and already it’s under attack. Before it hit the market, there were rumors that it would be much cheaper than the Toyota Prius. Toyota, [...] [...]

SsangYong brings diesel-hybrid Eco C200 CUV to Seoul

Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Crossovers/CUVs, Misc. Auto Shows Ssangyong C200 – Click on image above for high-res gallery The Seoul Motor Show was the first place new versions of SsangYong’s C200 compact urban vehicle (CUV) saw the light of day. The C200 Eco (above) puts up a green flag with a diesel hybrid powertrain that [...] [...]

Rush Limbaugh takes on the green car movement

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Government/Legal, Green In an attempt to stay politically neutral, we’re going to stop short of offering opinions about Rush Limbaugh’s recent statements regarding hybrid automobiles and the intent of automakers like Ford and Honda to “please politicians overseeing the industry’s multibillion-dollar bailout.” What we will say, though, is that Limbaugh’s a little off [...] [...]

GM asking Department of Energy for $2.6 billion to build hybrids?

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Government/Legal, Green, Chevrolet, GM Click above for high-res image gallery of the 2011 Chevy Volt General Motors released an updated business plan to Congress on Wednesday, and one of the main points of interest surrounds the automaker’s request of an additional .6 billion for the production of the Chevrolet Volt and two additional variants [...] [...]

Toyota reportedly cutting Prius price to match Honda Insight in Japan… will U.S. follow?

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Japan, Toyota 2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for a hi-res gallery Toyota may have gotten used to being the leader in the hybrid sedan segment, but the Japanese auto giant didn’t get to where it is today by failing to see the writing on the proverbial wall. With arch-rival Honda having [...] [...]

REPORT: Hyundai to offer plug-in hybrid in U.S. for 2012

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Hyundai Click above for high-res gallery of the Hyundai BLUE-WILL concept Hyundai reportedly plans to put a plug-in hybrid into production for the U.S. by late 2012 that will be based on the oddly-styled BLUE-WILL concept that’s currently being shown off at the Seoul Motor Show. We’re not sure if features like the [...] [...]

Tesla Model S gets over 500 reservations in first week

Filed under: Car Buying, Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Green Tesla Model S – Click above for high-res image gallery It’s been barely a week since the curtain was lifted on the Tesla Model S, and not only has its design received positive reviews, those sensuous lines have seduced 520 people to fork over some deposit cash for the new [...] [...]

Sigma Motorworks creates electric sportscar based on Ford Mustang

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Sports/GTs, Green, Ford We’ve caught wind of yet another hopeful American automaker with plans to launch a new electric sportscar in 2010. According to Matias Gorfinkiel, head of operations at Sigma Motorworks, “[The Sigma GTE] is a test bed for a commercial high performance sports model we will bring to the market by [...] [...]